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Pedals For Progress
Pedals for Progress (P4P) is a nonprofit organization based in New Jersey. P4P collects used bicycles and sewing machines and ships them to motivated people in the developing world. P4P seeks to spur economic development in developing countries by providing transportation for adults and children with bikes, and job opportunities in the sewing and tailoring business with sewing machines. The organization also seeks to reduce the number of bikes and sewing machines in landfills through these donations. As of 2023, P4P has sent more than 166,000 bikes and more than 6,000 sewing machines to partners in 48 countries. P4P works with shipping companies that offer free initial shipping, with the goal of further bike shipments becoming profitable. Bicycle partner organizations typically have a bike shop that can make money selling and repairing the bikes they get. The bikes are then resold at a reduced price. History Pedals for Progress was founded by David Schweidenback in 1991. Schweide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contains the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific, about west of the mainland. The country's Capital city, capital is Quito and its largest city is Guayaquil. The land that comprises modern-day Ecuador was once home to several groups of Indigenous peoples in Ecuador, indigenous peoples that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was Spanish colonization of the Americas, colonized by the Spanish Empire during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as a sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its million people being mestizos, followed by large minorities of Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikes Not Bombs
Bikes Not Bombs is a Boston, Massachusetts based nonprofit that uses the bicycle as a vehicle for social change by recycling donated bicycles, training young people to fix their own bikes and become employable mechanics and sending thousands of bicycles to international partner communities in countries such as Uganda, Ghana, St. Kitts & Nevis, El Salvador, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, Kenya, and Rwanda. The organization was founded in 1984 by Carl Kurz, a bicycle mechanic and Michael Replogle, a Maryland-based transportation planner. Bikes Not Bombs provided bicycles and bicycle parts to Nicaragua in opposition to the Reagan administration's support for the Contra War, and in solidarity with the Nicaraguan people and in resistance to the Nicaragua#History, U.S. trade embargo against Nicaragua in effect at the time. Mira Brown became involved with BNB's work while in Nicaragua and later became the organization's first Executive Director. Since that time, Bikes Not Bombs has sent over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Bicycle Relief
World Bicycle Relief is an international nonprofit organization that mobilizes communities in rural and underserved regions through the power of bicyclesFounded in 2005 the organization designs, manufactures, and distributepurpose-built bicyclesto help individuals and communities gain access thealthcare an economic opportunities Since its inception in 2005, World Bicycle Relief has distributed ove 811,000 bicycles across 21 countries in Africa, South America, and Asia. The organization has also trained over 3,500 local bicycle mechanics to ensure long-ter [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Establishments In New Jersey
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union collapsed, leaving fifteen sovereign republics and the CIS in its place. In July 1991, India abandoned its policies of dirigism, license raj and autarky and began extensive liberalisation to its economy. This increased GDP but also increased income inequality over the next two decades. A UN-authorized coalition force from 34 nations fought against Iraq, which had invaded and annexed Kuwait in the previous year, 1990. The conflict would be called the Gulf War and would mark the beginning of a since-constant American military presence in the Middle East. The clash between Serbia and the other Yugoslav republics would lead into the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars, which ran through the rest of the decade. In the context of the apartheid, the year after the liberation of political prisoner Nelson Mandela, the Parliament of South Africa repeals the Population Registration Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
