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Bicycle Grand Total since 1991: 169,597

Sewing Machine Grand Total since 1999: 6,778


Our mission: To empower sustainable economic development by recycling bicycles and sewing machines from the U.S. and shipping them to motivated people in the developing world.


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The fall 2024 collection season has ended. To schedule a 2025 collection, contact Alan Schultz, alan@p4p.org or (908) 399-8217.


Loading Belize #5, 16 November 2024Container shipped to Belize

November 16, 2024: We loaded our 5th container for our partner in Belize: 440 bikes and 30 sewing machines. Check out these reports from Belize.


Guatemala #25 loading, 28 September 2024Container shipped to Guatemala

September 28, 2024: We loaded our 25th container for our partner in Guatemala, FIDESMA, our longest-standing partner: 460 bikes and 25 sewing machines. The shipment was delayed for a few days because of the Longshoremen’s strike, but the container is now on its way. Here is Alan’s facebook reel of the loading.


Unloading Sierra Leone container, September 2024Container arrived in Sierra Leone

September 2024: Here’s a note from Sierra Leone: those 455 bikes and 65 sewing machines we shipped in July just arrived. Here’s more info on our new partner there.


East Stroudsburg Collection, 7 September 2024Fall 2024 Collection #1

September 7th: 71 bikes (!) and 13 sewing machines from the East Stroudsburg Rotary and Smithfieldā€™s Rotary ā€” with a clown Rotarian!! Ā  (Collection Schedule)



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