2019 IMPACT REPORT Dear Friends
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2019 IMPACT REPORT Dear Friends, As all of us are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, we would like to share World Bicycle Relief’s impact and innovations achieved in 2019. The pandemic makes even more evident the importance of our mission to provide mobility to access healthcare, education and economic opportunity to individuals and communities in developing regions of the world. Thanks to our generous supporters, we exceeded our milestone goal of 500,000 bicycles in 2019. We are inspired by the measured impact to reach more people with life-changing mobility. Three themes emerge as highlights for 2019: • World Bicycle Relief is relentless about innovation. The ground-breaking, randomized controlled study to assess our Buffalo Bicycle’s impact on girls’ education and empowerment showed that girls with bicycles had reduced absenteeism by 28%, increased punctuality by 66%, and girls feeling more in control of the decisions affecting their lives. • We embrace that gender equality drives powerful cultural and systemic change. Our partnership with Village Enterprise made evident that bicycles help women in rural areas run their businesses more efficiently and profitably. • Our unique holistic ecosystem approach combining philanthropy and social enterprise facilitates sustainable impact. This is demonstrated with our growing retail footprint and our partnership with Onyx to pilot a flexible, pay-as-you-go model that offers our Buffalo Bicycles to customers in Zambia. 2019 also paved the way for an official launch in Colombia in 2020, where we have a goal to distribute 20,000 bicycles over the next three years. More than anything, we care about the impact on people and communities we serve. Behind every metric and evaluation is the human whose life has forever changed. This is about so much more than bicycles. Whether you’ve been with us since the beginning, or if we’ve just been introduced, we are driving this impact together. Thank you. Students at Bar Union Secondary School in Kisumu, Kenya celebrate the distribution of the 500,000th Buffalo Bicycle—a milestone moment made possible thanks to World Bicycle Relief supporters who surpassed our goal in 2019. F.K. Day Dave Neiswander Chairman & Co-Founder Chief Executive Officer VILLAGE ENTERPRISE EMPOWERING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN KENYA In 2019, World Bicycle Relief continued our partnership with Village Enterprise, a leading innovator of the Graduation Approach for poverty reduction, to test the impact of providing quality bicycles to women entrepreneurs of micro-businesses in Migori County, Kenya. One hundred and forty-five business groups of women each received one Buffalo Bicycle to help them run their businesses more profitably, conveniently, and sustainably. Data collected on those who received bikes, compared with 136 who didn’t receive bikes, suggest that businesses with bicycles were able to save money. A planned second implementation phase will build on our learnings and provide further evidence of impact. “ Since we received the Buffalo Bicycle, work has become easier. We now manage to get our stock twice a week. In a good week we can stock three times. This has increased our earnings and our savings as transport is no longer a liability.”– MARY AKINYI, 45-YEAR-OLD MEMBER OF VILLAGE ENTERPRISE’S “YAW PACHI” BUSINESS GROUP GLOBAL IMPACT 2019 A YEAR OF CROSS-CUTTING IMPACT WHERE WE WORK INNOVATION BICYCLES BY SECTOR 2005-2019 World Bicycle Relief is committed 100% to helping communities conquer ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT the challenge of distance with sustainable, long-term mobility EDUCATION 80% solutions. With your support, our HEALTHCARE innovative programming helps 60% individuals achieve independence and thrive. 40% 20% PROGRAM LOCATIONS (2019) PROGRAM LOCATIONS (2005-2018) FUNDRAISING OFFICES (2019) 58,917 Colombia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Angola, Eritrea, Indonesia, Mozambique, U.S., U.K., Germany, Canada, 2005 2011 2019 Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Australia, Switzerland BUFFALO BICYCLES DISTRIBUTED Zimbabwe South Africa, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda 211 BUFFALO BICYCLE RETAIL SHOPS MECHANICS TRAINED 506,257 TOTAL BICYCLES ZAMBIA DISTRIBUTED ECONOMIC 100% Bungoma DEVELOPMENT Solwezi Kisumu EDUCATION 80% Chipata Lilongwe 229,447 8 Kapiri Mposhi PHILANTHROPIC HEALTHCARE Lusaka Mumbwa Chongwe BICYCLES PROGRAM COUNTRIES Kaomo Soweto Zomba 60% Mazabuka Kamwala Monze Choma Chinhoyi Kalomo 2019 FIELD PARTNERS: Baylor College of Medicine • CAMFED • Care International, Harare MALAWI 40% Chegutu Ruwa Catholic Relief Services • Childfund International • Churches Association of Zambia KENYA 276,810 WHERE YOUR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (CHAZ) • Clinton