Putting used bikes and sewing machines to good use
Bicycle Grand Total since 1991: 168,702
Sewing Machine Grand Total since 1999: 6,579
Our mission: To empower sustainable economic development by recycling bicycles and sewing machines from the U.S. and shipping them to motivated people in the developing world.
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Fall 2024 Collection schedule ( š Map)
To schedule a collection, contact Alan Schultz, alan@p4p.org or (908) 399-8217.
Summer 2024 Newsletter
Container shipped to Guatemala
September 28, 2024: We loaded our 25th container for our partner in Guatemala, FIDESMA, our longest-standing partner: 460 bikes and 25 sewing machines. The shipment was delayed for a few days because of the Longshoremen’s strike, but the container is now on its way. Here is Alan’s facebook reel of the loading.
Container arrived in Sierra Leone
September 2024: Here’s a note from Sierra Leone: those 455 bikes and 65 sewing machines we shipped in July just arrived. Here’s more info on our new partner there.
Fall 2024 Collection #1
September 7th: 71 bikes (!) and 13 sewing machines from the East Stroudsburg Rotary and Smithfieldās Rotary ā with a clown Rotarian!! Ā (Collection Schedule)
Container shipped to Sierra Leone
July 13, 2024: we shipped a container to our new partner in Sierra Leone, the Kola Nut Producers Association: 455 bikes and 65 sewing machines. Welcome! Here’s the Summer 2024 Newsletter Post with more information.
End of season, lots of news!
- We’ve just finished our spring 2024 collection season. Collection numbers are in the schedule.
- We’ve just mailed our summer 2024 solicitation letter. These twice-a-year solicitations produce a significant part of our income. Please consider making a donation. Thanks.
- We’ve just published our Summer 2024 Newsletter. Check it out.
- We welcome our newest partner, the Kola Nut Producers Association, Sierra Leone.
Collection Season Winding Down
22 June 2024: We just held our final local collection for Spring 2024. Thanks to Saint Joseph’s Church in High Bridge, we have 25 more bikes and 6 more sewing machines destined for our new partner in Sierra Leone.
Belize #4
May 4, 2024: we loaded 404 bikes and 25 sewing machines into a container now headed for P4P Belize.
New Partner in Tanzania
Second shipment of 2024: 72 sewing machines are on their way to our new partner in Tanzania, Chief Promotions. Here are the machines getting packed.