Students collecting bikes for orphans
Segment aired March 20, 2009
WSOC-TV
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- It takes a lot of time and hard work to plan a fundraiser to help children, especially when those children live overseas. Three local teens decided to come together and help children in Africa, many of whom are living with AIDS.
This all involves a simple means of transportation we may take for granted. Students at Charlotte Latin are giving bicycles to sick children and adults in need.
The chain reaction began last summer when Becky Green's relatives told her about problems in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. AIDS orphans need bikes to get to school, and to collect water. And adults need a way to get to work.
"It would really help them out if they could ride a bike, instead of walking 20 miles to get to work or school," Green said.
She called her friends Lucy Shearer and Erin Hogan, to gather a plan.
"We each organized at our school to do bike collections," Shearer said.
To read more, and to view video of the segment, go to www.wsoctv.com/family/18978655/detail.html.
To learn more about Bikes for Africa, go to bikesforafrica.org.