{"id":160777,"date":"2017-08-03T12:42:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T12:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=160777"},"modified":"2017-08-03T12:42:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T12:42:25","slug":"wheels-field-helping-zambias-next-generation-one-bike-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/08\/03\/wheels-field-helping-zambias-next-generation-one-bike-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheels in the Field: Helping Zambia\u2019s Next Generation One Bike at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>While the majority of the first world takes education, public services and the access to those for granted, most third world countries can\u2019t count themselves among the lucky ones. The happiness and prosperity of each respective country greatly relies on the possibilities of the next generation and education is a significant catalyst of future economic success of any population.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In Zambia, 4.7 million children are living in poverty according to UNICEF and about 375,000 kids aged between 7-14 are not enrolled into any kind of educational facility (source: Education Policy and Data Center). Access to a quality bicycle dramatically changes the lives of these children. A charity programme called Wold Bicycle Relief has set its long-standing vision to empower people through bikes and to break down that one barrier to education, healthcare, and economic opportunities \u2013 distance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Zambia: The Next Generation\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/225869634?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rural students often have to walk for two or more hours just to reach their school, which makes them tired an unfocused in classes. For girl students, who are also required to perform plethora of domestic chores in the morning, a long walk proves even more challenging. Apart from often arriving late and exhausted, the students\u2019 academic performance is plummeting, if they manage to stay in school at all. Bicycle can cut the time spent on the way by about 75 %.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/08\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160781\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/08\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"691\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>World Bicycle Relief has delivered over 50,000 specially-designed, locally-assembled bicycles to students and workers in Zambia since 2009. These sturdy, high-quality bikes named Buffalo bicycles are often passed down to younger siblings, providing mobility for whole families. If we look at the actual numbers, provided by World Bicycle Relief, owning a bike increases student attendance up to 28 %, community healthcare volunteers make 45 % more patient visits, and dairy farmers increase number of deliveries by up to 25 %. Because the kids were no longer tired from strenuous walks with heavy backpacks, their academic performance increased by 58 %. We say those are some pretty impressive result, achieved by just putting a bicycle in someone\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-147819 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-road-cycling category-socialising-and-culture tag-chris-froome tag-david-kinjah tag-the-safari-simbaz-charity-trust tag-tour-of-wessex\" data-postid=\"147819\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"147819\" data-word-count=\"192\" data-headline-length=\"68\" data-category=\"Road cycling\" data-author=\"Monica Buck\" data-published=\"2017-04-28T12:11:17+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Friday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/487478_744584-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/04\/28\/froomes-kenyan-mentor-launch-charity-tour-wessex\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/487478_744584.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/487478_744584.webp 900w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/487478_744584-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/487478_744584-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/487478_744584-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"froomes-kenyan-mentor-launch-charity-tour-wessex\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/road-cycling\/\" title=\"Road cycling\">Road cycling<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/04\/28\/froomes-kenyan-mentor-launch-charity-tour-wessex\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>Froome\u2019s Kenyan Mentor to Launch His Charity During Tour of Wessex<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>WBR\u2019s last campaign for July 2017, Wheels in the Field, set its goal to fund 3,200 more Buffalo bicycles for making Zambian people\u2019s lives little less tough on them and they managed to exceed that goal to 3,688 bikes, thanks to contributors from all over the world and also thanks to various generous individuals and sponsors who vowed to match all donations 1:1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/08\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160782\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/08\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2442\" height=\"1404\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The July campaign might be successfully over but if you visit World Bicycle Relief\u2019s page there are many more to pick from, so you can either contribute to another cause or even take their great advices on how to organize a cycling fundraiser so you can chip in a bit more. This is a clear example that anybody can make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the majority of the first world takes education, public services and the access to those for granted, most third [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":160778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[334,330],"tags":[1239,1240,993],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-160777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-socialising-and-culture","category-urban-cycling","tag-future-generation","tag-world-bicycle-relief","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wheels in the Field: Helping Zambia\u2019s Next Generation One Bike at a Time - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While the majority of the first world takes education, public services and the access to those for granted, most third world countries can\u2019t count\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/08\/03\/wheels-field-helping-zambias-next-generation-one-bike-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wheels in the Field: Helping Zambia\u2019s Next Generation One Bike at a Time\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While the majority of the first world takes education, public services and the access to those for granted, most third world countries can\u2019t count\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/08\/03\/wheels-field-helping-zambias-next-generation-one-bike-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-03T12:42:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/08\/cvr1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ondrejfilgas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Monica Buck\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/08\/03\/wheels-field-helping-zambias-next-generation-one-bike-time\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/08\/03\/wheels-field-helping-zambias-next-generation-one-bike-time\/\",\"name\":\"Wheels in the Field: Helping Zambia\u2019s Next Generation One Bike at a Time - 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