Repairing bicycles for Africa, Liebefeld
About the event
Recycled bicycles from Switzerland combine social and professional integration in Switzerland with sustainable development cooperation in Africa.
Thanks to your help, we can export additional bikes to the south, train more bike mechanics, and get students cycling.
Your task will be:
Together with Drahtesel employees, you will prepare donated bicycles for export to Africa. Is the bicycle in working order? Do minor repairs need to be made? How can I prepare it for export in the most space-efficient way possible? You will learn all this during your assignment and get hands-on experience.
Velafrica has been collecting discarded bicycles since 1993, repairing them and shipping them to Africa. Every year, over 20,000 bicycles are sent to the southern hemisphere, where they make life easier for people there. In addition to promoting mobility, Velafrica supports the establishment of bicycle workshops and the training of mechanics. This creates jobs and income opportunities in bicycle assembly, repair, and sales. In Switzerland, Velafrica works with social institutions that employ unemployed people and people with disabilities, as well as institutions involved in the enforcement of measures. In this way, integration work is successfully combined with development cooperation.
Program
9:00 Welcome / General Introduction
From 9:30 Assignment in the export workshop
Training in pairs on a bicycle
Training session: Bicycle repair
Training session: Proper disassembly of bicycles for export
12:15 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 15:30 Bicycle repair and disassembly
15:45 Feedback
16:00 Closing
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Location:
- Velowerkstatt Drahtesel, Waldeggstrasse 27, 3097 Liebefeld
Arrival:
- Accessible via the “Hessstrasse” bus stop (Bus No. 10) or “Liebefeld” railway station (S6). Please note that parking is very limited.
- Participants are responsible for their own travel to and from the meeting point. Travel expenses to and from the event location are not covered.
Contact on the day of the event:
- Drahtesel Bicycle Workshop
- Bernhard Leu
- Email: bernhard.leu@drahtesel.ch
- Tel. +41 31 529 33 52
For any questions in advance, please use the inquiry function at the end of the event description.
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