El Salvador Shipping Party - completed
We crammed 496 bikes into the container - 389 adult & 107 child bikes - and a lot of spares: tyres, tubes, wheels, small parts, etc.
On Saturday, May 15th, at 2434 S. Western Avenue we will be filling a container bound for the Salvadoran American Humanitarian Foundation with our partners at Bikes for the World.
WPSO, Uganda, Shipping Party - COMPLETED
We'll call it 518 bikes to Uganda ... had trouble closing the door to the shipping container! Comprising 448 used adult mountain bikes, 70 used children's bikes, 9 boxes of used parts, 33 used rubber tires & 2 bags of used inner-tubes.
We will be sending a container of 500 bikes to the Women's Prisoner Support Organization in Uganda, on Saturday May 8th from 10am until 3pm at 2434 S. Western Avenue.
Shipping Party for the Village Bicycle Project in Ghana - completed
We left the front wheels on, as requested, and got around 350 bikes into the container, along with numerous spare parts, etc.
Shipping Party for the Village Bicycle Project in Ghana!
The Village Bicycle Project provides donated used bikes, bicycle repair training and new tools to help bicycles become a sustainable transportation choice in Africa.
El Salvador Shipping Party - COMPLETED
Companeros,
Here is the manifest for the CESTA shipment on 12/19/2009.
260 used adult mountain bikes (front wheels removed and labeled)
37 used adult racing bikes (front wheels removed and labeled)
27 used 20" bmx bikes (front wheels removed and labeled)
237 used adult bike frames (most are bike shop quality)
84 used adult wheels
60 new tires
4 boxes of parts (without the box)
seal: ASC6449
container: APHU 670546-3
Other organizations would call this 561 bikes.
Tanzania Shipping Party
Despite the chilly weather, a brave group of volunteers showed up to help load the container with 516 bikes, 436 adult MTbs and 80 20" BMXs, and a good supply of spare parts!
We plan to load another container with bikes for the Vijana Vocational Center in Arusah Tanzania on Saturday, December 5th, from 10am to 3pm at 2434 S. Western Avenue.
Tanzania Shipping Party-completed
We plan to load a container with bikes for the Vijana Vocational Center in Arusah Tanzania on Saturday, November 7th, from 10am to 3pm at 2434 S. Western Avenue.
The Vijana Vocational Training Centre is a project of our partners at the Global Alliance for Africa, who have sponsored many bike drives for Working Bikes ...
WPSO Uganda Shipping Party
We managed to squeeze 486 bikes into the container, 426 adult and 60 youths bikes, along with many additional parts and inner-tubes. With more helping hands at a shipping party than I've ever seen before the container was on it's way before 2pm.
Irene Nadunga’s initial comments on receiving the shipment ...
Tanzania Shipping Party - complete!
Some pictures of the bikes arriving and being unloaded HERE ...
We will load 500 bikes for the Vijana Vocational Center in Arusah Tanzania this Saturday, July 18, from 10am to 3pm at 2434 S. Western Avenue.
Village Bicycle Project Shipping Party - complete!
With the help of a lot of volunteers we were able to fill the container in about 4 hours ...
We crammed 331 adult (mainly 26" & some 24") and 144 20" childrens bikes into the container, along with 3 boxes of cranks, 1 box of brakes, 1 bucket of chains, 1 box of new MTB suspension forks, 23 extra 26" wheels and 4 bags of MTB inner-tubes.
Ability Bikes Ghana Shipping Party - complete!
The container contents were:
150 BMX 20" bikes
370 Adult and adolescent mountain bikes
17 extra wheels
7 extra one-piece cranks
Shipping party pictures HERE
Blog entry describing the arrival and unloading fo the container HERE
