In a speech in front of 84,000 at Invesco Fieldhouse in Denver, Colarado, Barack Obama accepted the nomination to the Democratic  Party in historic fashion. The speech was based in policy and promise, and to the ears of Two Wheeled Foundation, it was a pledge to spend $150 Billion in alternative and renewable energy sources that was most powerful. Embracing alternative energy sources and promoting conservation  in communities of over consumption is a critical message Two Wheeled Foundation willy carry as it pedals forward.

With its financial and technical support, TWF aims to strengthen programs which use bicycles and pedal power to ignite social and economic growth at the local level. Balancing energy outputs will be a critical element as we adapt to a changing climate and other challenges of the 21st century.

Specifically, with Pedal Power Africa and the Cycle for Health Initiative, TWF aims to capitalize on the abundance and diversity of bicycle powered ideas to energize rural African communities which have underdeveloped transportation infrastructures, limited economic means to access cars and are in dire need to mobilize resources in their community.The mobilization of people, goods, and information will be an instrument of social change on a variety of levels and is the core vision of TWF's long term goals.

Finally, It was with great delight that TWF spotlights the Bikes for Peace program implemented United Nations Development Programme  in Northern Uganda. Delivering 500 bicycles into Northern Uganda, where armed conflict has separated families, scattered resources, and disrupted the peaceful way of life, is a quentessential example of pedal power in action.  It is this type of community impact, with a social entrepreneurship twist, which will drive Two Wheeled Foundation programs in innovation and grassroots change.

I look forward to the months ahead as the pedal power revolution continues. 

With Progress and Promise,

Joseph Agoada

jagoada@twowheeledfoundation.org

Chairman, Two Wheeled Foundation, Inc.