https://reasonstobecheerful.world/a-bicycle-is-an-anti-poverty-machine/
"Every morning in Galapa, a small town on the outskirts of Barranquilla,
Colombia, Jorge Romero walked his 13-year-old daughter Mariangel to school, and
every afternoon he accompanied her back home. The four-kilometer trek would be
too dangerous for a girl to walk on her own, and the family can’t afford other
means of transportation. But walking his daughter to school meant that Romero,
a day laborer, sacrificed getting into the labor queue early in the day,
missing opportunities to work.
Like many families in Galapa, the Romeros are refugees from Venezuela who spent
much of their savings crossing the border two years ago. Mariangel shares the
simple two-bedroom home with eight family members. Most of the family sleeps in
one bedroom, reserving the other to store their few prized possessions —
including the Buffalo Bicycle that Mariangel recently received from World
Bicycle Relief (WBR), a Chicago-based nonprofit that shared Mariangel’s story
with
Reasons to be Cheerful."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
