Blue Bikes!

Ernest, Bicycle Chairman, showing new bike to Sherri

The Zamtan Bicycle Income Generating Committee is amazing!  They had two old bicycles they'd been renting that needed repairs so they decided to sell them.  They sold them for 550 Kr each (about $90).  They then took their windfall to town and bought two brand new, 5 speed, super duper, blue bicycles for 550 Kr each.  What???  It's true.  Incredible business people.

They frequently rent the bicycles for 100 Kr/month to people who need them to ride to work. They say this is a good deal because bus fare would cost 200 Kr/month.  One of the sad realities of poverty is that people never have sufficient money to purchase something of their own to save in the long run.