Mountain Bike Project

Here is the concluding report on The mountain bike project Vic and I have been working on. If you wish to see the previous ones contact me and I will send you all the reports. Thank you for your interest.

Mountain Bike Project

The Result:

Five high quality Raleigh mountain bikes have been purchased and transported to Taraja Boys home to be stored temporarily. Also about ten kilometers of trail have been cut and two trails have been created and marked. The “Godfather” is the longer and more difficult of the trails. “Pinky and the Brain” is shorter and more technical. Along with purchasing bikes for the project we have also invested in several less immediate needs including cans of WD-40 to keep the bikes running smoothly. Also we have purchased three meters of chain along with a padlock to lock up the bikes. We are also looking for a good deal on a basic set of tools for bike maintenance as well as extra inner tubes for popped tires. Once we have purchased a set of tools and some extra inner tubes that should complete our project. We will head out to Athi River once more on Friday the 30^th of March to deliver the tools and the inner tubes. While out in Athi River we will take a couple of the kids out on the trails. I am excited to see our work go to use! The kids at Taraja have been enjoying the bikes so much already, riding them all around Taraja.

Our spending breaks down like this… Five mountain bikes coming in at about 900 dollars, and about 100 dollars spent on other things such as machetes, spray paint, bike locks etc… The total being about 1,000 dollars spent. You can see a more detailed account of our spending below in our excel document.

Fundraising has been going well, we have only received fifty dollars from Wal*Mart but people have pledged anywhere from 600-700 dollars so far. As of now the project has been funded out of our pockets. We are confident the money needed will come. If you are interested in supporting this project financially you can contact my brother in the states

Antonio Giordano

E-mail: cr02@iona.edu

Cell Phone: 518-956-3787

Anthony has been handling all of the fundraising in the states for me while I have been in Kenya. He will transfer any donation you have in to my bank account to be used here in Kenya.

Thank you all for your interest and support.

Sincerely

Alex & Vic

Here is a detailed account of our spending.

Description	Amount (Shillings)	Running Total (Kshs)	Running Total (USD)
2/26/07:3 Machetes	-335	-335	-4.93
2/26/07:2 Yellow Spray Paint	-398	-733	-10.78
3/9/07:2 Bike Locks	-600	-1333	-19.60
3/9/07:2 Trinity Pro Sport Bikes	-13,600	-14933	-219.60
3/14/07:2 Mtn Bikes Returned	13,600	-1333	-19.60
3/15/07:1 Raleigh Mtn bike	-12,895	-14228	-209.24
3/26/07:3 Raleigh Mtn bikes	-38,685	-52913	-778.13
3/27/07:1 Raleigh Mtn bike	-12,895	-65808	-967.76
3/28/07:2 WD-40 and 1 chain	-940	-66748	-981.59
3/28/07:1 Padlock	-60	-66808	-982.47
3/28/07:1 Inner Tube	-700	-67508	-992.76
Our Balance (USD)
-942.76