A $50.00 donation can change a child’s life….
Once again, Mike Cole will be leading a team of volunteers into Cambodia as part of the Rotary Wheels for Learning Program. In its 14th year, the project’s aim is to provide bicycles to impoverished children of Cambodia so they may have the opportunity to attend school. As most rural children in Cambodia have to walk great distances to school, they simply cannot attend without the aid of a bicycle. Shortcuts through fields and jungle offer the prospect of encountering long forgotten landmines, unexploded ordinance, or poisonous snakes.
The team members who have volunteered to go to Cambodia do so at their own expense – 100% of your donation goes towards the purchase of a bicycle. To keep the costs low, as well as to support the local economy, the bicycles are purchased in Phnom Penh (the capital city of Cambodia), then transported out to the remote villages where our team assembles them for the children.
Our goal this year is to be able to distribute our 12,736 bicycle since the project started. To achieve this, we need to raise funds to purchase 674 bicycles. While a bicycle seems trivial, I can personally attest this simple act of kindness can truly be a life changing experience for the child who receives it.
A $50.00 donation will provide a gently used bicycle with a basket, bell and light to a deserving child. After each distribution, we will be sending out emails with pictures of the children who have benefited from your generosity and kindness. You will also receive a tax receipt for your 2025 tax deductions.
Online donation:
Go to the link below (Rotary Club of Gravenhurst Homepage):
https://portal.clubrunner.ca/199/page/donations
1. Scroll down to the donation form.
2. Enter donation amount (Each $50.00 donation will provide a bicycle to a child).
3. In the box “Please choose the area that you would like to see your dollars count!”, click on “Rotary Wheels for Learning”.
4. Enter Donor Information (required for the tax receipt) then hit continue.
5. Enter your credit card information and click Donate. Tax receipt will be issued immediately.
Cash or Cheque donation:
You can send me an e-transfer at: mikejamescole@gmail.com , please make the PW: Cambodia.
For cheques, PM me and we can coord the best way to send the funds.
Tax receipts will be issued prior to February 2026.
We are also looking for individual donors and club sponsors for the 2026 projects.
Projects 2026 | |||
Project | Location | Est Cost US | CDN Funds |
Washroom upgrade project – renovate 4 latrines at HAP Orphanage | Kampong Chhnang | $7,535.50 | $10,323.64 |
New Latrine (4 stall) and garbage incinerator – Krabei Riel Secondary School | Siem Reap | $5,780.00 | $7,918.60 |
Biosand Water Filtration System and garbage incinerator - Kien Sangke Secondary School | Siem Reap | $4,205.00 | $5,760.85 |
Bicycle Repair Project – conduct repairs on children’s bicycles (purchase of spare parts) | Siem Reap | $1,000.00 | $1,370.00 |
Provide 20 L water filters to 7 schools during RWFL 2025 | All 7 schools | $800.00 | $1,096.00 |
Wash area, latrine, well and water storage tank | Kork Slorklanh PS, Bavel, Battambang | $4,650.00 | $6,370.50 |
Playground | Battambang | $2,500.00 | $3,425.00 |
Purchase 3 tons of rice, cooking oil, dried fish and noodles for orphanages | HAP Orphanage, PIO | $2,000.00 | $2,740.00 |
Provide school supplies (for students and teachers to 7 schools) | All 7 schools | $2,000.00 | $2,740.00 |
Provide sports equipment to 7 schools during RWFL 2026 | All 7 schools | $500.00 | $685.00 |
Rotary Wheels for Learning 2024-2025 Report
If you would like to follow us as we make our way through Cambodia this coming January, join us on Facebook at: Rotary Wheels for Learning (RWFL)