Barry Childs the founder of Oregon-Based Africa Bridge, a non-profit that helps farmers and orphans in rual Tanzania was on Live @ 7 to promote the Africa Bride Farm to Table Dinner on the 21st of August.
Barry also talks about the Kona Africa Bike and our intention for Kona Basic Needs to work with Africa Bridge on a bike donation in 2011.
Watch the video below of his interview and info on the Farm to Table Dinner.
T-shirt weather is here! Want to have a cool, limited edition t-shirt and know that all the proceeds are going to help an AfricaBike donation?
Well look no further!
HopeFirst Foundation have developed these cool new t-shirts to help raise funds to cover the $7500 USD shipping costs of the 225 Kona AfricaBikes to Gambia next month.
$ 25 USD + shipping ($6 USD for North America) will get you one of these limited edition t-shirts and all 100% of the $25 goes towards covering the costs and making sure the bikes arrive in Gambia, so please helps us out and wear your t-shirt with pride!
Sizes:
To order a t-shirt please email russ@konaworld.com with the size/quantity you require, plus your shipping address, we will reply with the total amount and confirmed shipping cost, you can then pay via our PayPal donation page.
T-Shirt artwork by Kellen Petersen of Green Hill Clothes – www.greenhillclothes.com
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Thank you for your trust in HopeFirst Foundation’s vision to promote opportunity for the women and girls in The Gambia. With your help, we will be able to help reduce the barriers to education that prevent the girls from becoming the change-makers in their communities. With your participation in our event “Celebrate Gambia 2010,” you have helped HopeFirst Foundation raise funds to promote hope and possibility for the the underserved women and children in The Gambia.
As we illustrated at the celebration, the girls in The Gambia are last in line for school enrolment and first in line for chores. Getting girls educated is not as easy as just paying tuition.
HopeFirst Foundation is trying to reduce the time spent with family obligations and transport to school, so they may be allowed to enroll in school. We hope to accomplish this by adding simple technology to decrease the girls’ workload and transport time. We don’t want the girls to have to choose between their families and an education.
Once educated, the girls/women will make the necessary changes in their communities that allow them to prosper.
The Kona Africa Bike has been featured in an artical on Pascal Gerdsmeier and his company UNIQUE in the Riviera Zeitung & Riviera Times.
Pascal introduced Kona Basic Needs to the Tegla Loroupe Peace Foundation and to Tegla, this then resulted in the donation of 75 Kona Africa Bikes to her foundation and the peace warriors she supports.
If you have a good knowledge of German click on the image below to read.
MODSquad Cycles, the only bicycle shop in Harlem, will honor Black History Month by donating 10% of its February 2010 revenue to Kona AfricaBike and Project Rwanda. In support of the shop’s initiatives, Kona Bikes has offered to donate an AfricaBike for a raffle in which customers who purchase at least $10 at the store will be entered.
Owner Oyé Carr says, “AfricaBike combines capitalism with good works. For every two bikes purchased by Kona retailers, Kona donates a bike to an AIDS worker. Bikes are not just for sport. They are also a means of environmentalism and a source of social change.”
Kona would like to give a big shout out to MODSquad Cycles for reaching out to the Kona AfricaBike program and the global community this month. If you live in or around the area, stop in and enter the raffle to win an AfricaBike or check out the selection of AfricaBike t-shirts - where all process go to Kona Basic Needs.
As a result of a recent partnership with Roadmonkey Adventure Philanthrophy, Kona AfricaBikes has the opportunity to expand its program beyond the cause of HIV/AIDS healthcare workers in Africa. Next month Roadmonkey will lead a two-week “adventure philanthropy” expedition through the Central Highlands of Vietnam with the goal, in part, being to provide ethnic minority students (and teachers) at the Kon Ray School with AfricaBikes.
A 10-person Roadmonkey team will cycle for more than 300 miles from
Dangan into the Central Highlands where they will spend four days building an organic farm at the Kon Ray School to help create sustainable revenue for the school. Roadmonkey’s non-profit partner for the farm building project, the East Meets West Foundation along with Kon Ray teachers, government officials and community residents will help assemble the Kona AfricaBikes and plant 250 trees.
“Kona’s AfricaBikes will help these kids get to school safely and reliably,” says Paul Von Ziebauer, a former New York Times reporter and Iraq correspndent as well as the found of Roadmonkey.
Read coverage about the trip on Bicycleretailer.com and USAToday.com
Although it isn’t mandatory you have a quiver of tools to participate at one of our three Kona BikeTown Africa handovers this fall in South Africa and Tanzania, having some basic tools to build bikes makes the days flow a bit smoother. And when you’re building over 200 AfricaBikes in 2-3 days, time is of the essence as you always need to allot yourself quality time to sample the local beer and spirits after a long day of wrenching!
So, here are a few tools to consider:
8, 9, 10mm open end wrenches
5, 6mm Allen wrenches
15mm open end for the hubs
Pedal wrench – some 15mm open end wrenches will fit
Crescent wrench (adjustable wrench)
Phillips head screwdriver
Thanks to sponsor Park Tool- who have donated a silly amount of tools – the AfricaBike handovers should be in good hands.
Didn’t your mom ever tell you that exercising on sweets is the best way to get a stomach ache? Well, these riders said “you-know-what” to that advice and took their chances at the Second Annual Utah Tour de Donut on July 11.
The American Fork Rotary Club, which raises funds for programs both in the US and abroad, hosted this year’s event to gather donations for Kona BikeTown Africa. More than 300 riders put away 1,200 donuts before, during and after the 7-mile bike ride, which raised $7,400 for the BikeTown Africa cause which will help send AfricaBikes to home healthcare workers in Africa.
Riders had two opportunities throughout the Tour to reduce their race time by eating as many donuts as possible – with each donut rewarding them five minutes off their time.
Sounds like a pretty good deal to us - donuts, riding and a stomach ache that’s worth it for a good cause.
Bio pharmaceutical company and BikeTown partner, Bristol-Myers Squibb, showcased BikeTown Africa at the world’s largest open scientific conference on HIV/AIDS- the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Cape Town, South Africa.
Held every two years, the conference attracts the world’s leading scientists, clinicians, and public health experts to discuss the latest in HIV-related research.
As BikeTown and the Kona AfricaBike have a close affiliation with HIV/AIDS relief workers, the conference presented a great opportunity to get the word out about the program among leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Read BikeTown partner Bicylcing Magazine’sarticle HERE.
Orb clothing company, based in British Columbia, launched a ‘Ride Your Bike’ campaign in support of Bike Month. The campaign encourages people to ride their bikes in style while giving back to Kona Basic Needs. They designed a hoody to represent the campaign and help raise money. The partial proceeds along with a percentage of monthly sales from the flagship store in Vancouver raised $531 for the program.
Orb has been a long-time supporter of various non-profits and we’re happy they were able to support our cause as well! Thanks!
