Is not selling bamboo motorcycle reporting Zambia as the poorest country making "poverty"?

Hello. Bicycle around the worldTakuya SAITO @ Chalidermanis. Recently I often see the news of Bamboo Bikes (bamboo bicycles) made in Zambia. Among the articles Zambia is in Africa "The poorest countriesI was suspicious of my eyes as being one of them.

Are they called "the poorest countries" in Africa, such as Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Chad, Central Africa, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, Burundi, Mozambique? Nigeria is rich in rich and wealth part is too big to say anything. Even in West Africa Senegal and Ghana have development and are different. Cameroon in central Africa is also responsible for the industries throughout the region. Malawi, the image of East Africa's "poorest country", was surprisingly an industrialized country. I have seen various Africa, but there are quite a few differences depending on the country.

Developed with Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, mainly in Republic of South Africa, as oil-producing countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt in northern Africa and Arab African countries of industrialized countries are distinguishing from Black African countries I felt the lack of sense in dealing Zambia, one of the advanced countries, as "the poorest country".

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Lusaka, the capital of Zambia in southern Africa, is here.

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One of the "poorest countries", Guinea.


Burundi also said to be "the poorest country".


Why does such treatment arise? Is not it from the image that "Africa is poor"? Being poor is not a topic. That is why it seems like the report that "Africa is poor".

Zambia of the "poorest country", when it passed a minor borders, I was also saying "It may be shocked by Hisashi". Such entrance office was an ordinary building, inside was the highest with gangan and cooler working. There was no such thing as ... to name your name and passport number in college notes in a hut like a sultry container. There was a settlement just in front of the border. When I entered one shop, I got beatiful as the items tagged with price tags were lining up on the shelf. I do not ask the shopkeeper over the wire mesh "Do you want to go?" There seemed to be electricity and water supply. Even such a frontier was "PUMA", there was also a chain of gas stations deployed in the chain.

Zambian shake bought at the first store.


When I entered the capital city Lusaka, I saw many malls. There are supermarkets and discount stores of South African capital such as "SHOPRITE" "PicknPay" "Game", fast food shop familiar in Japan such as "KFC" and "Subway" here. I went shopping with a big mall near the inn and a mall called MANDA HILL, but the interior was like Europe. The shopping mall in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe that caused the economic collapse, was sad but Lusaka's shopping mall is brand new and feels momentum. There are no such places in a country really called "the poorest country".

A mall that looks like a brand new Europe.


Like the fortress "MANDA HILL MALL"


"KFC" tends to advance to other areas in the same industry, such as Nigeria and Kenya, where future development can be expected.


Street in the center of Lusaka.


Certainly the way to Lusaka was Africa as usual. It's like a house made of toch that does not have electricity and water. People who bath in the river because there is no shower. A seller of charcoal or banana that waits for the car that passes by passing by by the roadside to stop. Lamb is baked on an iron plate. But they just know their happiness. If you need assistance, you should pay the money gathered in the capital to the provinces. There are problems that can be solved by doing so. I do not feel like Africa's poverty will change in my country's politics.

Children are playing on the river because it is hot.


Common African settlements.


Children who met in the river while bathing.


A toy without money. How to play is always free.


By traveling in Zambia I will drop money to Zambia. The money I made is one of the lives of people in "the poorest country" Zambia. That is why I am pleased that if I travel to Zambia for as long as I can and read the articles of GIGAZINE to support the lives of people in the "poorest countries" of Zambia.

If you can sell the sales of bamboo bike (bamboo bicycle) to your own article this way. For me Africa is only Africa. Whether rich or poor, I just tell you what is there. Dropping money in Africa will lead to the lives of people in Africa. But it is not to say it with a loud voice. The reason is that because I want to travel, I am coming to Africa, where I will lie if I use African poverty.

I wanted to travel, so I came to Africa. This is Republic of Congo.


What is the shape of this bamboo bike (bamboo bicycle)? We do not want business to become more than it is "for the people of Zambia" and contribute to society as a whole. Is it no resistance to earning while saying "for the people of Zambia"? Nonetheless, it will be difficult for volunteers to contribute to society at no cost, so at least profit will be widely announced. If you do not do it Zambia is poor the poorer the bamboo bike (bamboo bicycle) gets a lot of attention, as a result the graphic that Zambuskus Japan makes profits becomes unknown.

