Bicycles
Practical Action
Useful contacts and addresses
International Bicycle Fund
4887 Columbia Dr S
Seattle WA 98108-1919
USA
Website: http://www.ibike.org/index.htm
A non-governmental, non-profit, advocacy organisation, promoting sustainable transport and
international understanding. Major areas of activity are non-motorised urban planning,
economic development, bike safety education, responsible travel and cycle tourism, and
cross-cultural, educational programmes.
Pan Africa Bicycle Information Network (PABIN)
Website: http://www.ibike.org/pabin/index.htm
Working to improve opportunities for bicycle transport and low-cost mobility to improve
productivity, the quality of life and the environment in Africa.
Re~Cycle
Unit A Global Park
Moorside
Colchester
Essex, CO1 2TW
United Kingdom
Tel: 0845 4580 852 or 01206 863111
Email: mailbox@afribike.org
Website: www.re-cycle.org
Re-cycle is a charity whose mission is to collect and ship second hand bicycles and parts to
less developed countries. Re-cycle helps to teach local people the skills of how to repair and
maintain bicycles, to improve their lives in a sustainable manner.
First African Bicycle
Information Office
PO Box 1537
Jinja
Uganda
Tel: 00256-77-620312
E-mail: africa.bike@jessas.de
http://jessas.de/partners.html
FABIO (First African Bicycle Information Office) is providing literature and videos on bicycles
as sustainable means of transport and is organising national and international seminars on
bicycle-awareness. There is a bicycle-workshop and training-centre for youths in assembling
and maintenance of bicycles.
Cycling out of Poverty
info@cyclingoutofpoverty.com
http://cyclingoutofpoverty.com/
Cycling out or Poverty is a Dutch organisation engaged in raising funds for bicycle micro
credit projects in Africa. Cycling out of Poverty is running 3 projects: in Uganda, Burkina Faso
and Ghana.
Jacana Real World Development
1321-B North Carolina Avenue NE
Washington, D.C. 20002, USA
Website: http://fleetproject.org/
Jacana has been working on the Build A Better Bicycle (BABB) project. The objective of the
BABB project is to commercialise a bicycle designed specifically for use in demanding
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