BikeTown Africa began in 2006 with the delivery of 200 bicycles to health care workers in Botswana. A partnership between Bicycling Magazine, Rodale Press, Kona Bicycle Company and Bristol Myers Squibb, BikeTown Africa donates bicycles to health care workers, focusing on HIV/Aids, and then documents the way the bicycle changes their lives. The program grew in 2007 to include a donation of 150 bicycles in Katimo Mulilo on the Caprivi Strip in Namibia and 169 bicycles in Tambacounda, Senegal. The BikeTown Africa team assembles the bicycles in each location and does maintenance and repair workshops, providing tools and spares for mechanics in the area. 2008 promises the donation of 1000 bicycles in Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa.

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BikeTown Hand over 100 BMX Bikes
16 March 2010


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PROJECTS

BikeTown Hand over 100 BMX Bikes
16 March 2010

BikeTown Africa donated 100 BMX bikes to a track that AMA Rider built for the disadvantaged youths in Delft, Cape Town.
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Orange Farm
September 2009

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BLOGS

Building bikes in Orange Farm
1 October 2009

The dirt is gone from my hands, the scratches from flattening boxes have healed up, and I am sleeping in my own bed once more.
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