“[The point is to get] the business up and running, so they have the option of staying local or continuing to buy and ship parts from the U.S.. The projects in Ghana recently paid to receive three containers of parts from the Bikes Not Bombs in the U.S.”
“Both Vocational Education and Earn-a-Bike have a priority of developing individual skills, yet they do need to work in a team context to function well.”
“It's important to note that we're not considered a charity, but if a project is selected as a recipient of a grant, we send the containers [of bike parts] for free.”
“Sixty percent of the funds are from grassroots fundraising like the Bike-a-thon. We have 14,000 people in our database who have donated something, and we call and ask them to give again. They usually do.”
“Successes are successes and failures are failures; we've definitely had our share of both, but we're [reaching] more donors and volunteers all the time.”
“Since all the bikes are donated [to BNB in the U.S.], we only charge the head of the business for the shipping costs and a 10 percent administration fee.”
