23 Aug 2019

Programme to teach refugee women how to ride bikes

From Morning Report, 8:48 am on 23 August 2019

A Wellington charity is launching a programme to help teach refugee women how to ride bikes. ReBicycle EkeRua 'upcycles' donated, second-hand bikes and gives them to refugees and other people in financial difficulty. Now they're teaming up with the Greater Wellington Regional Council to encourage refugee women to learn to cycle. Hilleke Townsend is the co-founder of ReBicycle EkeRua.