Why bicycle displays?

Yesterday I wrote about our current funding situation, today I'll explain why it's bicycle displays we want to raise money for.

Importance of Bicycles

Bicycles are a main form of transport in rural Cambodia. Owning one can make a big difference...

Only 25% of children in Cambodia register for lower secondary education. The lack of transport is one of the main reasons for this. 

The cost of a bicycle is $35.  

An easy way to get businesses and their customers involved

For us at ConCERT it is not only nice but also important to observe that more and more businesses respond to their guests’ interest in charity activities and use ConCERT’s links and expertise in this field to do this in the most responsible way. It is an important development that benefits everyone involved: The guests and customers can easily travel more responsible and feel good, the businesses meet an increasing demand and our members are helped with funding and important business links. 

Bicycle displays are one of the concepts we've come up with to get tourists and businesses involved in a discrete yet effective way and to raise money for bicycles for our member NGOs. It works!

An example

In co-operation with the Victoria Hotel, its two former sustainability management trainees from France and the general manager Hanno Stamm we set up a bicycle display last November that up to now yielded $365 in donations – enough to buy 11 bicycles.

Because the Victoria Hotels’ guests enjoyed to get involved this way and the display fits well into the lobby they decided to keep the display another three months to raise more money. 

Picture of the bicycle display at the Victoria

So far we've set up two bicycle displays which raised 19 bicycles and we're planning to set up more. Please support our efforts.

Best wishes,

Meera