{"id":1643,"date":"2019-01-12T16:16:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T16:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2019-01-12T16:16:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T16:16:53","slug":"ukaid-donates-3-000-bicycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ukaid-donates-3-000-bicycles","title":{"rendered":"UKAid donates 3 000 bicycles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u00a0UKAid yesterday donated 3 000 bicycles to disadvantaged girls from the country\u2019s 29 districts to help those who live far away from school.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The aid\u2019s Department for International Development (DFID) donated the bicycles \u00a0through Campaign for Female Education (Camfed International), to 165 schools.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In a statement, the aid said the bicycles will go a long way in ensuring that underprivileged girls and some boys do not have to walk long and tiring distances to school.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThese bicycles are supporting girls (and some disadvantaged boys also supported by Camfed) who live between five to 15km away from the nearest secondary school.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThis means these girls will now be able to leave home and reach school on time each day. These girls were identified as part of DFID\u2019s focus on improving safeguarding across all of our programme\u2019s globally, as they were living in unsafe informal boarding facilities previously,\u201d the statement said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This comes after the British Embassy recently partnered with Plan International in launching the \u201cLeave No Girl Behind\u201d programme which is set to benefit over 21 000 girls in Zimbabwe.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0UKAid yesterday donated 3 000 bicycles to disadvantaged girls from the country\u2019s 29 districts to help those who live far away from school. The aid\u2019s Department for International Development (DFID) donated the bicycles \u00a0through Campaign for Female Education (Camfed International), to 165 schools. 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