Community members in Choke (cho-kay) say that lack of transportation is their #1 problem. The remoteness of the community means it is either too far to walk or too expensive for other transport means. For most community members, it takes over a 3-hour roundtrip journey just to sell their goods, yet a bicycle would cut that time into a…
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Category 'Participants'
Improvements in primary education (between the ages of 6 and 13) address poverty and food insecurity in the long term by targeting the root problems of a lack of access to education in rural communities. Improving access to education will allow impoverished individuals to: Become informed about nutrition and health, so they are better able…
Continue reading →This bicycle is my life. –Kidega Patrick This blog, is told in first person by Kidega Patrick, a BAP participant. Every week I take my mother to the hospital. It’s not that she necessarily has a check-up every week, but a problem usually comes up every week. As a widow and with no other children…
Continue reading →On Monday and Tuesday I spent the day “out in the field.” Komakech Geoffrey, a Research Assistant we occasionally work with, joined myself, Apiyo, and Oketta to visit a few of the rural villages. Apiyo and Oketta, BAP’s Project Managers, worked on some program maintenance with the local leaders and community at-large. They held a…
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