Pedal Power - How bicycles can change lives

[KnittyNorah]

Not sure where to put this ... here will do.

People Fixing The World - BBC radio world service podcast; subject as above and link here. Brief video clip here.
Makes you think.
Well, made me a bit weepy to be honest. Especially the schoolgirls ...

ETA and here's the recent catch-up (Jan 2022). Starts at 06:45 .

 

[Cathryn]

Thanks. I’ll listen to this!

 

[Cycleops]

It's just amazing what a difference it can make to people's lives in remote areas of Africa.
Something else only mentioned briefly in the video is mobile money. This has also had a big impact here. It has enabled people who have never had a bank account to have access to something that is virtually the same. It's operated by all the networks here and you can send, receive money and keep a balance. It's all done from your mobile which doesn't need to be a smart phone and for the most part it's free. It's revolutionised money handling here. I even have it on my phone.

View: https://youtu.be/2IXT1l6nkNI

 

[KnittyNorah]

It's just amazing what a difference it can make to people's lives in remote areas of Africa.

Great to hear that from someone actually 'there'. Well, I appreciate you're in an entirely different part of the continent and all that, but you're a lot more 'there' that I am! My aunt lived in Nigeria for many years, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and said she used to enjoy visiting Ghana.