Sarkozy and Kagame are expected to visit a memorial for genocide victims during the hours-long visit, which comes after a stop Wednesday in Gabon that is expected to focus on a defense accord.

Ride 4 Rwanda

Saturday, February 20th

9:00 AM- Meet in the Goleta Beach parking lot for refreshments and registration.

10:00 - Roll out with Tom Ritchey and the crew.

12:00 - Return to Goleta Beach.

In Rwanda
...bikes serve as a vital tool for people all ages. Similarly, the Ride for Rwanda is tailored to accommodate cyclists of all ages.

In honor of Black History Month, Southwest Bikes of Las Vegas, NV is showing one of only a handful of Project Rwanda Cargo Bikes in the United States. The bikes were originally used by Rwandan coffee farmers but are now being used by sectors including veterinarian medicine, students and other agriculture like dairy and potatoes.

The 4th annual "50 Mile Ride for Project Rwanda" will be held on Saturday April 10, 2010 in Orange County, CA.

What began as a 50th birthday ride back in 2006 has evolved into one of the most anticipated and talked-about mountain bike events in Southern California. Last year’s event was enjoyed by over 400 fun-loving mountain bikers, and organizers expect over 500 riders to participate this year.

The cargo bike makes it to Cambridge

The Harvard Business School has selected Project Rwanda as one of its organizations in Rwanda for their MBA Immersion Experience Program (IXP.) A team of 36 students and 4 advisors will focus on three organizations in Rwanda.

Last February Marc created a one-man Coffee Bike Fund Raiser. Riding 24 hours to fund 24 coffee bikes for the coffee farmers in Rwanda. This year he is focusing on increasing a U.S. market for Rwandan coffee and wants to be your coffee farmer for a day. For those in the St. Louis, MO Metropolitan area, place your orders now for Wooden Bike Coffee: A fun and complex Specialty Coffee that is the very best that Africa has to offer - Rwanda Bourbon.

In 2008, Jacob went to Rwanda to help distribute cargo bikes to rural coffee farmers. He made film that documented the impact of the bicycle on a single farmer, his family, and village. What many Americans see as an expensive toy was much more for Pascal and his community.

Now Jacob and his crew are taking the story global. The bicycle can't eradicate poverty, cure HIV/AIDS, or stop global warming. But it can give a farmer a hand up, allow a health worker to reach further, and take one more car off the road.

Click here to help them win the Grant-for-Change contest by voting for their film.

Carol Pratt and Bobbie Jo Carrin discovered Project Rwanda while reading an article in Outside Magazine (September 2008) and immediately emailed us wanting to make a donation.

As an aide for Special Ed children in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, Carol could not afford to make a lofty donation to support our cause, but felt compelled to help in any way she could. She came up with the great idea to pay half the cost of a cargo bike for a farmer, and requested that the farmer pay for, or finance, the rest. A great idea for helping someone in a sustainable and an accountable way!

She recruited her friend Bobbie Jo to make a donation, and together they decided they had enough money to cover half the cost of three bikes – making a difference in the lives of three farmers and their families, instead of just one.

It was a new way of applying a donation on our end, but we were determined to make it happen, and honor their request. And what a novel and thoughtful idea it turned out to be! Instead of helping just one farmer, they pooled their resources, cut costs for the farmers, and were able to reach more people in need of help.

During their recent trip to Rwanda in June, Carol and Bobbie Jo stopped by the Project Rwanda office to personally meet and give the cargo bikes to the very farmers they wanted to help.

Carol and Bobbie Jo understand that every little bit helps. And just a small donation will change the lives of local farmers, and the fate of their families, forever.

To help farmers in need, just $300 dollars purchases a bicycle, spare parts and support. Any donation amount helps put bikes in the hands of those who need them most.