Walking for miles to get to school put huge strain on her pupils – particularly the women – so Grace Mabika decided to make pedal power accessible for all
Deep in Gabon’s humid tropical rainforest, Grace Mabika is making a bicycle.
“Cutting bamboo is hard,” she says, hacking away at shoots with a machete. “The bamboo must be at least five years old to turn it into a bike. We are very selective about which shoots we cut.”
