Wheels4Life Providing Low Cost Quality Bikes for Third World Countries

Tanzania Trip #2

Part of the Wheels4Villages Project

• Location: Tanzania
• Bikes Delivered: 245
• Status: In Progress

Tanzania Trip #2 Aug. ‘08

Insights, Accomplishments and Things to do

1. Evaluation of Bikes distributed in Jan/Feb. ‘08

2. Distribution of 40 bikes summer ‘08

3. Bike Shops: Plans to open two bike shops in Feb.‘09

   • Amielli near Nyotastar with container
   • Joseph in Toloha out of his house

4. Better Infrastructure to increase success of project: Spareparts, Assembly, Service

5. Bike Quality need to design/ source own bike

6. W4L Film Project, got great new footage for our film

   • Future: Film fundraisers: Winterthur, Trent, Sophie, Diana, Rage, etc
   • Promote joy of giving
   • Feature Josheph Jr.
   • Open Bike shops
   • Success Stories
   • Problems / Challenges

7. Flips 4 Life support and involvement:

   • 10 Bikes donated
   • Free Film Footage for our film
   • Free Photographs
   • No Expenses for W4l or W4V
   • Great Awareness

Bike  distribution Aug. ‘08

22 Bikes by pastors to div. Communities around northern side of mountain, between Kifaru and Lake Jipe

18 Bikes distributed by Hans and Flips 4 Life

Shighatini  (Mountains)

4 bikes to locals Medical Clinic, Dr. Mark Mvungi

#27  Elituliza Peter: Evangelist visits communities, schools and administration within 10km

#28

#26

#43   Bikes distributed by Dr. Mark Mvungi (see email)

Kisangara/Ugweno  (Mountains)

#29 Herman Daudi     workman/ constructer, helps people in remote mountain area

Toloha Village  (Joseph Barekeli Jr.)

3 community bikes at Josephs house

#39  Neseriani     Masai in Toya village, very poor,  remote, father in prison

#34 Kiure Family   they all use the bikes for different chores, their house is near market

#40 Jonson Kiula Family  to transport, sell charcol, water, food, They pay TS 5000 rent per month for mud hut, they also make cowhide for shoes

#33 Tabia  old woman lives alone, 9 grand children who will use the bike to help her. She will share bike with neighbor.

#35 * Sophia Mwalim   poor lady with son in mud hut, bike will help lots. Makes charcol in mountains 5km to sell, water 1km, market.

#32 Hamisi Idi    man with sunglasses, uses bike to see doctor in Mwanga 20km, water, farming. Lives near water pump.

Kiguonigoni Village

#38 Monika    widow with kids,  has tiny shop and tea house

Kuakoha Village

#11 Eliudi Gurishael   poor man lives in very damaged mud hut, sleeps outside under tree

#36 Rita Lukas   wants to start her own shop

#37 Mwajuma Mmbaga      wants to start business with her bike