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BikeTown Africa began in 2006 with the delivery of 200 bicycles to health care workers in Botswana. A partnership between Bicycling Magazine, Rodale Press, Kona Bicycle Company and Bristol Myers Squibb, BikeTown Africa donates bicycles to health care workers, focusing on HIV/Aids, and then documents the way the bicycle changes their lives. The program grew in 2007 to include a donation of 150 bicycles in Katimo Mulilo on the Caprivi Strip in Namibia and 169 bicycles in Tambacounda, Senegal. The BikeTown Africa team assembles the bicycles in each location and does maintenance and repair workshops, providing tools and spares for mechanics in the area. 2008 promises the donation of 1000 bicycles in Mozambique, Swaziland and South Africa. Bike Town Africa’s official website Ask BikeTown Africa a question |
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The first build and handover for Bike Town Africa 2009 took place in Orange Farm. Volunteers from SA and the USA helped assemble the 200 
The dirt is gone from my hands, the scratches from flattening boxes have healed up, and I am sleeping in my own bed once more.
