#BIKEYGEES - about empowering migrant women by bike trainings
summary
Community-run bike trainings teach riding, traffic rules and basic repairs, hand over a bike plus helmet, lock and ownership certificate, and train graduates to become instructors; the initiative registers as a nonprofit and runs sessions three times a month. Outcomes: 330 women trained, 50 bike sets handed over, average time to learn 10–20 minutes, some need tricycles, several graduates complete 5–10 km rides, and the project wins the Hatun Surucu prize for feminist engagement.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:29Project origins
- 3:41Bike training success
- 5:14Volunteer lessons
- 6:19Bike handover process
- 7:32Repair workshops
- 8:39Adapting training
- 9:24Charity runs awards
- 10:57Graduates' impact
- 12:00Project achievements
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