Health Access Initiative • CMMB • Feed the Children • Feed the Gokwe Msasa DONATION GOES Mutare BICYCLES Future • GIZ • globalbike • Government of Kenya • Government20% of Malawi • * Bulawayo $16.7 M Government of Zambia • Government of Zimbabwe • Greenline Africa Trust • Innovations Chiredzi TOTAL SHOPS for Poverty Action • JHPIEGO • Lutheran World Federation • Mana Pools National Park ZIMBABWE 23 • Mothers2Mothers • One Community • PACT • Plan International2005 • Postobon • PSI • 2011 WAREHOUSE/ 2,323 76% 18% 6% SAFAIDS • Save the Children • Transaid • UNICEF • USAID • Village Bicycle Project • ASSEMBLIES 4 MECHANICS TRAINED PROGRAMS FUNDRAISING MANAGEMENT Village Enterprise • World Vision International • ZCCP * Unaudited 2019 financials 5 EDUCATIONTHE WORLD STAGE THE CASE FOR TOPLINE RESULTS WHEELS OF CHANGE RURAL MOBILITY IMPACTING GIRLS’ EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT IN RURAL ZAMBIA An Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) study, co-funded Rural mobility receives less attention by World Bicycle Relief and UBS Optimus Foundation, 28%28%28% 66%66%66% GIRLSGIRLS REPORTEDGIRLS REPORTED REPORTED FEELING FEELING MOREFEELING MORE MORE and funding in international development is the first independent, randomized controlled study to GIRLS'GIRLS' ABSENTEEISMGIRLS' ABSENTEEISM ABSENTEEISM WAS WAS WAS GIRLS'GIRLS' PUNCTUALITYGIRLS' PUNCTUALITY PUNCTUALITY IN CONTROL IN CONTROL IN CONTROL OF THE OF THEDECISIONS OF DECISIONSTHE DECISIONS projects, despite evidence of its life- assess our Buffalo Bicycle’s impact on girls’ education and REDUCEDREDUCED REDUCEDBY 28% BY 28% BY 28% INCREASEDINCREASEDINCREASED BY 66% BY 66% BY 66% AFFECTINGAFFECTINGAFFECTING THEIR THEIR LIVES THEIR LIVES LIVES changing impact and intrinsic link with empowerment. The cohort for this study consisted of 2,471 advancing gender equality, food security, and girls across 100 government primary schools (45 treatment schools and 55 control schools). The results showed that girls economic development. Reliable, sustainable with bicycles had: transportation enables rural developing regions to integrate into the global economy • Reduced absenteeism by 28% KEY FINDINGS by making supply chains, trade, education, • Reduced commute time by 33%, saving over 1 hour markets, healthcare, and employment per day more accessible. Addressing rural mobility • Increased punctuality by 66% challenges from the end-user’s perspective • Improved mathematics assessment scores ATTENDANCE MATH SCORE ensures long-term change in the regions of the Reduced absenteeism by 28%. Girls Girls with bicycles scored higher on • Reduced absenteeism or leaving early from school due with bicycles attended school five the Mathematics assessment more days per year world that need it most. to safety concerns by 33% PERFORMANCE Girls with bicycles also reported feeling an increased locus of control, improved self-image, increased pro-sociality, and greater bargaining power within their households. TRAVEL TIME PUNCTUALITY SAFETY HARASSMENT Reduced commute time by Increased punctuality by 66%. The Girls were less likely to miss school Girls were 22% less likely to be one third: a savings of over bicycles reduced the days that girls due to safety concerns whistled at or teased on one hour per day arrived late by 1.45 days per week their way to school TIME & SAFETY GIZ ELEVATING RURAL MOBILITY ON THE LOCUS OF CONTROL SELF IMAGE PRO-SOCIALITY BARGAINING INCOME GENERATION Girls reported feeling more in Girls ranked themselves higher Girls were more willing to help a Girls with bicycles had access to and Girls with bicycles were less GLOBAL AGENDA control of the decisions academically and believed more friend, join local clubs and their control over resources, and more likely to engage in income affecting their lives in their potential for success in life knowledge of leadership improved communication with parents generating activities Global development leader Deutsche Gesellschaft EMPOWERMENT für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) hosted a Mobilise Development workshop in November 2019 THE STUDY to highlight the challenges of rural mobility. Issues such as financing, typical transportation needs, and vehicle types, maintenance, and ownership ONE 2,471 100 options were all explored. Following the workshop, YEAR STUDY GIRLS PRIMARY SCHOOLS (Grades 5,6,7) we look forward to working with GIZ and other (2017-2018) influential partners to identify new opportunities to integrate rural mobility solutions into the design of development projects. THREE 13 YRS 4.5 KM DISTRICTS OF ZAMBIA AVERAGE AGE AVERAGE DISTANCE (Monze, Mazabuka, Kalomo) Of study participants Traveled to school (one way) 7 LAUNCHEDTHE LONG HAULA HEALTHCARE PROGRAM (IN MALAWI) TAROWORKS MECHANICS DATA EXPANDING SUSTAINABLE BICYCLE ECOSYSTEMS USING TECHNOLOGY TO TRACK BICYCLE & IMPROVING MECHANICS TRAINING & PROGRAM