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by Bruce Edwards, CBC TELEVISION
Filmed during B4H’s visit, this short documentary highlights the work of BEN Namibia and Bicycles for Humanity. On World AIDS Day, CBC featured a multi-media story on how bicycles help in the combat against HIV/AIDS in Namibia.
by Sarah Falconer, OTTAWA XPRESS
Folks have begun to shyly bare their pasty knees, heralding the return of that long-awaited occasion: bike season! As you dig through your cluttered garages and basements, remember that your unused bicycles... read more
by Jamie O’Meara, HOUR
Of all the mystifying things my parents said to me when I was but a wee bairn, and there were many to be sure, there was one particular and oft-repeated command/dangling threat that really gnawed at my noggin: "Eat your food, there are... read more
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by Barbara Gruber, Petites et Grandes Aventures
In 2008, B4H Ottawa sent it’s 2nd Bicycle Empowerment Centre (BEC) to benefit a community of women struggling to survive. The King’s Daughters Community Bike Shop in Namibia is changing lives... in many ways.
by Margaret Sambol, BARRHAVEN / NEPEAN INSIDER
Bicycles provide employment and access to health care: An unused bicycle getting in the way in your garage can change the life of a person living in rural Africa. “A bike sitting in someone’s basement gathering dust can make a huge... read more
by Cycling Secrets
Drawn by a 5 year old and animated for the B4H Melbourne Australia chapter, this creation is sure to delight!
by Mark Piquette, Colorado
A short film about Bicycles for Humanity Colorado and the ability of bikes to changes lives in Africa. Outlines how a B4H chapter accomplishes its mission of improving lives through mobility.
by Anna Rocoski, un-named fame
The snowball effect has begun! Seb Oran and Sandra Gattola were introduced to me by Mark Rehder. It was a real treat to meet with these two impeccable women. Oran and Gattola are the founders of the Ottawa chapter of Bicycles for Humanity. An organization that works on providing sustainable transportation to communities in ... read more
by Mark Nonkes, One bike, One life
Women in blue overalls and grease-stained hands smile widely as they greet a customer carrying a broken bicycle. This is precisely why they came to work this morning: to assist customers in need of bicycle repairs and to sell quality, second-hand bicycles at affordable prices. Quickly noticing a loose pedal, Moreen – a mother.. read more
by Mark Nonkes, One bike, One life
“Tell then we love them. From the bottom of our hearts. Tell them thank-you”. The sun is breaking through rain clouds in Katutura. Outside a voluntary HIV testing clinic, a group of five women crack open the doors to a shipping container for the fist time. They gasp at what’s inside. Some shout with excitement. Bicycles, .. read more
Interview with Stu Mills, CBC RADIO ONE - Ottawa Morning
Last fall two Ottawa women sent a shipping container full of bicycles right across an ocean. Last month they got to see how that gift has transformed a community... listen here
by Bruce Edwards, CBC RADIO ONE - World at Six
Across the vast deserts and grasslands of Namibia, its unlikely that many people know that this is World AIDS Day. But in a country where 1 in 5 people are HIV positive they certainly recognize the impact of the disease. Namibia is a nation of daunting distances and remote villages. Few people have cars and ... listen here
by Louise Rachlis, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN
After reading a small news article in the Ottawa Citizen on South African students needing bicycles to ride to 5k to school instead of walking on their own, Seb Oran, 44, decided to do "The article said that by the year 2012, the government was going to buy... read more
by Jesse McLean, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN
Get that dusty bike out of your garage and change a stranger's life. The area chapter of Bicycles for Humanity (B4H) is collecting used two-wheelers to ship to Namibia -- a country where 60 per cent of the population has no means of transportation apart from their feet..... read more
BEN Namibia - Michael Linke speaks on the impact of bikes in Namibia
Interview with Pete Dillon, 774 ABC Melbourne
Michael is an Australian whose previous work was in magazine publishing. He briefly edited Australian Cyclist, and worked for four years at ReNew, a magazine aimed at people designing, making and using solar, wind, and biofuel energy devices. In less than three years Michael has grown BEN Namibia from a small NGO that initially employed one ... listen here
PLUS NEWS
Home-based caregiver Salome Vendura knows firsthand that in Namibia’s far-flung rural areas, one of the biggest determinants of HIV/AIDS treatment adherence is access to affordable and reliable transportation. In Vendura’s community of Kehemu, in northern Namibia, the nearest hospital is 5 km away - too far for many of her weakest ..... read more
by Sarah Falconer, CBC News
Volunteers at an Ottawa charity spent the weekend getting 400 bicycles ready to make the trip from Ottawa to Namibia in southern Africa.... read more
Tracey Tong, METRO OTTAWA
To the average Ottawa resident, a bicycle is a simple transport tool or used for recreation.
But for someone living in Namibia — a nation in southern Africa marred by poverty and HIV — a bike can change a life.For the past three years, Ottawa residents and friends.... read more
by Bruce Edwards, CBC News
One of the biggest challenges for people living in sub-Saharan Africa is getting around. Very few own cars and the majority live in small villages connected by a network of footpaths that stretch across the savannah. It is often more than a day's walk to the closest clinic or school. But for some villagers in northern Namibia.... read more
by Adrienne Ascah, 24 Hours
Cleaning out the basement just got meaningful. That old bike you never use could be the vehicle that helps a healthcare worker deliver medicine to HIV patients in a poor African country. The distance from a child’s village to the nearest school would no longer be insurmountable. The Ottawa chapter of Bicycles for Humanity ... read more
by Tom LeCarner, Velo News
As cyclists, we love to celebrate the creativity, ingenuity and artistry of cycling’s innovators. In fact, we love to own and ride those innovations. But much like at Christmas, however, we tend to get so caught up in the stuff that we forget the spirit. Yes, indeed, let’s celebrate the $6,000 wheels and the $10,000 mountain bikes, but let’s not forget the very essence .. read more
by David MacDonald, Kitchisssippi Times
While there’s wisdom in the old adage, “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure”, the challenge can come when those two men live 8,000 kilometres apart. Bicycloes for Humanity (B4H) is an organization that is overcoming such obstacles... read more
by Giacomo Panico, CKCU 93.1 FM - Monday Special Blend
Giacomo checks in with B4H Ottawa to learn of their progress since sending the first container back in 2007 ... listen here
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