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?Okay sou bekàn? Fourth edition |
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Some years later, the population in Les Cayes ride bicycles and the majority of people included children, young and adult could ride a least a bicycle. But with the technology evolution the transportation way has been changing and motorcycles and cars have replaced bicycle in the region , otherwise some of them were still using. About four years ago, young people in Les Cayes ( Region located in the South of Haiti) have taken an initiative to revalorize bicycle in the region. In order to reduce the gaz emission which can cause greenhouse effect, they have started by sensibilize people, asked them to restart using their bicycles. They organized a manifestation where some people have taken a bicycle and rided from Les Cayes to Gelé (A little town in the South Country). This action has grew up and each yeah it becames a tradition for people in the south to ride bicycle on January 2, named in our history ?Elders day?. After 2 years it has considered as national event and people all over the country come to participate. It?s a time for tourists to visit there and participate also. This year, the fourth edition called ?Okay sou Bekàn? with the catchword ? Pedal for reforestation?. That is coming after the hurricane Mathew which has destroyed the South of the country. A lot of people included Children, adult and older from all over the country were coming to participate, collaborate with south people to cure this situation. Some personalities like the Haitian elected president, some senators, mayors , journalists etc have taken part in that. The main goals of this event this are to motivate people to the way that they can prevent natural catastrophes, to reforest the region affected by the hurricane Mathew and the global goal is to reduce greenhouse gaz effect emission. It?s why the majority people in the event has received an seedling specially fruit trees to plant . ?Okay sou bekàn ? : It?s Haitian Language and it means population in Les Cayes who rides bicycle at the same time in one day. Mackenson MARION Ambassador to Haiti |
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16 Comments
thanks for sharing
Posted 07-02-2018 09:45
good report
Posted 07-02-2018 09:43
It sure is very fun to ride a bicycle! Its a pity that girls are not allowed to ride it arpund my zone...
Thanks for the nice report.
Posted 21-02-2017 00:09
Thanks for sharing this one ... This indeed is one of the good articles
Posted 05-02-2017 20:20
oh wow! this is really great. I am also thinking of how i can bring in cycling with in my university. Where students can use bikes to get to different destination for example moving from one college to another, to and from the library , from there hostels and homes. I guess this will be a great initiate. I like cycling thank you for sharing. And its going to get bigger and bigger
Posted 03-02-2017 23:02
Bicycle is one of the thing that i adore...i too am a bicycle rider...
And thank you for posting this article :)
Posted 02-02-2017 00:27
Thank you for sharing, I call myself as a bicycle rider. Its fun, healthier, easier and the best part is it brings zero harm to the environment.
Posted 31-01-2017 13:00
Wow! Well done!
Posted 29-01-2017 03:05
Only two percentage of forest? More the reason to give higher value to trees and nature. Thanks for wriitng
Posted 27-01-2017 06:32
Great share!!
I should get a bicycle too...the little impacts matter
Posted 24-01-2017 05:27
the best way for keeping environment as well as health is cycling. thank you for sharing :)
Posted 20-01-2017 21:04
WOW! It's so inspiring to see that a small but thoughtful environmental movement of promoting bike riding has grown so big that it is observed/followed annually at national level. I like the this year's caption 'Pedal for reforestation'. Bicycling is safe for environment as well as our health. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 20-01-2017 03:11
Bicycle are the best green vehicle. They improve both our health and environment.
Posted 19-01-2017 23:23
Agreed, promoting Bicycle riding is excellent way of checking carbon emissions. 2% forest coverage needs to be improved. Afforestation must be encouraged by such events.
Posted 19-01-2017 19:46
Thanks for sharing your local initiative! It's really great to hear this event gets bigger enough to spread across nation!
Posted 19-01-2017 11:17
Thanks for sharing, Mackenson! :)
Posted 19-01-2017 01:34