500 pink bikes to bring Cambodian girls to school

The Helpcode Cambodia Bicycle Project will provide100 Bicycles to support girls from the poorest communities in the South of Cambodia get to school and begin peddling their way out of poverty to an education and a better life! 

The Helpcode Project Team has worked closely with School Directors and village Leaders to identify recipient female students of a Bicycle based on the national Poverty ID scale. All girls most in need.

They have been identified from 40 villages in the provinces of Sihanoukville, Kampot, Kandal and the informal settlements on the outskirts of Phnom Penh to receive a Bicycle. 

The Project Team have purchased a further 30 Bicycles and have worked with School Directors and Village Leaders to identify 30 girls from the list across the 4 target provinces to receive the bicycles. To this end the team worked to identify a supplier and have purchased the Bicycles, Helmets and Bicycle Locks for the remaining participants in the program. The Team have also worked with the School Directors and Village Leaders to complete due diligence requirements with documents drafted for signing off by identified recipients on receipt of each Bicycle and outlining commitment to care of the Bicycle for recipients and their families to be signed on Bicycle Handover. 

To ensure the safe implementation of the Pink Bicycle Project moving forward Helpcode Cambodia has developed and implemented a COVID 19 School Re Engagement Protocol. The purpose of this document is to provide clear and actionable guidance for safe operations by and for Helpcode staff in the prevention, early detection and control of COVID19 when operating in schools and other educational facilities. 

The “Pink Bicycle” Project initiative aims to support the most vulnerable children in Cambodia with access to an education and to create supportive environments for children’s health and wellbeing within the communities and schools in which we work.