African Bicycle Contribution Foundation Presents Its First, Free, Bamboo Bikes to Ghanaian Students, Parents, Transport-Dependent Small Farmers and Healthcare Workers, in Accra and Kumasi
Nearly 200 Community Leaders, Including Former Ghanaian President Kufuor, Participated in Kumasi Luncheon Event
/EINPresswire.com/ -- KUMASI, GHANA--(Marketwired - September 30, 2016) - On 27 September, in Accra, and today, at the Golden Bean Hotel, here, the African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (africanbike.org), a U.S.-based 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation, presented two multi-stakeholder bicycle distribution events, wherein a total of 30 free, Ghanaian-made bamboo bikes were given to students, parents, transport-dependent small farmers and healthcare workers.
The events, in both cities, were hosted by Bright Generation Community Foundation (BGCF) and the Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative (GBBI).
According to Bernice Dapaah, CEO and founder of GBBI, the Kumasi-based manufacturer of the "EcoRide" bamboo bicycles, the luncheon, here, was attended by luminaries such as the former president of Ghana, H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor, and representatives of embassies and ministers. Offering remarks at the event, in addition to Ms. Dapaah, were ABCF Executive Director Patricia Marshall Harris and ABCF Board Member Florence Torson-Hart, a Ghanaian-born senior financial advisor, Global Wealth Management, Merrill Lynch; Hon. Dzifa Gomashie, Ghana's Deputy Minister of Tourism, and founder of NGO Values for Life; Ebenezer Somiah, program coordinator, Village Bicycle Project; Solomon Owusu, BGCF; and Hon. John Alexander Ackron, the mayor of Kumasi.
The Ghanaian tradition, in most rural areas, places a disproportionate burden on women as the primary haulers of fuel, water and food, and as providers for the healthcare needs of their children. For most, walking is their only mode of transportation, and they routinely traverse many miles to get to critically important destinations. This is where ABCF, and its supporters, play a critically important role.
According to former president Kufuor, "Support of this kind is seen as a major driver of equitable social development and gender mainstreaming, while narrowing the wide economic gap."
Commenting on the Foundation's first program in Ghana, A. Bruce Crawley, chairman of ABCF, said: "The free distribution of these sturdy, world-class, bamboo bikes to under-resourced populations in Ghana, is just the first stage of our Foundation's program. While we recognize the importance of bicycles, we also realize that they represent a means to an end, the achievement of greater educational access and job creation. We, also, therefore, want to orchestrate technology-facilitated, inter-continental workshops and seminars between students and entrepreneurs, in Ghana, and their counterparts, in the U.S. We believe such exchanges will be culturally and economically broadening, and mutually beneficial.
"Finally," Crawley added, "We also want to do all we can, by increasing demand, through our contributions, for GBBI's iconic, African-made bikes, and by facilitating the establishment of new trade channels, in the U.S., to expand the company's size and workforce, and its capacity for export around the world."
Who Is ABCF?
African Bicycle Contribution Foundation is a corporation that is passionate about empowering people in need and improving human dignity. The African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (ABCF) is a 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation whose mission is to generate funding to underwrite the distribution of bicycles to needy students, families and transport-dependent small business owners on the African continent. The Corporation has made a commitment to finance the free distribution of 2,500 bicycles, in Ghana, over its first five years of operation.
ABCF works in partnership, in Ghana, with the Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative, Bright Generation Community Foundation, Values For Life, The Respect Alliance, Village Bicycle Project, and the U.S.-Ghana Chamber of Commerce.
For further information about ABCF, please contact the ABCF office: info@africanbike.org
Image Available: http://www.marketwire.com/library/MwGo/2016/9/30/11G116334/Images/Af_-_8-66953d3209a0b125ace1146de31766e0.jpg
Image Available: http://www.marketwire.com/library/MwGo/2016/9/30/11G116334/Images/Af_-_7-23d95fc888f59eccaefcd06aea3b864c.jpg
Image Available: http://www.marketwire.com/library/MwGo/2016/9/30/11G116334/Images/AF_-_6-8feb3f73b14cbdb69ee75828aaee42e3.jpg
Image Available: http://www.marketwire.com/library/MwGo/2016/9/30/11G116334/Images/AF_-_5-02895b3ff16f81179a13fb1d7cf162b5.jpg
Image Available: http://www.marketwire.com/library/MwGo/2016/9/30/11G116334/Images/AF_-_4-756cd62d25d89c97bdd11e9453d326a7.jpg
Image Available: http://www.marketwire.com/library/MwGo/2016/9/30/11G116334/Images/AF_-3-af3ab614f5cb90d78f2a3b098b6a2e46.jpg
Image Available: http://www.marketwire.com/library/MwGo/2016/9/30/11G116334/Images/AF_-_2-21feb5b9588d970e9ef7ce9f2e026a04.jpg
Image Available: http://www.marketwire.com/library/MwGo/2016/9/30/11G116334/Images/AF_-1-6060fa815613927eaa5fcee2c903a43d.jpg
Contact:
Meaghan F. Washington
Millennium 3 Management, Inc.
