Supported Projects - Africycle - Zomba, Malawi
Africycle’s main purpose is to help improve access to quality and affordable bicycles in Malawi. This is being achieved through a network of partners and supporters who collect and ship second hand bicycles to our program from around the world. Once the bicycles are received in Malawi, they are rebuilt by a team of locally trained mechanics who return the bikes to like-new condition, ready for sale. The bicycles are then sold on at a low cost, helping us to mobilize the people in rural communities that can realize the greatest impact of improved transportation. Selling the bicycles allows Africycle to maintain a sustainable model, in which funds are used to cover the cost of shipping bikes and local operations, all the while, mobilizing Malawians as effectively as possible. Africycle also reinvests into the local communities through bike donations to local volunteer organizations and funds community child care programs that are helping to feed more than 500 orphaned and vulnerable children every.
Africycle became a registered Canadian Charity in 2007, a registered Malawian Trust in 2010 and has established an unmatched reputation for high quality, durable and affordable bicycles throughout Malawi.