globalbike decided to work in zambia first because of two reasons. first, while visiting the country a couple of years ago the staff of Project Concern International, showed incredible kindness to me. Yvonne was especially helpful as she helped me find the locations I was suppose to visit and navigate a country that I was traveling in alone. Through the years Yvonne and I have maintained contact and we knew that these personal connections could help the project take off. Secondly, we knew we were looking for established organizations to work with. PCI has an over 40 year history working throughout the world. These two reasons were critical to why we started in Zambia. PCI works in Zambia to ease the impact of the AIDS pandemic. (About PCI's work in Zambia) Currently, PCI has approximately 350 community health workers that work with children orphaned by the AIDS pandemic, assist with the delivery of anti-retroviral drugs, and directly assist those affected by AIDS. Currently, globalbike has 22 bikes in operation by community care workers who use them daily to see patients at distances ranging averaging from 2 km to 20 km (1.2 miles to 12.4 miles).
PCI Zambia photo gallery
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