Media
Overview:
This page is to make it easy for members of the media to find info about Re~Cycle and high res images
- The story about how Merlin set up Re~Cycle can be found HERE
- downloads page: Includes posters, videos and reports
- logos and branding HERE and a colour guide here
- Photos of Merlin, Founder and CEO here
Some past press relases:
23 June 2009 - Re~Cycle's film premiered at the Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) in New York, where actor Matthew Modinne, sang our praises - press release here
Selection of our high res photos
To display the full size image in the gallery, simply click the image.
| 3boys in bike http://re-cycle.org/Gallery/Africa/Ghana_3_Youths_Royal_Mail (1MB .jpg) | Older boy takes 2 younger boys to school in Ghana, on a Royal Mail bike (Please credit Melvyn Hodgetts for photo) |
| Divine http://re-cycle.org/Gallery/Africa/Divine_Ghana (3.6MB .jpg) | Following in his father’s footsteps, Divine Osusu, 30, is a village carpenter in Patriensa, Ghana, who collects wood from timber merchants in Konongo, a two hour round trip away. He carts the wood by bicycle to his roadside workshop where he and two apprentices make beds, chairs, and coffins. (Please credit Melvyn Hodgetts for photo) |
| Outreach nurse Ghana - Afriyie Ekua http://re-cycle.org/Gallery/Africa/Outreach_Nurse_Ghana (385KB .jpg) | Outreach Nurse, Ghana, carries mosquito nets and drugs in the basket, and has mechanic training. |
| Ambulance in bush - Namibia http://re-cycle.org/Gallery/Africa/Bicycle_Ambulance_Namibia (2MB .jpg) | One of our partners, Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia (BENN), has developed a Bicycle Ambulance, to help get people to medical aid before it is too late. |
| Hammer Tech in Kumasi http://re-cycle.org/Gallery/Africa/Hammer_tech (1.2MB .jpg) | Bike Mechanic in Kumasi market, Ghana, using a hammer and screwdriver rather than specific tool, which often damages the bike, and takes longer. |
| Mechanic Trainee - Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia (BENN) http://re-cycle.org/Gallery/Africa/Mechanic_Trainee_Namibia (1MB .jpg) | Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia (BENN) mechanic trainee. Important source of new skills and employment, and critical for the bikes to last a long time, with cheap running costs. |
| Two women mechanics http://re-cycle.org/Gallery/Africa/Women_Mechanics (660KB .jpg) | There are various gender barriers to women cycling in some parts of Africa, such as bikes supposedly making women infertile, or enabling them to have affairs in another village. This photo is of Norma and Ursula in South Africa. |
| Woman on RM Bike, Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia (BENN) http://re-cycle.org/Gallery/Africa/Woman_Royal_Mail_Namibia (1.8MB .jpg) | |
3 girls headloading in Ghana http://www.re-cycle.org/gallery/africa/headloading_girls (1.4MB .jpg) | |
| Afribike workshop on the East Coast http://www.re-cycle.org/Gallery/Africa/Youth/South-Africa-Mtubatuba (1.4MB .jpg) | |
Some of the 20 graduates of a training course run by the Village Bicycle Project (VBP) in Krumoa, Ghana http://www.re-cycle.org/gallery/africa/end_of_training_course (1MB .jpg) |
Medium Res Photos:
Child on bike shipped by Re~Cycle to Afribike http://www.re-cycle.org/Gallery/Africa/Youth/young-boy-on-IOT-bike (800kb .jpg) | |
http://www.re-cycle.org/gallery/africa/patrick_load_carry http://www.re-cycle.org/Gallery/Africa/Divine_Ghana
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One of our volunteers has been living in Ghana for 3 years (as of August 2012) and has a flickr account with lots of good high res pictures - Thanks Jason - www.flickr.com/photos/coffeemakesitbetter