Bikes galore
Network for a Better World sends sincere thanks to Bike Town Africa for their generosity in supplying a total of 330 bicycles to the area. The President of Bike Town Africa, David Brienza, arranged for the bikes, to be sourced, paid for and transported to the Sitima area.
Lots of people are benefitting and the bike distribution was as below:-
St Michael’s Secondary School received 195 resulting in every learner and teacher having a bike to use. If learners do not complete their education or teachers leave the employ of the school they are obliged to return the bike.
Luntha and Umodzi secondary schools each took possession of 34 bikes for learners in the final year of education.
The 17 primary schools and Teachers Development Centre each received two bikes to enable teachers to attend training courses and meetings and to transport poorly children to the clinic or to home
Sitima Parish was presented with 25 bikes to be used by local community workers around the 40 square mile district
And two small NGOs, ourselves and Anamalawi each received 3 bikes
Journeys by foot take such a long time so the provision of the bicycles will reduce travel time and increase accessibility for many
Thank you very much, Bike Town Africa.

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International Women’s Day
Its wonderful to think that all over the world, on this day, women are being celebrated. We are having our celebrations here in Sitima too.
Tree Planting Day
At a meeting with the Headteachers of all 17 schools, way back in October, a decision was made to make a collective stand against Climate Change, by hosting a St Michael’s Zone Tree Planting Day on Wednesday 6 February.
Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday, which this year falls in Tuesday 2 December is a day of global giving where everyone is invited to do something for good causes that mean so much to them