This Sunday, June 15th from 10:30 to 4:00PM, Bikes Not Bombs volunteers will load a 40' shipping container full of bicycle aid for the Diepsloot, South Africa "Youth Cycles Project."

We start at 10:30 am and work until we finish, which we expect to be around 4:00pm. We'll take a break around 1pm for a pizza lunch (provided) and a short talk about the project. Volunteers can come for any part of this time that works for you. Experience not required.

The Diepsloot project was started in May of 2006 through a collaboration between Bikes Not Bombs and the Global Community Initiatives along with organized youth of Diepsloot. The project has two programmatic elements: 1) a small scale bicycle shop business and 2) an Earn-A-Bike youth program. Both of these programs are housed in Diepsloot, and run chiefly by youth who live in the South African settlement, a 200,000 person township that is considered to be a part of Johannesberg.

The Bike Shop and the Earn-A-Bike program, based on the Bikes Not Bombs model, are currently supporting the wages of 5 individuals by selling used and new bicycles, providing parts and repair services to the local community and running the not-for-profit Earn-A-Bike program for youth through foundation grants. More than 300 bicycles have been distributed via the Earn-A-Bike program in Diepsloot and 40 more individuals will be graduating in August of this year.

DIRECTIONS: This event does NOT happen at Bikes Not Bombs. We will be loading from a big parking lot at 179 Boylston St., Jamaica Plain, 2 blocks from the StonyBrook T stop on the Orange Line. Coming from the NEW BNB at 284 Amory Street, turn right on Amory (which puts you travelling away from the Green St T stop, towards the StoneyBrook T stop). Turn right on Boylston Street (where the StoneyBrook T stop is on your left) and then turn right into a large parking lot which is part of the Brewery Complex. You'll see our 40 ft. shipping container parked in this lot, just off the street.