At a glance: Distributes bicycles and safe-cycling training to adolescent girls in villages where school distance was a measurable barrier to attendance.
The starting problem
In many rural areas NUK serves, the nearest secondary school sits several kilometres from a girl's home. Without independent transport, girls depend on escorted travel — a constraint that, once a girl reaches adolescence, often results in reduced attendance as family safety concerns around unaccompanied travel increase.
What the project provides
- Bicycles distributed directly to enrolled secondary school girls in participating villages.
- Basic safe-cycling training delivered alongside distribution.
- Coordination with school administrators to track attendance impact over following academic terms.
Why mobility matters this much
NUK treats independent mobility as foundational — the same logic underlying its self-defence training and its broader Sports for Women's Empowerment programming. Confidence and independence built early carry forward into later civic and economic participation.
Where it stands now
The project has expanded to additional villages, with formal attendance data collection ongoing.