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Project Details.

Environment-friendly Bike Initiative for Youth

Grantee: General Association for Caring Talented
Start Date: 10/2020
End Date: 12/2021      
Objectives:

To provide 300 bikes to be distributed through the revolving fund mechanism, in addition to installing bike racks in Maadi district.
Accomplishments:
  • Purchasing 229 environmentally friendly bicycles for distribution to beneficiaries in the governorates of Greater Cairo.
  • Distribution of 154 bicycles to young beneficiaries in the form of a loan, 37 for females and 117 for males.
  • Reusing the installments as revolving loans to buy another 150 bikes.
  • Awareness of the economic and health benefits of using the bicycle instead of the means of transportation that pollute the environment.
  • Printing 300 metal plates with the name and logo of the project, the financier and the association and installing them on the bike frame.
  • Forming a community committee tasked with providing advice and support for the project.
Communities:

Maadi area As a first phase, the project was expanded to include the governorates of Cairo, Giza and Qaliubiya
Partners:

Youth and Sports Directorates, Sports Clubs and Youth Centers, Civil Society Institutions
Beneficiaries: 154 young men and women directly benefited (37 females, 117 males), 1,375 family members of the beneficiaries, 500,000 residents of Maadi indirectly

  • State:

    Cairo

  • Areas of Work:

    Climate Change