Following hot on the heels of the ‘Big Give’ match funding week, there’s another opportunity to give to World Bicycle Relief and double your donation, thanks to Trek.
Perhaps if you’re looking for a gift to give someone that has everything, or really don’t want your relatives to buy you something this year, this could be a good solution? Here’s the press release from Trek:
GIVE A BIKE, SAVE A LIFE
Trek Bicycle and World Bicycle Relief join forces on campaign to benefit rural disadvantaged communities
Trek Bicycle and World Bicycle Relief announce their second annual fundraising campaign to provide a reliable means of transportation to rural and disadvantaged communities. Following a successful partnership in 2021 with $1.8 million raised globally, Trek has named World Bicycle Relief’s purpose-built Buffalo Bicycle as its “Bike of the Year” for the second year in a row. Designed specifically to meet the needs of people in rural areas in the world, the Buffalo Bicycle is strong, simply designed, and easy to maintain with the capacity to carry people and heavy cargo over long distances and rugged terrain and costs only £120. Customers can donate a minimum of $3 to World Bicycle Relief at a Trek store in the UK or globally on Trek’s website. Trek will be matching donations up to $500,000 with an end goal of $2.5 million for the non-profit.
Trek Bicycle Vice President of Advocacy, Bob Burns commented:
“In partnership with World Bicycle Relief, we were able to surpass our fundraising goal in 2021 and provided 11,000 Buffalo Bicycles to communities across Africa and South America.”
“We are setting our goals even higher this year to get more Buffalo Bicycles into communities in order to help additional recipients conquer the challenge of distance and achieve independence.”
Trek Bicycle has been a World Bicycle Relief partner since the organisation was founded in 2005 and worked hand in hand with the World Bicycle Relief team to design the first Buffalo Bicycle prototype. These bicycles are delivered to African, southeast Asian, and south American countries and help students, health workers, farmers, and entrepreneurs mobilise their communities. The bikes are locally assembled and distributed with trained program representatives to provide quality maintenance and assistance and help create a more sustainable infrastructure.
Four reasons to donate towards a bike:
- You’ll help children get an education
- You’ll increase access to healthcare
- You’ll help boost local economies
- You’ll help improve the lives of women and girls
Johanna Vega, World Bicycle Relief’s Program Manager in Colombia commented:
“Women and girls who were once hassled, exhausted, late to school and worse – can now cut their transportation time in more than half, build their confidence and stay in school,”
The campaign will run until December 31, 2022. Give a bike, change a life.
