Video: 9 Years Old And Making A Difference
"I’ve biked through thunder and lightning, and hailstorms and ice on the roads. Hurricane Irene is like pitch black, dark…it just makes me feel good that they can go to school and do what they want to do.”
-Griffin, 9-years-old, who rode his bike to school everyday for a year in rural Vermont to bring bikes to students in rural Africa.
May is Bike Month and Griffin’s story perfectly highlights the power of bicycles both here in the United States and abroad. Griffin’s experience shows how much each one of us can do to change our world, every single day.
In Bike Month in May, communities across the United States are focusing on the benefits of bicycles- economic, health, environmental. Whether someone is bicycling to avoid urban gridlock in the U.S. or trying to reach a distant school in rural Africa, bikes provide a simple solution to some of our world’s most complex problems.
www.worldbicyclerelief.org
-Griffin, 9-years-old, who rode his bike to school everyday for a year in rural Vermont to bring bikes to students in rural Africa.
May is Bike Month and Griffin’s story perfectly highlights the power of bicycles both here in the United States and abroad. Griffin’s experience shows how much each one of us can do to change our world, every single day.
In Bike Month in May, communities across the United States are focusing on the benefits of bicycles- economic, health, environmental. Whether someone is bicycling to avoid urban gridlock in the U.S. or trying to reach a distant school in rural Africa, bikes provide a simple solution to some of our world’s most complex problems.
www.worldbicyclerelief.org
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And of course this is a great initiative!
As chileans we are sending food, water and clothes to the affected people. As most of you guys are from the other side of the world the best way you can help is sending money. I recommend to send it to:
"desafio levantemos Chile" www.desafiolevantemoschile.cl/levantemoschile
that means in a very rough way "challenge lift Chile", this foundation was founded on 2010 after an Earthquake and tsunami take over on the south of Chile, and it is about building houses. You will see on the link that they are also helping out the north of Chile, that recently suffered an earthquake of 8,2 in the Richter scale.
Also a good foundation is "un techo para Chile", www.techo.org/paises/chile/incendio-valparaiso that means, a roof for Chile. This foundation is about taking out camps, and building houses instead. It was born in Chile and now is present in all south america.
tl;dr: if you are sending money to help Valparaiso, send it to www.desafiolevantemoschile.cl/levantemoschile or www.techo.org/paises/chile/incendio-valparaiso since they are gonna make a good use of it.
Griffin -- your determination and generosity will take you far in life. Much respect.