Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 Inclusive Mobility Challenge!
Meet the winners of the first-ever Inclusive Mobility Challenge. Learn more about the winners’ groundbreaking projects or businesses from the stories on this page.
Remember to vote for your favorite project in the People's Choice Award.
Ejeepney - Php 50,000 Grand Prize
The ejeepney integrates waste management, energy generation and sustainable transport programs for sustainable, climate-resilient city and community development.
Project leader: Yuri Sarmiento
Email: ejeeptransport@gmail.com
Web and social media:
http://www.ejeepney.org
http://www.facebook.com/instituteforclimateandsustainablecities
https://twitter.com/ejeepney
Bikes for the Philippines - Php40,000 Second Prize
The Bikes for the Philippines program was conceptualized to address the increasing dropout rates in public schools because of the time it took for students to walk to school.
Project leader: Joel Uichico
Email: joel@braabo.com
Web and social media:
http://www.bikesforthephilippnes.org
https://www.facebook.com/BikesforthePhilippines
https://twitter.com/bikesforphi
http://www.youtube.com/user/bacaver1/videos
Wheelmobile - Php30,000 Third Prize
The Wheelmobile van, fully airconditioned, fits up to two wheelchairs comfortably side by side. Other seats are available for caregivers and accompanyng persons.
100% of the donations received from our clients and customers, subsidize travel for under-privileged persons with disabilities across Metro Manila and Luzon to get to work, for doctorvisits, family and friends and to pursue an active lifestyle.
Project leader: Margaretha Gloor
Email: wheelmobile@yahoo.com
Web and social media:
http://www.wheelmobile.org/
http://www.facebook.com/wheelmobile
Five Runners-up – Php10,000 each
Bambike
Bambike is a socio-ecological enterprise that hand-makes bamboo bicycles with fair-trade labor and sustainable building practices.
Project leader: Bryan Benitez McClelland
Email: bamb.bike@gmail.com
Web and social media:
http://bambike.com
http://www.facebook.com/BAMBIKE
http://twitter.com/bambike
http://www.youtube.com/BambikeTV
Pedala Bike Messengers
Pedala Bike Messengers, Inc. is a social enterprise, a business that considers three bottom lines: profit, environmental action, and social gains.
Project leader: Candice Reyes
Email: pedalabikemessengers@gmail.com
Web and social media:
https://www.facebook.com/pedalabikemessengers
CAT Bike Ride 2012
The project is a collaborated effort of affiliated sister companies (manpower companies and a microlending company) to make owning a bicycle, durable enough for daily use to and from work, affordable for the minimum wage earner.
Project leader: Cesar Arturo Bengzon Poe
Email: josef.poe@gmail.com
Bimodal Travel Advocacy using Folding Bikes
The Tiklop Society of the Philippines seeks to promote the use of folding bikes as a means to better oneself and achieve cleaner air to breathe and more livable transportation, wherein one combines biking with other modes of public transportation such as buses, jeepneys, or trains.
Project leader: Pio Fortuno Jr.
Email: info@tiklopsociety.ph
Web and social media:
http://tiklopsociety.ph/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/TiklopSocietyofthePhilippines
https://twitter.com/TiklopSocietyPH
https://plus.google.com/116307911656510345263
Ridefind.ph
Ridefind.ph is a web application that promotes collaborative travel among daily commuters and weekend travelers within Metro Manila.
Project leader: Aldrich Anderson
Email: aldrich@ridefind.ph
Web and social media:
http://www.ridefind.ph
http://www.facebook.com/ridefind
https://twitter.com/ridefind
