5 women will eventually be trained as trainers and to facilitate their easy access within Nabitende Integrated Sustainable Fruit Farm and Agroforestry  Project they  will be provided with bikes. This task has become urgent to help the two new trainers of the vegetable growing phrase to access all the farms.EFORDE have put a cost of 450,000 Ugandan Shillings on this but here is a list of Organisations that we could contact: 

BIKE DONATIONS

Bicycle Sponsorship Project & Workshop
http://www.bspw.org/ BSPW P.O Box 1537 Jinja Tel: +256 772 620312 Fax: +256 43 121322 Email: bspw@bspw.org
They are based in Jinja, Uganda and as well as providing free/low cost bikes to local people who need them, they also run a bicycle workshop where they are assembled and repaired. This also teaches valuable skills to young people.

Working Bikes Cooperative
http://workingbikes.org/ 1125 S. Western Ave, Chicago,IL 60612workingbikes@yahoo.com
Send bikes to various African countries. Site does not mention Uganda. They raise money to cover shipping

Ibike
http://www.ibike.org/pabin/index.htm
This is a link to the Pan Africa Bicycle Information Network. They have an email discussion group that focuses on transportation issues which might be good to join to access more resources and information.

Bikes for the World
www.bikesfortheworld.org

Bikes for the World,

3108 17th Street North,

Arlington VA 22201

Tel: 703 525 0931

Fax: 703 525 0931

This is another USA based organization. They do not cover shipping costs, so funds would need to be raised for that. They have specific information on their website about the requirements for applying and handling of shipping fees.

Derde Wereld Werkplaats (Third World Workshop)
Main site in Dutch - http://www.dwwbreda.org/index.htm
English page - http://www.dwwbreda.org/english.htm
Sends refurbished sewing machines, knitting machines, hand tools, machine tools, computers/printers and bikes to projects in developing countries. They pay for international shipping, with the receiving group paying for local clearing and transport. As they get many enquiries, successful applicants will sometimes have to wait until items become available. Their focus is on income generation and vocational training projects.
Application form on website

Tour d’Afrique Foundation http://www.tourdafrique.com/foundation/

Tour d’Afrique Ltd,

196 Spadina Avenue, Suite 407,

Toronto, Ontario

 MST 2C2 Canada

Tel: +1 416 364 8255

Fax; +1 416 364 0058

Email: info@tourdafrique.com

Donates bikes to schools, healthcare, and other groups across Africa. It does not appear to say exactly which countries, whether they pay shipping costs, and whether they have an organised application process.

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION

Afribike
http://www.afribike.org/
A link to a short video about Afribike which provides a good example of how a program might be set up and what bikes can mean for improving the lives of people in Africa.