{"id":252,"date":"2011-07-21T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyoteblog.posterous.com\/motorcycles-in-development-aid-relief-volunte"},"modified":"2021-05-12T13:28:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T20:28:28","slug":"motorcycles-in-development-aid-relief-volunte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2011\/07\/motorcycles-in-development-aid-relief-volunte\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcycles in Development \/ Aid \/ Relief &#038; Volunteer Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motorcycles for good? Indeed! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/development\/motos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This web page tracks the use of motorcycles in development \/ aid \/ relief \/ humanitarian efforts in developing countries<\/a>. This isn&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>Are you an individual, or part of a group, that wants <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/travel\/go_and_do_good.html\">to travel and do good<\/a> (<em>transire benefaciendo<\/em>) 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 <em>before<\/em> your trip, as well as a lot of coordination in the weeks and days leading up to your on-the-road activities. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/travel\/go_and_do_good.html\">This web page, <em>transire benefaciendo<\/em>, will help you coordinate such an efort<\/a>. See in particular the section on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/travel\/go_and_do_good.html#onyourown\">Volunteering On Your Own Abroad<\/a>. Also see this page on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/stuff\/groups.html\">Finding Community Service and Volunteering for Groups<\/a>, as well as the links at the bottom of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotecommunications.com\/stuff\/groups.html\">that page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t been to a developing country on my own motorcycle yet, but I&#8217;m working up to it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jaynecravens\/5639369790\/\" title=\"Road into Garnet Ghost Town 2010 on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5267\/5639369790_a6afd2a892.jpg\" height=\"275\" alt=\"Road into Garnet Ghost Town 2010\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, everyone knows <a href=\"http:\/\/stuffexpataidworkerslike.com\/2011\/01\/31\/18-motorcycles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Expat Aid Workers love motorcycles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tags<\/strong>: <span style=\"color:#808080;\"><em>motorcycles, motorcycle, bikes, bikers, motos, travel, volunteer, volunteering, outreach, collaboration, community, engagement, international, community, service, help, helping, NGOs, nonprofits, INGOs, Africa, Asia, South America, abroad, good, work, assisting<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorcycles for good? 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