From: Simon Akouete <simonakouete@gmail.com>
Date: December 12, 2021 at 6:24:12 PM EST
To: David Schweidenback <dschweidenback@gmail.com>

Hello David,

I hope you and all your team are doing well. I would like to confirm that we have finished the procedures for getting the container through port and customs. The bicycles and sewing machines as well as all spare parts have arrived at the headquarters of the DRVR-TOGO association in Vogan. All our thanks to the PEDALS FOR PROGRESS team and especially to you David, without forgetting the multiple partners and donors among the American people who have made this initiative a reality.

We want to confirm to you that your will to act in favor of aid for the development of communities on the other side of the world can only arouse great admiration on the part of the beneficiaries for this noble action that you continue to bring to vulnerable and marginalized populations languishing under the effects of misery and poverty, who need you more than ever for their survival. We cannot write this note without referring to this pandemic of the century which has taken human lives, wiped out our efforts, and brought us to our knees. We are asking ourselves one and only one question: Covid-19, when is the end? …

We are not going to give up, we are going to work, we are going to get up again and again.

A big thank you to you David and especially to your dynamic and tireless team.

Simon Yawo Galé AKOUETE, Coordinateur Association DRVR-TOGO