The report that "Africa is poor" is not a person who is assisted, it may be necessary for those who help. In "Africa is surprisingly normal and doing as it is", aid will not gather and it will not be an article. Talent who is in charge of public relations at Japan UNICEF became a topic as having went to "dangerous Somalia". But the traveler will never do such a thing. "I traveled relatively safe Somaliland" to appeal.

Downtown of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Even though it is said to be poor, people live hard.


When I am in Africa, I think about happiness and aid. In the settlement in Guinea, I saw one television nearly 100 people. It is a poor sight. But I can not say that this is unfortunate. In another building a fierce dance party was spreading. Because electricity has not come, we are turning the generator. In countries called "poorest countries" in Africa it is common to produce 4 to 5 children. Clearly Japan is less likely to feel happiness for your child. Is not it a funny story that you also want assistance on it? If you are told in Japan, it is natural that you will be condemned if you live by receiving welfare protection after repeating birth without contraception that you ought to be able to do. I think of the number of children in Japan. Which is happy, which can be happy with working with a Japanese who can make money but can not bring up children, living it leisurely but not having money but raising children. That's why, when you are looking for hands because you want to change, is not it aid to implement in exchange for their efforts? At the beginning of the Meiji era, it was not a grant aid, it was changed by employing high salaries of Westerners with knowledge and skills. The French president of Nissan Motor is not doing it as a volunteer.

It is Africa that I meet a lot of children all the time. The picture is Nigeria.


It is a dictator who suffers the African people. The signboard is President Museveni in Uganda.


Cambodia came to think about the harm of aid and volunteer. Cambodia is a favorable power country for Japan so much that such a project is televised on TV, "Let's make a school". A long civil war with genocide continued. In general it is full of gentle people. However, I also experienced a bad experience as to whether or not "Japanese people have money." At the borders it was made funny for visa fee. It is said that there was a travel agent in the building of immigration and acted on behalf of it. In Siem Reap with Angkor Wat, I tried not to give fishing three times in different places. It was a young man in his late teens who can speak Japanese accompanied by a bicycle, which clearly knows that "aid makes us dismiss". Because I was a little interested, when I got close to his house and listened to the story I was in trouble because it was said that "I want to go to Japan" "I want a personal computer". He studied English at university, studying Japanese by himself and his efforts are undoubtedly wonderful, but I was very sorry that the attitude that it is not balanced with it.

People in Cambodia who live in the lake because there is no land.


Well, this bamboo bike (bamboo bicycle) itself will be an interesting product. We sell items that cost more than 400,000 yen by frame alone at a price that cuts out 100,000 yen. That's why I could not do it alone. For example, South African wines are not sold as "poor", are not they? Everybody buys it if it is cheap and tasty. Bamboo bike (bamboo bicycle) would have been together. As a result it should have become "for the people of Zambia" if good things get cheaper. Looking at the method of selling by the Japanese secretariat of Zambaique this time and the way of media reporting, rather than achieving the result by achieving the purpose, we aimed "for the people of Zambia" aims, "Bamboo It seemed that they were seeking the result of selling "bike (bamboo bicycle)". As a result, Zambia has been regarded as one of the "poorest countries" in Africa.

Facebook'sZan Bike Official PageSo I asked the following questions. Because I wrote with momentum, I misunderstood the bamboo bike (bamboo bicycle) as a zambake and it was not praised, but since I asked a question in public, I posted as it is.

I am traveling around the world by bicycle and traveling around Africa in Zambia. Well, I think that Zambaique itself is an interesting attempt. However, I feel a sense of incompatibility in the report that pushes out the sentence "poorest country" and collects empathy. At the Japan Secretariat of Zambaiq, is Zambia the definition of 'poorest country' in Africa? How about thinking about such a news report? Because Zambia is the "poorest country" Do you mean that you want to buy Zambiak? Also, how much revenue will the secretariat generate for each Zambaiki? Is this publicly announced? This is because of the question of whether the secretariat will make more profit as Zambia is poor. I think of happiness when I am in Africa. I have doubts about aid. Please answer if you do not mind.

For this question, I received the following reply.

thank you for your comment. It is wonderful around the world by bicycle.

Because it is a good opportunity, I am sorry for the long sentence, but I think that you can explain the stance on this initiative as Zambusk-Japan.

Only those interested would be happy if you could read it.

Zambusk's efforts are not aid but social business. It is an enterprise that woke from scratch for the purpose of social change, not aid by the country and foundation. It is not a charity organization but a company that carries out business involving social change, it is an unchanged entity like Apple and Sony. We are also working on this project with various risks.

