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The Bicycle Project arises during the 11 th Annual Sponsor Tour in 2005 as an initiative expressed by the group known as “Los Compadres”, whom originally heard from members of the School for Promoters who commented on the difficulties for transportation from their communities to the bigger towns such as Huatabampo (core location) it took long walks of 12 to 20 kilometers in order to get to school due to a lack of proper transportation therefore the most viable option would be the use of a bicycle.
Members of the School for Promoters also did comment that some youth have to walk between 4 and 10 kilometers to get to the nearest secondary school.
An increased interest was shown by the sponsors considering this alternative as a fund deserving project which they want to support, and so they started raising all possible funding in order to run this project.
As for the students, these bikes belong to the community itself in a way that when these youngsters graduate from school they will keep on passing these bikes to the youngest ones.
To this day, a total amount of 29 bicycles have been distributed as shown on the graph below:
Municipality |
Community |
Bicycles |
Purpose |
Etchojoa |
Buaysiacobe |
2 |
Children, youth and adult transportation within the community |
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Buaysiacobe |
1 |
A 2 kilometer trek to the secondary school |
|
Bocana |
1 |
Children, youth and adult transportation within the community |
Huatabampo |
Moroncarit |
1 |
Children, youth and adult transportation within community |
|
Loma de Etchropo |
2 |
Children, youth and adult transportation within the community |
|
Loma de Moroncarit |
1 |
Children, youth and adult transportation within the community |
Quiriego |
Bacusa |
10 |
Aid for youth attending secondary school for a 6 kilometer trek to Quiriego |
|
Goyjaquia |
7 |
Aid for youth attending secondary school for a 4 kilometer trek to Tepahui |
Navojoa |
Sifon |
2 |
Aid for youth attending secondary school for a 2 kilometer trek to Santa Maria del Buaraje |
|
Guadalupe de Juarez |
1 |
Children, youth and adult transportation within the community |
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Tribu Yaqui |
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Children, youth and adult transportation within community |
We haven’t fully covered this need; there are still 35 more youngsters and promoters left who need the support.
Municipality |
Community |
Bicycles |
Purpose |
Etchojoa |
Huitchaca |
5 |
Aid for youth who need transportation to village Bocana /5 kilometers |
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Sebampo |
1 |
Aid for teenager for a 20 kilometer trek to secondary school |
|
Buaysiacobe |
3 |
Transportation for children, youth and adults within the community for group monitoring and sessions follow |
|
Huitchaca |
2 |
Transportation for children, youth and adults within the community for group monitoring and sessions follow |
|
Yavaros |
1 |
Transportation for children, youth and adults within the community for group monitoring and sessions follow |
Huatabampo |
|
1 |
Transportation for children, youth and adults within the community for group monitoring and sessions follow |
Navojoa |
Sifon |
1 |
Aid for youth who need to get to Santa Maria Buaraje for a 2 kilometer trek |
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Guadalupe de Juarez |
1 |
Transportation for children, youth and adults within the community for group monitoring and sessions follow |
|
Guadalupe de Juarez |
3 |
Aid for youth who need to get to Santa Maria Buaraje for a 2 kilometer trek |
|
Santa Maria del Buaraje |
1 |
Aid for youth who need to get to Santa Maria Buaraje for a 2 kilometer trek |
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Tribu Yaqui |
2 |
Transportation for children, youth and adults within the community for group monitoring and sessions follow |
|
Tribu Yaqui |
3 |
Aid for elementary school children to go to Loma de Bacum for a 2 kilometer trek |
Quiriego |
Bacusa |
8 |
Aid for youth who need to attend secondary school for a 6 kilometer trek to Quiriego |
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Goyjaquia |
4 |
Aid for youth who need to attend secondary school for a 4 kilometer trek to Tepahui |
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