In the last newsletter I did not articulate our refined bicycle focus. After our first 5 years of ministry we evaluated our bike and trike programs. We want to continue in our strengths, doing what we do best, and stop that which we weren’t doing well enough.
With our bicycle division we refined our focus to reflect our strengths. We began HWI with an emphasis on getting bikes overseas, on containers, and by buying them in different countries. We have found, however that there is a huge need for bicycles in DuPage County and throughout the United States as a primary means of transportation.
We also found that to grant money or sending containers overseas is wrought with logistical difficulties. Therefore we have discontinued granting money for those purposes. Unless individuals or organizations approach us, because they have a container and want us to have us donate bikes to put in it, we will focus our bike efforts nationally (within the U.S.).
We do keep an international focus through our hand-pedaled trike division. Our goal is to partner with missions and other organizations and provide the tools for the nationals to fabricate trikes in their own country.
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