Our Vision:

Micro entrepreneurs are using micro credit loans as little as 30 US$ per month to establish flourishing and viable businesses, and in the long term strengthen local economies. Micro Finance, which includes micro credit, is nowadays the most powerful financial tool to alleviate poverty, but unfortunately is lacking of awareness to be able to reach the Millenium Development Goals (1 million families reached by Micro finance) set up by the UN.

Our mission:

Cycling around the world with no other goals was not enough. 2005 being the international year of Micro credit, it convinced us to do something for it and bring our own participation to this event. Though, our mission is:

- To establish prior contact with Micro Finance Institutions in the visited countries (mainly Turkey, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodgia, Bolivia and Brazil) and to let them know about our objectives;

- To collect in those selected MFI updated and reliable informations regarding their activities and among their clients network;

- To realize Profiles and Activity Reports for our partner;

- To communicate locally and in France the micro credit initiatives and its importance to the public through medias and our website;

- To raise funds with our actions “Kms pedales, entrepreneurs nes” (“1 Km cycled, 1 born entrepreneur)

Our objectives:

- Increase general public awareness and its knowledge regarding Micro Finance;

- Publish a report that explains advantages of micro credit illustrated by our reports and successful stories of entrepreneurs

- Cycle 15 000 Kilometers around the world and though raise 15 000 Euros (1 Euro per kilometer) to donate to MFI and help building local projects.

Why bicycles?

Cycles are for us the best way for being in close contact with the populations we will cross along our trip. It seems to be the simplest and cheapest transportation mean for the greatest independence.

Finally, we are a group of four friends willing to discover the world, its population and their different cultures, but in the meanwhile, we wanted to build goodwill for the community.