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World Bicycle Relief Due to the success of Project Tsunami, World Bicycle Relief partnered with a USAID-funded, World Vision-led coalition of relief organizations to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in Zambia. Project Zambia will provide 23,000 bicycles to community home-based care volunteers, disease prevention educators and vulnerable households. We are also training and equipping more than 400 bicycle mechanics in the field. This $2.9 million program will reach more than 500,000 adults, orphans and vulnerable children. We have also partnered with established institutions to build and test the microfinancing model utilizing our improved-quality bicycle. The first pilot programs are located in Zambia and Tanzania, with parallel tests in Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Malawi. All programs will include independent measurement and evaluation. HITS: 3 http://www.worldbicyclerelief.org/ PR: 5

Village Bicycle Project The Village Bicycle Project provides donated used bikes, bicycle repair training and new tools to help bicycles become a sustainable transportation choice for thousands of people in Africa, where over 99% of the population cannot afford cars. VBP came about in response to a critical lack of basic reliable and affordable transportation for millions of Africans. When the only other choice is walking, bicycles ease poverty by improving access to farms, markets, jobs, schools, and health care. In 1999, an American went to Ghana to study ways to make bicycles more accessible and Village Bicycle Project was born. Since then, VBP has provided 31,000 bicycles, included 4,500 people in bicycle maintenance workshops, and distributed 13,000 tools across 8 African countries. The Village Bicycle Project has no paid administrative staff, and is a self-sustaining, non-profit program of Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute. In 2007, over 6000 volunteer hours were donated across the USA, Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand and Ghana. HITS: 1 http://www.pcei.org/vbp/ PR: 5

BEN Namibia BEN Namibia is a non profit organisation established in 2005 in Windhoek with the mission to empower disadvantaged Namibians through provision of sustainable transport and bicycle-related income generation opportunities. We have five focus areas: 1. Provision of affordable and sustainable transport to disadvantaged people. 2. Provision of bicycle-related sustainable income generation opportunities. 3. Promotion cycling as a healthy, affordable, sustainable and dignified means of transport. 4. Advocacy for improved sustainable transport infrastructure in Windhoek. 5. Promotion of knowledge sharing and networking amongst the global ‘bicycles for development’ movement, with an emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. HITS: 3 http://benbikes.org.za/namibia/ PR: 4

MTB Online The internet has got tons of information like MTB reviews, mountain bike buyers guides, mountain biking history and many other useful tips and news. Some sites are more useful than others and some more specialised than others. We have listed what we think are some of the best and most useful resources. There are a few South African mountain biking information related websites. Most of the SA sites concentrate on local races, results and breaking news. However there are other really useful international sites with good technical information on bike maintenance, bike and equipment reviews, bike setups, riding techniques, training and nutrition. HITS: 1 http://www.mtbonline.co.za/ PR: 3

Asante Akim Multipurpose Community Telecentre (GHANA) Asante Akim Multipurpose Community Telecentre, GHANA. (AAMCT) Transportation is one of the major challenges confronting the district. Public transportation is limited, and few people can afford a car. Besides, the cost of commuting from one place to another is very high. Rural transportation for farmers is almost nonexistent. All farmers walk long distances to their farms (an average of 4-6 miles) and carry their load on their head. The Asante Akim Multipurpose Community Telecentre seeks to improve rural transportation by providing bicycles to farmers on a need-to-use basis. Also, it has initiated a bicycle-tricycle conversion program (BTCP) to help address the transportation needs of rural farmers. The program solicits bicycles, spare parts and accessories from the developed world, ship them in containers to Patriensa, the location of the AAMCT, and implements a bicycle training, conversion, and service program. As part of the AAMCT’s micro-enterprise development project, the bicycle-tricycle conversion problem will create employment and improve access to work, markets, promote sustainable development, protect the environment, and provide courier services in the Asante Akim district. Among others, the tricycles would be used as a "truck" for hauling agricultural goods by farmers (like plantains, cassava, oranges, etc.). Unlike bicycles, most old people can learn how to operate it. People in the district will be trained to maintain and repair the bikes. Some will be sold with the community for an amount most people can afford, helping to foster a local economy. HITS: 1 http://www.patriensa.com/micro_enterprise.htm PR: 3

African Mountain Bike Association (AMBA) AMA Rider is a mountain bike advocacy organisation aimed at improving mountain bike opportunities on the African continent. Based on the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) advocacy model, the NPO was founded by South African based mountain bike advocates to create a voice and resource for African mtb issues. With a strong tourism vision, it is the intention of the AMA to create sustainable models that could eventually benefit countries across the entire continent and make Africa a premier mountain bike destination. Initially planned as a Cape focused entity, it became apparent very early in the consultation process that the scope of the project was much wider and therefore the bold decision in taking on Africa when it came to naming the NPO. AMA Rider was formed by concerned riders to service the needs of mountain bike trail riders all over the continent. The lack of a voice for mtb trail issues meant that advocacy work has always been very disjointed, driven mostly by private operaters and largely unfunded. While a few of us got together to get the initiative off the ground, it certainly does not mean that the doors are now closed to more input. AMA Rider is a platform to drive advocacy issues and needs input from all sectors. We urge riders, operators and product owners to make contact so that we can broaden the base of knowledge and opportunity so that mountain biking can flourish. Mission The AMA is an initiative to facilitate the development of MTB opportunities on the African continent Vision The vision of the AMA is to develop Africa into a premier mountain bike destination. HITS: 2 http://www.amarider.co.za/ PR: 2