HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2011-01-12, Page 2020 Lakeshore IWvance • Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Bicycles for Humanity at the Co-op Gallery
Lakeshore Advance
for 1 humanity project , will celebrate it's success with
a photo show at the Goderich Co-op Gallery during
Mark Nonkesr who inspired the Huron " Bicycles !unary and February. 'these photos feature the Joy
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of the recipients of the bicycles ,and the
difference the bikes have made to the
community receiving them.
Mark worked in Namibia as a web
designer on a 6 month skills exchange
through the Canadian government. At
the end of this contract, he was hired as a
communications officer. While in
Namibia, Mark was looking for a
modestly priced bike for himself and
found that these were In short supply.
Only expensive bikes were manufactured
on the continent .
Hearing about Bicycles for humanity
which sends bikes from Europe , Nor'
America, Japan, or Australia to Afrin
Mark asked his parents hack in I luron
County to help. Sylvia and lack Nonkes,
who had visited Mark in Namibia , were
able to become involvedl. In 2008, 383
bikes from this area were shipped, after
not only finding the bikes, but also the
money to fund the container and the
shipping 'Ihe container became a bicy-
cle repair shop, employing 5 people, and
the profits helped to feed children
with 1 IIV,
In 2010, Perth and Iluron Counties
were canvassed and over 80() hikes were
donated so money fort containers was
needed for shipping and Namibia's
import taxes
The photos in this show were taken by
Mark in Namibia , after the first shipment
of bikes and show the Joy and exuberance
of the children of the area. I he bikes
would be used to
get water ( 1 kilom-
eter away) or to take
the 1 1/2 trip to
school. Life would
be much easier
with the assistance
of these bikes.
Mark's photos
can be viewed at
the Goderich Co-op
Gallery during the
first two months of
2011. The Gallery is
located at 54 Court-
house Square, and
our winter hours
are Wednesday to
Saturday, 10 a.tn.
'lit 4 p,nn, A work-
ing artist is always
on duty. For more
information , phone
440-5320, or visit
www,gcgallery.
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