Good News Department: Trip Sets Samaritan's Wheels Turning

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Trip Sets Samaritan's Wheels Turning
Va. Boy Leads Ambitious Effort To Send Bicycles to Africans

By Nikita Stewart
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 19, 2005; Page B01

When 11-year-old Winston Duncan was on vacation in southern Africa in August, the Arlington boy watched people walk and walk and walk.

Eventually, he realized that walking -- many times, long distances -- was the only way the people had to get around, he said. There were few cars, fewer buses. "The people were just walking so much," Winston said. "It was such a hard sight to see. I couldn't take it."

Winston Duncan, 11, maneuvers another bike toward a stack of donated 10-speeds, three-speeds and toddler bikes he will send to Namibia. (By Rich Lipski -- The Washington Post)