Hi All, I wanted to ask the advice of anyone who has experience with projects in Africa- specifically Zambia in terms of costs of bike and GPS equipment.
I will be training local enumerators to collect data on elephant crop raiding damage across their communities near a national park. I plan to provide each team (of two people) one GPS unit, a solar charger and two bicycles. The number of teams will depend on the funding I secure. I am not sure how much to budget for bicycles- I will probably buy them in the local town but I dont know the price per bike, and then I'll need to transport them to the villages. Does anyone has a suggestion of how much a bike in Zambia costs? I also thought of trying to get sponsorship from a bicycle company. Does anyone have experience with this? Secondly I am looking for advice as to which GPS unit/Solar chargers to use that are easy to use, rugged and long lasting. I thought of the Garmin eTrex 10 which are priced at approx $100 each and a 5V 200mA solar charger at about $30 each Any advice regarding bikes, GPS or solar chargers will be most welcome! Many thanks! Tania Tania Bird MSc PhD Student Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Colorado State University, CO [email protected] www.taniabird.webs.com ~*There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed * ~ Mahatma Gandhi
