Comments on: Mauritania Bicycle Repair Class Fund Drive http://urbanvelo.org/mauritania-bicycle-repair-class-fund-drive/ Bicycles in the urban environment. A magazine about urban cycling. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:53:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: sumadis http://urbanvelo.org/mauritania-bicycle-repair-class-fund-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-8551 sumadis Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:35:03 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=8489#comment-8551 applaud the effort, and suggest a quick review of Village Bicycle Project's program in Ghana, where they've had great success with a similar approach. http://www.ghanabikes.org/ We've followed the results of their efforts in one community through the film "Ayamye". http://www.ayamye.org From a boots-on-the-ground perspective I can say that the concept works, and it doesn't require expensive or brand-name tools to do the job - any affordable bike tool will be put to use, even ones that we here in North America might consider 'off brand'. Kudos to Sam Tracy and a suggestion that it might be worth asking folks (esp.shops) to simply donate used tools for shipment to compliment the Park supply. Viva applaud the effort, and suggest a quick review of Village Bicycle Project’s program in Ghana, where they’ve had great success with a similar approach.

http://www.ghanabikes.org/

We’ve followed the results of their efforts in one community through the film “Ayamye”.

http://www.ayamye.org

From a boots-on-the-ground perspective I can say that the concept works, and it doesn’t require expensive or brand-name tools to do the job – any affordable bike tool will be put to use, even ones that we here in North America might consider ‘off brand’. Kudos to Sam Tracy and a suggestion that it might be worth asking folks (esp.shops) to simply donate used tools for shipment to compliment the Park supply.

Viva

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