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Our focus area: Tsumeb, Grootfontein & Otavi
Empowering Mobility for
Social Economic Growth,
Health & Wellness
Multisport Africa Namibia, Bicycles 4 Humanity / Cycle 4 Life Program (C4L) is a NGO, who offer our
time and services voluntarily, with the vision to create sustainable, effective, meaningful and
attainable Sports Programs for disadvantaged youth and communities, providing an opportunity for
all, to gain confidence and self-esteem, through participation in responsible outdoor sports
Activities - giving experiences that will make positive, lasting changes in participants’ lives.
One of our mottos is “CHANGING THE CYCLE”, giving a positive healthy alternative to the cycles of
abuse, addiction, poverty and rebellion that are prevalent in society today
Our core team is a group of very
sincere and clean living young adults,
who range from the age of 22 – 26.
They are all local Namibians, most are
orphans and from disadvantaged
backgrounds, who have both been able
to turn their lives around through their
participation in our program. They are
all trained & passionate about sport and
people, having worked in sports’
outreach for the past few years and
have become the perfect mentors .
Mathew
Magano
John
Crispen
Louise
We are based in Tsumeb, Namibia, in the old mine complex and we want to create a centralized place,
where all our various Programs and outreaches can operate from. The program is not just about a
“once-off” meeting and transferal of skill, but it aims to become a self sustaining, sports life-style hub,
with lasting effects that can be carried though into participants lives and the community. The Facility,
an old fire station, is an easy, close, safe and accessible venue for our target groups with the benefit of
the surrounding supporting features, such as the existing BEC ,storage areas, close proximity mountain
trails and the prospective BMX Track & cycle safe area. With all programs being centralized to one
area, this allows for better supervision and management while creating a holistic and motivational
sports environment that can offer a welcomed distraction the challenges of “township life”.
Our Bicycle Empowerment Centre, is a buzz of activity, with bicycles services, sales &
maintenance. We have implemented training, systems and strict control measures to ensure
things are done efficiently and honestly. Each bicycle is serviced and washed, thereafter
tagged, recorded in a book, and invoiced after sale. All income gets plowed back into salaries,
development & outreach work. We personally manage & supervise all activities on a daily basis
We invested in our own mercy truck, that travels 1000km to the nearest port, Walvis Bay to
pick up the donated Bicycles which are stored in containers and then transferred to our truck.
Along the route we make donations to other B4H outlets as well as to worthy recipients, such
as the man below who runs his own vegetable sales business.
OVER 200 BICYCLES HAVE BEEN DONATED THUS FAR to educators, community safety
workers, young pastors, Young entrepreneurs , Elderly Health Programs, Community Sport
Mentors, Orphanages, and other Outreach workers. These are just some of our happy recipients!
We built the Oshikoto Region’s, 1st BMX TRACK, catering for Youth at Risk, giving them a
safe place to meet and enjoy themselves …..another New & Bigger BMX track is being
planned to be built near our BEC for better management and Outreach capacity.
We recently developed the Etosha Triangle Sports Network, to promote a platform amongst
the various Sports Fraternities as well as promote Local Sports Events and Tourism in the
area and surrounding farms. This initiative provides employment for locals in trail building &
Town Tour Guides. We are in the process of placing Bikes at strategic places for rental to
tourists. Thus far we have hand Built over 20km of mountain trails. These Trails are used in
our events and they also serve to cater for local youth Outdoor Sports activities as well as a
place for community walking & trail running.
We started a cycling program for the workshop employees of the local
mine, called “Team Top Shop into Top Shape”. They where given
supervised outrides to build up skills & fitness, cycle safe lessons as well
as being taken to various Cycling Races, which was a first time
experience for all. Each rider received customised kit.
We have taken our team and local mine workers to “away” sporting events and created a
series of local fun events to promote Self esteem, Team Building and to give them the
opportunities they would not otherwise have. Their medals are very precious to them.
We believe in hands on mentoring, and with each “away” event and excursion, the Team is
given all camping supplies and personal supervision for the weekend, where we can
informally teach, coach and mentor the individuals not only in Sports but life skills too. This
has been a first time experience for most of them.
We have developed the following events for social integration and to promote health and
wellness as well as to act as a fundraiser and at the same time create awareness for local
social economic needs. We are all about reaching the greater community, families and kids.
We love to come along side other outreach organisations, offering our services where ever we can. B4H Supports HOPE
CENTRE the home to some 15 Orphans with Food & Feeding Support , Painting Makeovers , and Advertising. We also
support the Arts Performance Centre Music instructors Support with Bicycles & Food as well as this lady who was part of the
US Peace Corp Volunteer Services.
Boysen
We arranged for a local Christian pastor and his
team to visit our BEC regularly to minister and
spiritually mentor our group as well kids who are
often at the shop. Here they are watching a movie.
Mathew one of our wonderful success stories, who
is an orphan and was very malnourished when we
met him. He is the first recipient of a “home”, we
are offering to all our employees. We managed to
secure him land, built his house and installed solar
power, which we taught him to assemble himself.
Pandu
Boysen and Pandu, sons of our two Employees are cared for at our
BEC. We are sponsoring Boysen to joing kindegarten from next year
as he has just turned two. They both love this little push bike we
bought them and are very much part of our team.
Magano also an orphan who
used to be so shy has
blossomed in the program.
She now also runs her own
sweet shop from the BEC,
which we setup for her, so
that she can earn additional
income for herself and
“Pandu” (means “thankyou”)
After much hands on help and
training, John now runs his own
bike service from our BEC, and is
earning himself a very good
supplementary salary.
EACH DAY OUR TEAM IS
SUPPLIED WITH A HEALTHY
MEAL
We raising Funds to any interested
Donors to build a New BMX
TRACK at the Big Tree area near
our BEC
We currently negotiating to bring our
BMX track, BEC and supporting
programs to Otavi to benefit the early
childhood development centers as
pictured above.
We raising Funds to any interested Donors
to build a cycles Safe and road safety
training, following this model we made in
South Africa.
We are also planning
with the various mines,
to create an annual inter
mine sports olympics,
which will create greater
awareness for our cause
throughout the region as
well as build bridges
across social and
geographical schisms.
We raising Funds to any interested Donors to renovate the old
fire station, into a multifunctional Sports Hub, which will act as a
showcase for donors as well as a social meeting point for
participants of the program.