Bicycles help kids get to school faster

[caption id="attachment_99230" align="aligncenter" width="500"] A Grade 10 pupil at Emdeni Secondary School with bicycles donated through the Bicycle Education Empowerment Programme, which is aimed at helping rural children, who often have to walk many kilometres to and from school each day.[/caption]

THOUSANDS of school children who had to walk many kilometres to get to school have had their travelling time slashed thanks to an innovative programme in which Bay Automotive giant Volkswagen South Africa has become involved.

With World Vision South Africa, the group will work at getting the bicycles to schoolchildren and monitoring them to ensure they are used for the right purposes. Pupils and parents have to sign a two-year contract stipulating the terms and conditions of use of the bicycle. - Amir Chetty