Daily Archives: 21 July 2011

Motorcycles in Development / Aid / Relief & Volunteer Efforts

Motorcycles for good? Indeed! This web page tracks the use of motorcycles in development / aid / relief / humanitarian efforts in developing countries. This isn’t so much about volunteers going to developing countries and using motorcycles for relief efforts; rather, these efforts are more about training local people to ride and service motorcycles themselves as a part of such efforts, which not only helps get aid, including medicine, where it needs to go, but also helps create small businesses.

Are you an individual, or part of a group, that wants to travel and do good (transire benefaciendo) via motorcycle? You have several options for helping either domestically (in your own country), or abroad (in another country), but note that it will take planning before your trip, as well as a lot of coordination in the weeks and days leading up to your on-the-road activities. This web page, transire benefaciendo, will help you coordinate such an efort. See in particular the section on Volunteering On Your Own Abroad. Also see this page on Finding Community Service and Volunteering for Groups, as well as the links at the bottom of that page.

I haven’t been to a developing country on my own motorcycle yet, but I’m working up to it:

Road into Garnet Ghost Town 2010

Of course, everyone knows Expat Aid Workers love motorcycles.

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