WHEELS TO AFRICA BY: JOYCE KWON

Wheels to Africa Founded by: Winston Duncan at the age of 10 Wheels to Africa is a nonprofit organization whose principal purpose is to work with local youth, ages 10-18, to organize local bike collections and send the donated bikes to communities in Africa.  The bikes are used to provide basic transportation for people to reach school, food, water and medical care A secondary principal purpose is to serve as a cultural and educational forum children and youth -- to educate them on how their quality of life compares with the poorest world communities.  Wheels to Africa strives to seed a movement of community and volunteerism, and to perpetuate a "pass it on" commitment to help those who are less fortunate. 

Wheels to Africa and Me In 2009-201, Wheels to Africa from Arlington Virginia, came to South County Secondary School to talk to us about sending bikes to Africa. I was part of Key Club and an officer and listening to the trouble Africa has gone through to get from one place to another, our club decided to help. In 2009-2010, SCSS collected close to 200 bikes and had around 30 volunteers. In 2010-2011, SCSS collected close to 300 bikes and had around 50 volunteers.

Wheels to Africa Facts: Since 2005, Wheels to Africa has collected over 3500 bikes! Wheels to Africa brought together 104 volunteers to collect over 1000 bikes in one day in 2008! Wheels to Africa is selling Logo Tshirts for $25.  The tshirts are all cotton black quality material.  A visual image will be displayed soon! Cash donations to Wheels to Africa go towards the costs of supplies, such as banners, tools, paint, signs and other materials needed to stage bike collections. Funds may also be used for truck rental, storage and shipping for collected bikes if free use of such items are not available. Wheels to Africa attempts to obtain supplies and services free or at greatly reduced costs as much as possible.  Wheels to Africa is an all volunteer organization

WORKS CITED: All information on this Powerpoint came from wheels-to-africa. apa citation: Network Solutions. 2012. Wheels to Africa. Retrieved Sep 15, 2012 from http://www. wheels-to-africa.org/home.html