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<h2 style="text-align: left;"> Ability Bikes Cooperative in
Ghana</h2><font size="4">A Multi-Media Presentation by David Branigan, Bikes Not Bombs International Programs Director</font><br><br><div>
</div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b>Friday, Nov 13 2009 – Potluck at
6:30, presentation at 7:00</b><br>at the Bikes Not Bombs Hub, 284 Amory Street in Jamaica Plain</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/locations">http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/locations</a><br>
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</span>Join us for an exciting report back from Koforidua, Ghana by
David Branigan, BNB's new International Programs Director. David will
present a slideshow, video footage, and discussion of his 15 months
working in partnership with the Emmanuel Yeboah Education Foundation
and Sports Academy (EEFSA) to train 6 physically-challenged people to
be bike mechanics and administrators.
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<p>They've now registered Ability Bikes as Ghana's first
cooperatively-owned and run bike shop. They are running a successful
business, paying their own salaries, increasing respect for
physically-challenged people and breaking stereotypes, while also
greatly improving the bicycle infrastructure and thus affordable
mobility in this city of 87,000 people.<br><br>
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<p>This is also a great time to get to know David Branigan, who has
taken over the job of International Programs Director from Carl Kurz.
Carl founded Bikes Not Bombs and is now on a 2-year sabbatical after
25 years with Bikes Not Bombs.</p>
<p>For full details on the event, visit
<a href="http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/node/615">http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/node/615</a></p>
<p><br>You can see more photos from Ability Bikes at
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bnbghana/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/bnbghana/</a>
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<b><br>Let us know if you can bring some food to share (not required, of course) or have any questions by emailing <a href="mailto:arik@bikesnotbombs.org">arik@bikesnotbombs.org</a></b> or calling 617-522-022<br><br><br>
<br>-- <br>Jasmine Laietmark<br>Director of Grassroots Fundraising and Events<br><br><a href="http://www.bikesnotbombs.org">www.bikesnotbombs.org</a><br>617-522-0222 x106<br><br><br>---------------------------------<br><br>
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