bikes are saving the world

A car in Africa often costs over 10 times the average annual income, a bicycle can make the difference between, getting an education or not, earning a living or not, or receiving medical care or not. People in Africa walk up to 3 miles to get water. Mostly women or girls. After walking the water must then be boiled and filtered to clean it. All labor intensive but necessary task to prevent diseases.

Here is the solution



http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/features/worldwaterday06.html