BICYCLES FOR HUMANITY

We are a donation point for bikes you are no longer using. Drop them off during regular business hours.

Bicycles for Humanity is a grassroots movement that provides a bike recycling service. They take the bikes and get them in the hands of people who need them in Calgary and developing nations. In many countries a bicycle is used to carry every load imaginable: people, livestock, water, fuel, you name it is it is being hauled with a bike. In North America millions of usable bikes are tossed into our landfills. We provide these bikes with a second life by empowering people with mobility that improves their lives.

Beyond simply giving out bikes, B4H work with local NGO's in the developing nations to establish a Bicycle Empowerment Centre (BEC). Essentially, the shipping container filled with bikes gets transformed into a local bike shop. The team receives training in bike mechanics and small business skills. As the proverb says, 'give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime'. 

Since 2007, B4H have shipped 15 containers of bikes with an average of 400 bikes per shipment. Since 2013, they have collected over 1000 bikes a year. As a result, most years B4H have been able to ship 2 containers a year to communities around the world. The remainder of the bikes support bike programs here in Calgary. Currently, the primary source of bikes for their programming is from partnering with the Spyhill Landfill to divert bikes out of the waste stream.

If you have some bikes to donate, feel free to drop them off during regular business hours.