200,000 Bikes Donated

As BfW celebrated our 20th year anniversary, Rachel celebrated her first bike...and our 200,000th! Rachel Paola Arubiol Calero received this Cannondale from the last container delivered to our partner MiBici in Costa Rica. Richard Delridge donated this bike to our warehouse in August. We loaded it the next week with the distinct honor of being our 200,000th bike donated.

Rachel was thrilled to receive this bike. She will use it not only to commute to work, but to continue to train and improve her cycling. She has always dreamed of owning a bike of her own and now she does.

Rachel turned 18 this year and got her first job. She was commuting the 5km to work by walking and/or using public transportation. She now saves time and energy and approximately $250 in transportation costs thanks to her new bicycle.

Rachel was placed in a shelter run by the National Child Welfare Agency (PANI), which helps children and young people at social and economic risk by providing them with a place to sleep and eat until they can be placed with a family that will support them.

Rachel is a success story and is currently working. She's been passionate about bikes since she was a child, but this is the first time she's ever had her own. This bike will be her companion for a long time, helping her get from home to work, as well as with all the daily tasks that require her to move around.

Thanks to the support of Bikes for the World, FINCA, and the Fundación Costa Rica para los Niños, we were able to give her a bike that means a lot to her and will help her keep pursuing her dreams.

FINCA Costa Rica/MiBici has received over 48,000 bikes from Bikes for the World over the past 20 years.