Bicycles for Humanity receive help from RESM Forecasting and Production Maintenance Teams
Bicycles for Humanity WA was established in 2011 to address the fundamental barriers to development and healthcare in rural Africa. To date, the organisation have delivered 12 containers filled with over 4000 bikes to small communities in Namibia and South Africa.
By partnering with NGOs like Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia (BENN) their containers of bikes, spare parts and tools become the basis of new community run bike shops. This way their projects not only provide life changing transport — they also become self-empowerment projects for the community.
Bicycles Humanity WA also donate bikes to schools in remote aboriginal communities across Western Australia. These bikes are used by schools in their broader health and retention programs. They also provide bikes to other charities helping refugees start new lives here in Perth, WA.
Bicycles for Humanity received help from two Woodside teams; the first team was the RESM Forecasting team who visited the workshop on the 21st of November and the second team was the Production Maintenance team who volunteered on the 8th of December. The task for both teams was to strip and pull apart bikes for spare parts which will be sent to Bicycles for Humanity's partners. The recent message received from from them was that they are now in need of spare parts, such as breaks, pedals and chains. The teams were broken up into groups and worked with one of the organisation's regular volunteers who guided and taught the Woodside volunteers through the process. The volunteers not only felt that they added value to the organisations cause but also learnt new skills. Many of the volunteers commented on how the activity was a rewarding experience as it was good to do something tangible. Great work!
To see more of the RESM Forcasting Team click here!
To see more of the Production Maintenance Team click here!