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Ayamye Showing This Thursday in CdA
14 January 08 01:39 PM | John

Ayamye is the documentary about the Village Bike Project : In Ghana, West Africa, a rural village eagerly awaits a shipment of recycled bicycles from the United States. Inspiring, determined, resourceful, individuals let us into their daily lives in a...

Filed under: bike donation, VBP

The First Pile of Bikes Has Been Transferred to Mountain Gear
20 October 07 11:53 AM | John | 4 comment(s)

As with every project we've tried, we learned a few things on our first transfer of bikes. Our first transfer was last Monday. For context: we are partnering with Village Bike Project to ship the surplus bikes in Spokane to Ghana. In a nutshell: this...

Filed under: VBP

Good Karma
08 October 07 09:38 AM | Liza | with no comments

katie gehn at City Yoga has invited pedals2people to take part in her Karma Yoga series. we're psyched! think yoga, think bikes, think "positive change within our community." city yoga devotes one evening a month to this community-building...

Filed under: VBP, yoga, karma, city yoga

We've Got Bike Stacking Space!
27 September 07 07:29 PM | John | with no comments

The big missing piece to our full-on participation in the Village Bike Project was finding a space to hold the bikes until they're ready to be loaded in a container. We scored a spot today. Paul Fish, the owner of Mountain Gear has hooked us up. As...

Filed under: VBP

Wear it in, wear it out...
18 September 07 08:49 PM | ken | with no comments

In this photo, you see David Peckham of the Village Bicycle Project talking with John and Mike up at the garage. We invited David to look over our inventory and see how much of our junk would be worth sending to Ghana. Almost all of it, it turns out....

Filed under: donated bikes, bikes, VBP, ghana, David Peckham, craptacular trike

Have You Heard of VBP?
07 September 07 02:46 PM | Liza | with no comments

village bicycle project ( VBP ), based in moscow, idaho, works within a larger nonprofit organization that centers around environmental issues. VBP focuses on shipping used bikes and new tools to ghana, africa. they also teach basic bike maintenance to...

Filed under: bikes, VBP, ghana