For Some Girls, the Road to School is Long and All Too Risky

Lotus Pedals, a project of the international nonprofit Lotus Outreach, Inc., is changing the lives of vulnerable young girls one bicycle at a time. The mission is simple and profound: give a girl in Cambodia a bicycle so that she can ride to school without risk of rape or abduction by sex traffickers—-a huge outcome in a country where only eleven percent of girls make it to secondary school. Lotus Pedals spends $80 to transport and deliver each bike along with a repair kit, pump, and follow-up support. Last year they gave away 500 bikes and the goal for 2013 is to give away 2,000. Lotus Pedals has an office in San Francisco so next time you want to make a gift that makes a difference…