Waiting in place for their new owners, prior to the start of the African Bicycle Contribution Foundation's (ABCF) recent bike distribution event, at the Drobonso SDA Basic School, in the Ashanti Region, are 35 news EcoRide bamboo Bicycles.Click here for high-resolution version
Pictured with some of the 35 bike recipients at the recent African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (ABCF) free bicycle distribution event, in the Ashanti Region, are Nana Dankwa Dwubisiaw II, chief of Drobonso community, his delegates in traditional attire along with Amos Agyapong (far left, font row), production manager, Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative (GBBI); Solomon Owusu (standing, sixth from left); and Bernice Dapaah (front row, center, white t-shirt), CEO, Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative (GBBI).Click here for high-resolution version
Student bicycle recipient Amina Sully (front, center) leads a group of classmates in their first ride on their new, Ghanaian-made EcoRide bamboo bicycles, which were distributed, for free, by the U.S.-based African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (ABCF).Click here for high-resolution version
Bernice Dapaah (center, white t-shirt), CEO and founder of Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative (GBBI), the Kumasi-based manufacturer of the bamboo bikes, poses playfully with student recipients, at the African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (ABCF) event, at the Drobonso SDA basic schools, in the Ashanti Region.Click here for high-resolution version
Solomon Owusu (left), Development Consultant at Bright Generation Community Foundation (BGCF) and lead coordinator the African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (ABCF) bike distribution event, joins Mr. Kodua Agyapong (right), District Director of Planning, at Drobonso, in congratulating new student recipients of the iconic bamboo bicycles.Click here for high-resolution version
In total, 35 new EcoRide bamboo bicycles, produced by Kumasi-based Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative, were distributed to transport-dependent students, small farmers and healthcare workers. Here, scores of the students' classmates, at the Drobonso SDA Basic School, join in congratulating new student recipients of the iconic bamboo bicycles.Click here for high-resolution version
Nana Dankwa Dwubisiaw II, chief of Drobonso Community, (left, center) commends a young student upon her receipt of a free new EcoRide bamboo bicycle from the U.S.-based NGO, African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (ABCF).Click here for high-resolution version
Ms. Amina Achia (right) congratulates a young female student upon the receipt of her bicycle at the recent African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (ABCF) distribution event, at the Drobonso SDA Basic School, in Sekyere Afram Plains District, in Ghana's Ashanti Region.Click here for high-resolution version
Ashanti chief Dwubisiaw's chief linguist (right) joined other entourage members in congratulating the students of Drobonso SDA Basic School, upon the receipt of their free bikes from the African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (ABCF).Click here for high-resolution version
Deputy Coordinating Director Mr. K. Obeng (right), chairman of the distribution event program at the Drobonso SDA Basic School, in Ghana's Sekyere Afram Plains District, presents an ABCF-sponsored EcoRide bike to a young female student (left).Click here for high-resolution version
Nana Dankwa Dwubisiaw II (center, seated), chief of Drobonso community. attended ABCF's recent bicycle distribution event, in the Ashanti region and participated in the program.Click here for high-resolution version
Isiah Boakye is 13-years-old, and enrolled in junior high school (JHS 1). He lives at Aprade, near Kumasi, Ghana, an estimated two-hour walk to his school. This is what Isiah says about his bike: "Now I can run errands at school and at home. Also, I am never late at school and at home too. God bless ABCF."Click here for high-resolution version
Mr. Adu Johnson, a farmer, says, "At my age, walking long distances to farm is no more an exercise but a difficult undertaking. Thanks to the kindheartedness of ABCF's officials, my farm seems only an inch away. We need people like you [to] make this world a place worth living for those of us in such poor conditions."Click here for high-resolution version
Mrs. Esther Addo is a teacher in Class 4, in the Parkoso R/C Basic School, in Ghana. She says, "Receiving this bicycle has helped me to be swift with my duties at school since I go through less stress when coming to school. Again, I have been extra punctual to work and able to work within time."Click here for high-resolution version