It takes pupils in Tanzania and Madagascar around 102 minutes to walk to school. That's 90 minutes more than pupils in Switzerland. The routes to school are often long and arduous, and often dangerous. The "Bike to School" program ensures that children and young people from poor, often rural backgrounds receive a bicycle at a reduced price. Thanks to a bike, pupils can get to school more safely and have more time and resources for their education. A collaboration with Intercycle will make school routes in Tanzania even safer: for every donation received by October 2024, Intercycle will donate two bike helmets from Ixs to the "Bike to School" project.

In October 2023, Velafrica celebrates its 30th anniversary. Since 1993, the non-profit organization from Bern has been collecting disused bicycles, repairing them in social institutions in Switzerland and exporting them to partners in Africa. Velafrica is celebrating a special milestone just in time for its anniversary: the 300,000th bicycle has left Switzerland for Ghana.