Girls Bicycle Project
Girls Bicycle Project
Project Brief: Innovative scheme through a partner bank to provide bicycles to girls to allow them to attend school.
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: girls (description)
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Yale
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: girls (description)
Secondary Focus: to go to formal school
Area: RuralSupporting Chapter Contact:
Yale
Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Hitten Zaveri
Co-Steward: Venice Walters
Project Partner(s): Chetna Gala-Sinha
Project Address: Girls Bicycle Project
Mann Vikas Samjik Sanstha
Mann Deshi Mahila Bank, Ltd
Mhaswad, Maharashtra 415509
Tel: 91-2373-270119
Stewarding Chapter: Yale
Project Steward: Hitten Zaveri
Co-Steward: Venice Walters
Project Partner(s): Chetna Gala-Sinha
Project Address: Girls Bicycle Project
Mann Vikas Samjik Sanstha
Mann Deshi Mahila Bank, Ltd
Mhaswad, Maharashtra 415509
Tel: 91-2373-270119
Stewarding Chapter: Yale
Higher primary and secondary schools are most often located in a central village, which may be at a distance of several kilometers from satellite villages. The purpose of the girls bicycle project is to allow girls to overcome the distance barrier to education. The NGO (Mann Vikas Samjik Sanstha) and bank (Mann Deshi Mahila Bank, Ltd) are promoting a scheme whereby the parents of girls can apply for zero percent loans towards the purchase of a bicycle.

