Hey everyone,
I just joined 101 Rickshaws this week, and so I am going to write about why. I went to Bangladesh this summer, and I saw many people riding their Rickshaws. Looking at them, I always felt sympathetic. First of all, most Rickshaw drivers do not own their Rickshaws, but rent them due to an inability to afford one. These people have to wake up early in the morning and stay up very late into the night, just so they can give people rides and earn desperately needed money. Many of the Rickshaw drivers are frail, and driving the Rickshaw everywhere during the long, hot days is a terrible burden and very exhaustive. And after the long hours of driving around a rickshaw for meager pay, they have to spend most of their money paying the person they rented for the Rickshaw from. So at the end of the day, with all their work, they earn barely enough to support their families, and maybe not even that. If we donated a free Rickshaw to a driver, he would be able to keep all his profit, and the extra money would mean the world to the drivers. These people need the money, and one way we can help them is by completing this drive successfully.
Thank you,
Aunindya Jyoti
I just joined 101 Rickshaws this week, and so I am going to write about why. I went to Bangladesh this summer, and I saw many people riding their Rickshaws. Looking at them, I always felt sympathetic. First of all, most Rickshaw drivers do not own their Rickshaws, but rent them due to an inability to afford one. These people have to wake up early in the morning and stay up very late into the night, just so they can give people rides and earn desperately needed money. Many of the Rickshaw drivers are frail, and driving the Rickshaw everywhere during the long, hot days is a terrible burden and very exhaustive. And after the long hours of driving around a rickshaw for meager pay, they have to spend most of their money paying the person they rented for the Rickshaw from. So at the end of the day, with all their work, they earn barely enough to support their families, and maybe not even that. If we donated a free Rickshaw to a driver, he would be able to keep all his profit, and the extra money would mean the world to the drivers. These people need the money, and one way we can help them is by completing this drive successfully.
Thank you,
Aunindya Jyoti
Welcome to the team Aunindya! I pray your efforts to help those in need increases your balance of good deeds.
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