London-Based Thomas’ Clapman School Students Donate 20 Bicycles To Tree-Preneurs
On Monday, 25 March, 20 girls from Thomas’s Clapham School, London, handed over 20 bicycles to the Spier/Wildlands Conservation Trust/PSG Consult funded Tree-preneur Project. The girls, visiting South Africa on a hockey trip, each undertook to raise £100, which they did successfully with an onesie bicycle rally being the key fundraiser.
Through various connections, the Thomas’s Clapham School was put in touch with World Bicycle Relief, a non-profit whose aim is to provide access to independence and livelihood through the power of bicycles. African Director of World Bicycle Relief, Dave Neiswander, praised the girls for their efforts and generosity.
Wildlands Conservation Trust Tree-preneur Project has been introduced into communities in the Cape with the help of Spier and PSG Konsult Corporate. The aim of the programme is to support rural and township communities through indigenous tree growing projects that is rewarded by bartering in the form of bicycles, school fees, food vouchers or other supplies needed.