Pavel, manager of charity "Bikes for Africa" collecting old bikes for Gambian people, carries one of many bikes that are intended for repair in Hermanice prison in Ostrava city on May 18, 2014. The Hermanice prison in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava has embarked on a project employing inmates to mend bikes under a charity drive ''Bikes for Africa'' organised by a local company that takes obsolete Czech bikes to Gambian kids. - AFP
Czech convicts fix bikes for children in Africa.
IN a jumble of bicycle frames, six burly men in drab grey overalls tinker with blue, purple and pink children’s bikes, checking brakes and gears to make sure all will be in order for their future owners in Africa.
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