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  • wonderful children's toy - indestructable!

    We purchased a galimoto at a store in Rhode Island a few years ago for our daughter when she was 2 or 3 to have something to play with while I walked around the outlets to shop for work clothes. It has been a favorite toy ever since now for our son. It is almost indestructable and so simple and so full of joy!

  • simple fun!

    My daughter play with this everytime we are in our local 10,000 villages store, so she was delighted to receive one of her own this past Christmas. She plays with it all the time, which proves that the simplest of toys can hold the most joy. The little guy/girl on the bike is so cute as it pedals fast or slow as she pushes him along by the long handle. We all enjoy playing with it!

  • Lots of fun for adults, too!

    I bought one of these for my husband shortly after Ten Thousand Villages first started carrying them. Ours hangs on the wall beside a work of art I made that symbolizes out family (the colors are perfect - still bright and vivid after all these years). The design hasn't changed much over the years - now the rider and vehicle is just a bit larger. My husband liked it so much, that when they came out with a bicycle built for two, I bought that for him as well (that has since been discontinued).

    I also bought one recently for a four year old. She told me she had one at home that she couldn't play with - so I bought her one that she was supposed to play with. She was supposed to share it with her older brother... Well... you know how that goes.... The Galimoto was hers (smile).

    When I was shopping a "Villages" affiliate store, the volunteer was playing with one and was having a ball. The store had just gotten in a shipment. I told him he needed to buy one. His response? "I already have one".

    These are fun for children - but don't rule out the adults in your life who could use one, too.

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SKU: 4102210

SKU# 4102210



In Africa, homemade galimotos are fashioned by children out of anything from sticks to cornstalks, and can be vehicles of any sort. This one is made from wire, as galimotos often are. Watch the rider’s legs “pedal” as the wheels move. This ingeniously crafted “galimoto” push-toy bicycle rider is created by artisans of the Chuma Wires workshop based in the Dandora area of Nairobi, Kenya. Developed by group founder, Samuel Macharia, the galimoto is made of shaped wire wrapped in fabric strips. The cyclist’s legs move in a circular motion as the toy is pushed along. Housed in Macharia’s small but efficient home, Chuma Wires provides valuable work for artisans who have little or no other opportunities for employment in this marginal section of Kenya’s sprawling capital.
  • Wire and cloth
  • 24H inches (including handle)
  • Made in Kenya

UPC Code: 732919203349

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OTICART International Limited

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Artisan Group: OTICART International Limited
Country: Kenya

OTIC, a privately held export and marketing company, seeks to help local artisans connect with export markets. OTIC provides export, packaging and quality control support for a number of small workshops in and around Nairobi.

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