From the Field: Stories of Hope and Change

These two young entrepreneurs are carrying cassava, potatoes to the market place in Butare. They have to push the bicycle for 10 kms on top of the hills. They are coffee farmers who sell their coffee to Maraba washing station and were interested in the coffee/cargo bike for transporting the coffee cherries.	Many people in the northern part of Rwanda still use wooden bicycles as a means of transport. When the local farmers in the area were asked if they would be interested in the coffee/cargo bikes, they said they could use the bikes to transport their agricultural produce to the market before it perishes.

Learn about how the coffee bike has changed lives in Rwanda. Start with the link below »