BikeTown Africa 08 is officially underway! The following is a story by BikeTown Project Manager Bradley Schroeder of the first Kona AfricaBike handover project of the year in rural Bhekuzulu, South Africa from Oct 13-17. The project will be making at least two more stops in South Africa, as well as Mozambique and Swaziland to build the 1,500 donated AfricaBikes.
Enjoy and stay tuned!
After a few hiccups with shipping and transport, 100 Kona AfricaBikes have arrived safely in Iringa, Tanzania and are in the process of being built.
The bikes will be used by members of the Water User Associations of the Great Ruaha River project run byWorld Wildlife Fund For Nature. The bikes will help these members monitor the river and conserve and preserve its resources which touch the lives of 6.35 million people.
Also, muchos thank yous to Park Tool for suppling all the necessary tools and gear to make the bikes come alive.
For more information about the Kona and World Wildlife Fund For Nature river project, check previous posts on Oct 9 and Aug 6.
Kona AfricaBike in Tanzania for WWF International Project
On the 22nd September 2008 Kona Europe sent Mats Petterson, Joonas Vinnari, Claude Rebord, Russell Carty and Gael Leopold from World Wildlife Fund For Nature to Tanzania to donate and build 100 Kona AfricaBikes to be given to the Water User Associations of the Great Ruaha River project run by WWF.
We knew there was a small delay with getting the bikes to Tanzania as the container ship had encountered technical problems on route, but we were informed that the bikes should arrive one day after our arrival.
