"Cardboard-on-Wheels"

I read the "Cardboard-on-Wheels" article from Upfront Magazine this week and found it to be very interesting, inspiring, and all-around good natured. It was a reassuring article that shows that there are still good people in the world.

An Israeli inventor, Izhar Gafni, discovered a way to create a bicycle out of cardboard and is trying to figure out a way to distribute the bikes "to the poor in Africa, where many people have to walk miles between villages; and in Asia, where public transportation is very congested." His plan is very cost-efficient; the bikes themselves only cost $20 to create. Also, the bikes are water-ressistant because of the special coating that is put over the carboard.

Although this was a very short article, I feel like there's an important message in it. People like Izhar are hard to find. The type of people that are concerned for others going through hardships in their lives, such as the poor in Africa or the many in Asia. Izhar's idea is revolutionary, yet he is trying to use it for the good of other people rather than to make himself successful.