World Bicycle Relief is an international, non-profit organization that specializes in large-scale, comprehensive bicycle distribution programs to aid poverty relief in developing countries around the world. The programs focus primarily on education, economic development, health care and gender equality.
Many community health worker (CHW) programs helped countries achieve health goals. But many CHWs in rural areas face low productivity, high turnover, challenges being supplied, leading to high turnover, sub-optimal impact. WBR's bicycle helps CHWs expand and accelerate their impact, closing the gap between rural communities &
World Bicycle Relief partnered with health ministries and NGOs to distribute more than 129k bicycles to accelerate progress and magnify the impact of CHWs. These bicycles ensure CHWs spend less time in transit and more time with patients, help CHWs obtain and deliver medicines and family planning, engage clients, frequently, help improve CHW job satisfaction.
CHWs in Africa equipped with WBR's Bicycles saw 88% more patients, CHW retention jumped to 95%