I have watched a documentary showing Japan’s and US problem on
disposing bicycles. See these videos showing what I am telling you.
I hope Japan can see the children in the rural areas in the
country who are walking kilometers a day just to go to school when they are
just throwing bicycles. I learned from the documentary that Japan citizens are
abandoning bicycles in the train stations not wanting to pay for garbage
collectors that impose separate fine for junked bikes. Contrary to that disposal,
those bicycles sell like hotcakes in Japan Surplus shops around the country
especially the folding bikes that is very compact to carry around in your car.
If the Japan Government is not aware of how much the junk is
selling here – it costs PhP 3-4,000 (approximately a hundred dollars) here – a
month’s salary for a house helper/maid here which is not really affordable for
the masses and those needy children in the provinces that can not even pay for
a decent lunch or even slippers at all.
If they got problems on disposing it why not donate it to
the needy?! Not only children but also fathers who work as construction
laborers or anybody who does not have enough resources to augment daily
transportation expenses, you can imagine the plight of blue collar workers
(sales persons, carpenters, masons etc. who only earn slightly higher than a
hundred-peso on a very tiring day, less the food and transportation expenses,
the net income will never ever meet the needs of their family. The salary will
just be intended to pay lending institutions. The bikes Japan will donate can
give relief to the needy. I hope this
can reach the authorities. Yours truly is a penniless philanthropist – I hope
this post can help many.
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