Volunteer group donates bikes to senior citizen, PWD daily wage earners

Inspired by stories of giving, these volunteers bring hope on two wheels
Jul 27, 2020

REMEMBER when a kindly shop owner gave away a bicycle to an elderly man who walked daily to work?

Kriszya Nieto and her friends certainly do.


"One of our members sent a video in our group chat that showed an old man na naglalakad lang papuntang work, and on the way to his workplace, may nadadaanan siyang bike shop," she recalled. "Nagtanong siya if pwede bang mabili ang bike for 2,000 pesos, but the owner returned his money and gave the bike for free."

These and many other acts of generosity during the time of COVID-19 have inspired this group of friends to pay it forward. Just last month, they decided to form Strong-Wheeled PH, a nonprofit volunteer group that raises funds to be used to buy bikes for people in need, especially the elderly and people with disabilities.

“’Yung mga balita na nababasa naming, there are news na some families don’t have any means of transportation going to work, and there are some na naglalakad for hours para lang makapag-pacheck up or bumili ng gamit. We wanted to help them in any way,” Nieto continued.

Currently, the group has raised over P69,000, and has already distributed nine bicycles.


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All volunteers, they take turns processing requests, reaching out to the beneficiaries, collecting funds, purchasing of quality bicycles, and delivering them to the beneficiaries.

Strong-Wheeled PH relies heavily on social media and words of mouth to spread information and for the group to reach the right people. Nieto said, “We get direct and indirect messages from people who are in need of help, or from someone who knows another who is need.”

With the public transportation still unable to return to normal because of rising COVID-19 cases, the group has found a simple way to give back to their countrymen.

“It is important to help because people don’t have equal resources. Little gestures can be grad to some. We aim to give hope through small acts of kindness,” she said. “Nagkakandaligaw-ligaw kami, pero iba talaga ‘pag makakatulong ka. Everything we did way back to carry out this initiative is worth it seeing people smile.”

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Volunteering was not easy, especially since they all still had day jobs to take care of. But they claimed that there’s no greater feeling than that of lending a helping hand to people who are in danger of losing hope.


Hopefully, their story will also inspire even more to help out.

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You can reach out to Strong-Wheeled PH through their Instagram account.

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