Uber partners with ChildFund International to support the DreamBike program through donations from Uber rides to and from the UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia from September 19-27. First time Uber riders can enter a code to donate $5 per ride, and Uber will donate $1 per ride to or from the event. The DreamBike program provides bikes to girls in 12 developing countries so they can safely travel to and from school. ChildFund launched the initiative in 2014 to help girls who live far from school. Uber and ChildFund hope their partnership will allow more girls to get an education by giving them safe transportation.

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Uber Teams Up With ChildFund International to Support DreamBike Program
Donation from Uber rides will help connect girls in developing countries with bikes.
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 18, 2015–Spectatorsand fans thatuse Uber to travel to or fromthe UCI
Road World Championships will be helping Richmond-based ChildFund International’s
DreamBikeprogram,which provides bikes to girls in 12 developing nations so they can travel to
and from school safely.
From Sept. 19-27, first-time Uberriders can enter the code “DREAMBIKE15”and$5will be
donated to the DreamBikeprogram.Uber will also donate $1 per ride for passengers who are
driven to or from UCI events.
ChildFund launched the DreamBikeinitiative in 2014 to assist girls who live great distances from
the nearest school and must travel by foot. The organization is the 2015 UCI Road World
Championship’s “Charityof Choice.”
“Uber’ssupport of our DreamBikecampaignduring the UCI Races will allow the entire
community to participatein raising funds to buy girls bikes,” saidAnne Lynam Goddard,CEO of
ChildFund International. “Itis terrific to see the enthusiasm for the UCI Races translating into
helping girls get educations in developing nations.”
“We are excited to partner with ChildFund on its DreamBikecampaign,which shares a similar
goal of helping people get safely from point A to point B,” saidAnnaliese Rosenthal, general
manager for Uberin Virginia. “WithUber being a popular option for residents and visitors alike in
Richmond, it’s greatthat we can help them smoothly navigate the city during the bigrace while
at the same time donating to a greatcause.”
For more information andto support the DreamBikeinitiative, please visit www.dreambike.org.
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About ChildFund International
ChildFund International is a global child development and protection agency serving more than
18.2 million children and family members in 30 countries. For more than 76 years, we have
helped the world's deprived, excluded and vulnerable children survive andthrive to reach their
full potential and become leaders of enduring change. As a memberof ChildFund Alliance, we
create supportive environments in which children can flourish. For more information about
ChildFund, visit www.ChildFund.org.
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2. Youth for Advocacy of the Arts
In November of 1998, writers, poets, musicians, dancers and artists alikecollaborated to create
ART 180, an organization thataimed to change the lives of the youth in our community through
use of the arts. With a vision to turn around the lives of youth 180 degrees, and a mission to give
young people a chance to express themselves through art and share their stories with others,
ART 180 began partnering with other non-profits to change the lives of children ages 8-18 living
in challenging circumstances in Richmond, Virginia.
Ithas been nearly two decades since ART 180 began their efforts, and through their programs
they beganto see something troubling occurring in Virginia. The state is pushing children out of
school and into the juvenile justice system. Virginia is number one in the country for referring
children to law enforcement from school, and even more concerning, Richmond leads the entire
state of Virginia in discipline students through both short-term and long-term suspension. This is
causing our youth to fall behind, drop out of school and ultimatelybecome incarcerated,
creating the school-to-prison pipeline.
ART 180, with the help of the LegalAid Justice Center, aims to fix thatproblem through their
Youth Self Advocatedfor the Artsprogram. Their goal is to get rid of Virginia’s large outdated
juvenile prisons and keepyouth closer to their homes and communities. Itwould be an ongoing
programaimed at the faces of the incarcerated youth to the general assembly building, school
board meetings and the departmentof the juvenile system board room.
ART 180 would work with the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth year round, leading
up to the summers where they would takean create advocacy materials from the youth’s
perspective around what policy shifts they would like to see. The program would also convene a
youth advocacy network directed and led by youth. A fellowship program would also be
developed to connect the youths to actual internships and fellowships where they can gain
experience and develop job skills.
With so much positivity and support from the community, including Richmond’s Police Chief, it is
time for the youth to be heard, to feel support and be seen as capableand creative human
beings who care about the long term effectsof policies that do not for them, their families, their
peers and our society.