Tel: +1 2157510140
Email: mwashington@m3mpr.com
Twitter: @M3M_PR
Solomon Owusu
Tel: +23 3244757172
Email: info@ghanabamboobikes.org
Email: info@brightgeneration.org
Twitter: @ghanabamboobikes
Pictured here with Hon. John Alexander Ackron, mayor of Kumasi, Ghana (center), are Patricia Marshall Harris, executive director, African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (ABCF) and Florence Torson-Hart, board member, ABCF, who recently visited the country to coordinate a press conference and luncheon for the Foundation's distribution of 30 Ghanaian-manufactured, EcoRide bamboo bicycles to students, teachers, transport-dependent farmers and healthcare workers. The Foundation's goal is to distribute 2500 free bicycles in Ghana, over a five-year period.
Patricia Marshall Harris, executive director, ABCF (front row, third from left), is pictured with ABCF partners Solomon Owusu, development consultant, Bright Generation Community Foundation (front row, second from left); Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative personnel: Amos Agyapong, production manager (front row, far left); Augustina Anowa, community development officer (front row, second from right); Bernice Dapaah, founder/CEO, (third row, right); and first recipients of ABCF-funded, Ghanaian-manufactured EcoRide bamboo bicycles, at the Foundation's recent, inaugural distribution ceremony, held at the Golden Bean Hotel, in Kumasi. The Foundation's goal is to distribute 2500 free bicycles in Ghana, over a five-year period.
The African Bicycle Contribution Foundation recently held its inaugural distribution press conference and luncheon, at the Golden Bean Hotel, in Kumasi, Ghana, wherein 30 ABCF-funded, Ghanaian-manufactured, EcoRide bamboo bicycles were given, for free, to students, teachers, transport-dependent farmers and healthcare workers. Pictured here is ABCF's Executive Director Patricia Marshall Harris (right) greeting Ghanaian Ashanti chief Nana Kwaku-Amankwaa (left). The Foundation's goal is to distribute 2500 free bicycles in Ghana, over a five-year period.
Mr. Adu, a farmer from Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa, takes his Ghanaian-manufactured, EcoRide bamboo bicycle for a ride after he received it, recently, at the African Bicycle Contribution Foundation's (ABCF) press conference and luncheon, held at the Golden Bean Hotel. The inaugural distributions, which took place in Accra and Kumasi, were made to 30 students, teachers, farmers and healthcare workers. The Foundation's goal is to distribute 2500 free bicycles in Ghana, over a five-year period.
Pictured here are Ghanaian students, teachers, farmers and healthcare workers, with their African Bicycle Contribution Foundation-funded, EcoRide bamboo bicycles, and Bernice Dapaah (right), founder and CEO, Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative, manufacturer of the EcoRide bamboo bike. The bicycles were provided at the Foundation's inaugural distribution press conference and luncheon, held at the Golden Bean Hotel, in Kumasi, Ghana. ABCF's mission is to underwrite the cost of bicycles to under-resourced students, families and transport-dependent, small farmers, and business owners on the African continent. The Foundation's goal is to distribute 2500 free bicycles in Ghana, over a five-year period.
African Bicycle Contribution Foundation's (ABCF) Executive Director Patricia Marshall Harris (right) greets Daniel Boadu (center), a teacher in Kumasi, Ghana, who recently received the ABCF-funded, Ghanaian-manufactured, EcoRide bamboo bicycle, at ABCF's press conference and luncheon, held at the Golden Bean Hotel. Thirty bikes were distributed to students, teachers, farmers, and healthcare workers, in Accra and Kumasi. The Foundation works in partnership with Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative, Bright Generation Community Foundation, Values for Life, The Respect Alliance, Village Bicycle Project and the U.S.-Ghana Chamber of Commerce. The Foundation's goal is to distribute 2500 free bicycles in Ghana, over a five-year period.
Students in Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa, make their way to the African Bicycle Contribution Foundation's inaugural distribution ceremony, held at the Golden Bean Hotel, wherein the Foundation distributed 30 free, Ghanaian-manufactured bikes to students, teachers, transport-dependent farmers and healthcare workers. ABCF's leaders visited Accra and Kumasi, recently, to coordinate the effort with Foundation partners: Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative, Bright Generation Community Foundation, Values for Life, The Respect Alliance, Village Bicycle Project and the U.S.-Ghana Chamber of Commerce. The Foundation's goal is to distribute 2500 free bicycles in Ghana, over a five-year period.
Ghanaian student Abubaker (left) was a recipient of the African Bicycle Contribution Foundation-funded (ABCF), Ghanaian-manufactured, EcoRide bamboo bicycle. He opened ABCF's inaugural distribution ceremony with a speech, in Kumasi, recently, while Kofi Adu Domfeh, news bureau chief, TV-3 Limited (left), served as program moderator, at the Golden Bean Hotel. ABCF leaders recently visited Accra and Kumasi, Ghana, to give 30 bicycles to students, teachers, transport-dependent farmers and healthcare workers. The Foundation's goal is to distribute 2500 free bicycles in Ghana, over a five-year period.
Legal Disclaimer:
EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
