Bike for Bikes for Rwandan farmers: A Project Rwanda Fundraiser and Ride
March 20, 2009
Rwandan coffee farmers toil diligently to provide basic provisions for their families. Cyclists love well-designed bikes. How many of us have more than one bike and still want another? Guilty!!! How many of us rely on our bikes to support our family's basic needs? Not many. We can make a difference and help the people of this small mountainous country rebuild their lives and livelihoods after the genocide.
Currently, farmers utilize a cumbersome Stone-Age era wooden bike to move potatoes, beans, lumber and coffee cherries to market. A sturdy metal bike represents a better future, but is affordable to only 1 in 40 Rwandans. Unless something changes, most will wrestle a 300 pound load up to six miles on a 50 pound wooden bike. WE can change this on April 11th!
How a Bike Can Change Your World
The bicycle is a simple sustainable form of mobility that can multiply a person's efforts and efficiencies in so many ways. The bicycle offers a low-investment, low-maintenance, emission-free means of transportation to communities working to break free from poverty. Project Rwanda is working to improve the economic development of Rwanda with the bicycle as a tool of empowerment and as a symbol of hope.| Date: | Saturday, April 11th 1:00pm - 9:00pm OPEN HOUSE Ride begins at 8:30am |
| Ride Info: | The ride starts at 8:30am from the RTC - 600 S. Grand Central Pkwy LV NV 89106. THIS LOCATION IS THE SAME AS THE VIVA BIKE VEGAS START. THE ROUTE WILL BE APPROX 45-50 MILES. All riders welcome! |
| Event Info: | How to find us...Kim Coats will be at the door awaiting your arrival at Hennessey's at the corner of Fremont Street and Las Vegas Blvd. There will be a secure place to park your bikes! The ride will end at Hennessey's, which is only a couple of miles from the RTC. |
| Donation: | $20 for all the food, beer and soda with 100% of the proceeds going to Project Rwanda. Tell your friends and family to meet us there. Children under 12 are free. |
LOTS OF FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT
We will have a raffle of some amazing prizes!- Signed Team Rwanda gear
- Signed Team OUCH posters
- Restaurant Gift Certificates
- Golf Certificates
- And much more
