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VOICES FROM THE FIELDTHE IRC BLOG
Boise: Freedom on Two Wheels
June 5, 2008
By The IRC
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Refugees who are starting over in Boise, Idaho need an inexpensive way to get to and from their homes, jobs, and schools—and just generally explore their new community. The solution for many is a bicycle.
Dozens of refugees have received bicycles through the Boise Bicycle Project, a grassroots organization that donates refurbished bikes to people in need in the Boise area.
The International Rescue Committee's resettlement director in Boise, Leslye Boban, says that refugees resettled by the IRC have benefited greatly from the project. "These revamped bikes give refugees critically needed transportation to get to work and around town when the bus or other forms of transportation are not available to them," she recently told local newspaper The Idaho Statesman.
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