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25 Containers Away and Counting...

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On the last Wednesday in July we loaded our 25th sea container, packing in 408 bikes and a whole load of books for African schools.

Our loading team included 20 young people from Hackney Volunteer Police Cadets [VPC].
The Cadets travelled all the way to Hullavington for the day to help us.
They also sponsored, and badged, a fleet of 101 bikes.
The bikes will all go to the same Gambian school.
The bikes were all Mongoose mountain bikes donated by Center Parcs to bikes4Africa.

The sponsorship of these bikes was the first part of Hackney VPC's bikes2Gambia project.
The second part involves cadets going out with jole rider to The Gambia next year, to work on bikes and on jole rider's other education projects alongside young Gambians.

Thank you also to Martin, Helen and Ironbridge Rotary Club for the fantastic books.

Thank you, Gillian, for the yummy 25th celebration cake.

Thank you too, Mr A, for helping Hackney VPC raise the funds to sponsor the bikes.

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Shelby Tarutis Friday, 05 August 2011 · Edit Reply

Congrats!

Great Job - Well Done! When will the VPC group go to The Gambia next year? I'd love to meet them - I go to The Gambia with volunteers to meet GambiaHELP's container of bicycles and books during February-April, 2012 - For the Children, Gambia Health Education Liaison Project (GambiaHELP).

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