How did that bike get to Africa?
How did that bike get to Africa?
Published November 8, 2007 by C.I.C.L.E.
Contributed by Jon Snyder :: Originally published by OutThereMonthly.com
Photo Credit: Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute
Moscow, Idaho’s Village Bicycle Project is on the Cutting Edge of Two-Wheel Economic Development
One of the best programs in bicycle-related economic development operates right here in the Inland Northwest. The Palouse Clearwater Environmental Institute, in Moscow, Idaho operates the Village Bicycles Project. This program has been shipping bikes to Ghana for almost a decade. David Peckham, Director of VBP, took a moment for an interview with OTM this summer while administering the program in Ghana. He has a unique perspective about the global economy and what a functioning bike means to the average African villager.