In addition to Zambicus, I have been doing a number of projects supporting vulnerable people in the past such as disabled people support and poverty situation such as fair trade. Activity funds of NGOs and NPOs are mostly activities utilizing citizens' taxes. Overseas assistance is also due to taxes such as ODA. However, in consideration of business continuity, Zambusk is searching for a fusion of business and social activities that generate funds for activities themselves without relying on subsidies and donations. Securing activity funds is very important for continuing social business.

However, this is quite difficult, and it is very difficult to gain profits from the business. Do not worry, most of the sales of Zambican Bamboo Bikes are used for local activities and activities in Japan. As a result, we can maintain the factory that produces 40 employees in the locality where the unemployment rate is 50% or more, and we can also continue the business continuity of local steel bikes. Current situation There is no profit, it is the current state of the deficit.

Do we make a lot of money and business creation by such vulnerable people and the poorest countries with the price difference with the price of the poor country? With the weak people to work and exploitation? There is definitely something called. Although there are various opinions, it is the present situation that I am working on it while giving criticism and asking myself what I am asking to change the present situation of the person in need in trouble.

It is because there is a necessity to change the present situation right before whether it is correct or not. If it is not fair trading business is difficult to continue and it will someday collapse. In the case of business aimed at supporting the weak, it is impossible to abandon the bed linen and do not be free, and this balance is very difficult.

However, I think that we want to maximize profit for everyone involved, so that we can continue the project so that excellent talent gathers so that we can solve social problems further, furthermore to do something better in doing It is. In fact there are successful cases of business in NGOs in Bangladesh and NGOs in the UK.

And Zambia is defined by the United Nations as Least Developed Country (the poorest country).

Especially in those countries there is a disparity, it is a reality that there are parts left behind which are not visible in travel. Among them, Zambuskus carries out local activities for people who have left out of economic support and development. Also, selling products born in such initiatives to the Japanese market with the appeal "from the poorest countries" is a way of communicating to the many people by means of the individuality of the product background, I think that you should put it on the front as a trigger to let you know. And I want many people to be interested and want to get on the Xan Bike Bamboo Bikes.

Activating in the field for more than 5 years The message of Zambusku is "not only to make a bicycle but to change the lives of people" on the poor site. The mission of Xan Bikes Japan is also "to sell not only bicycles but to change people's lives."

I think that Bamboo Bikes will be imported to Japan from producer countries in the world including China. As Zambusk Japan does not introduce bicycles made of simple bamboo, many people know the current situation of Zambia, which is considered to be the poorest country, and also know the social activities of the local Zambisk, this bamboo motorcycle I hope you enjoy it.

Although there is such a social background in Zambusque, it is that it is a pleasant motorcycle frame that makes you feel African wildness without such reasons.

As an "interesting product without reasoning", the local members' efforts, such as being able to become a competitive product as well as general products, and being the first in the world to build a high-quality mass production structure earlier in the world I feel.

The attraction of the Xan Bike Bamboo Bikes is that there are difficult talks but "It's a fun bike!"

It would be great if a world trip by bicycle realized your own dreams and lives, it would make many people happy, save the people in the world suffering, and change the living activities.

We also recommend traveling with the Xan Bike Bamboo Bike !!

Zambus-Japan Japan Secretariat Daisuke Teshima

Described here, the United NationsLeast developed countryDefining it as the poorest country is caught solely by numbers and reality can not be seen. Because there are few population but resources, there are high per capita income Republic of Congo and Gabon out of the poorest country, Malawi where per capita income is low because of population although it is an industrialized country, it is from the poorest countries Rwanda is trying to get out of the latter, and if you are asked which one was developing the latter. If Zambia leaves the Least Developed Countries, will it not use the word "poorest country"? I do not think that it will take time.

I hope that you will be interested in Zambus Japan and Bamboo Bikes (bamboo bicycle) as much as possible for this article. I can not sympathize with the attitude of trying to derive the result from the purpose without achieving the purpose after the result. It seems that Zambia was necessary to be one of the "poorest countries" in Africa in order to obtain the results. Please think that it is necessary for Africa to see from the top that Zambia of that "poorest country" is sorry to have to help.

A trunk road with the capital Lusaka trimmed.


Until so far, I can not judge myself what is right. That is why I think that those who have read this should consider themselves and issue various opinions. As the Secretariat of Zambus Japan also advocates social contribution and is doing business, it will answer your question and opinion. I think that it is okay for you to have questions and opinions. By doing so, the materials you think will increase and will lead everything to a positive. I also care about who I think.

(Sentence / photo: Takuya S. Narou Charriderman
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