The young boy got his bike to facilitate his studies. This young boy was from a distance of 7Km away from the nearby primary school. He used to reach late at school. In 2008, this boy missed a semester because of transport. He did not perform well since he used to reach school very tired and so spent most of his time sleeping. When he got a bike, his performance at school greatly improved. He was able to sit for the primary leaving examinations and was counted among the best pupils.
This boy, having passed well his examinations (thanks to the bike donated to him), was able to join secondary school which was some 11 Km away from his home. He not only uses the bike for traveling to school but also for making some money through fetching water, carrying agricultural outputs in the nearby markets for money. He uses the money to buy the school needs like: he bough a school uniform, he buy books and all the stationary from the money made using his bike as his parents help him with school fees.
This boy says, the bike is his dearest friend because it has changed his life. The boy is sure that he will perform well at secondary school and he is sure he will make a good economist at university after secondary school. He trusts the bike will make it for him. He promises to advocate the use of bikes in his local area because he trusts a bike can greatly changes life for the better
Besides those three people whose life has greatly changed by a bike, I have seen a bike as the best means to reduce pollution. Using a bike is cheap and very effective. A bike is manageable even by the poorest of the poor. A bike can do wonders if the poor can access them. Many people in my village die simply because they cannot access medical services given the long distances within which health units are located. Many households that engage in agriculture would have members living a decent life had they been availed with a single bike to access markets where they can sell the surplus.
Bikes can educate children. They can be used to transport goods for money; they can be used to transport people from one place to another cheaply. Bikes can change people’s way of life.
What can a bike do?
• A bike can change one’s life.
• A bike can reduce peoples’ poverty levels.
• A bike can do more than what one can think of.
• A bike is cheap to maintain.
• A bike is friendly to even the poorest of the poor.
• Every one can use it.
• A bike is a real knight in shining armor for those might have lost hope.
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