Rolex & Washington Post: Pedals for Progress
Labor Day weekend, 2020, I drove up to western New Jersey to photograph Dave Schweidenback for Rolex and the Washington Post. He’s a winner of the Rolex Awards for Enterprise, a program that has recognized changemakers from around the world for over 40 years.
In 1991, Dave founded Pedals for Progress, a non-profit that’s devoted to improving the lives and economic livelihoods of people in developing nations by selling them bicycles at a fraction of their actual value. Their website says P4P collects “bicycles destined for overburdened U.S. landfills and ship them to developing countries where they are sorely needed and highly valued. P4P bikes are put to work not only as basic transportation, but are used as a supplement to school and community programs. The bikes are adapted for use as trash haulers, produce trucks, taxis, and farm machinery.”
See more photos here.
