Yes, I know it’s not Tuesday… This coming week our home church – College Wesleyan Church in Marion, Indiana – is putting on an event called Bike for Africa. Our student ministries pastors came up with the idea to lead a creative, “in country” mission trip of sorts – educating this next generation about serving their community and the world and learning more about other cultures that our church is partnering with. They will be biking from Marion to Noblesville and, in so doing, raising finances to buy bicycles for pastors in northern Mozambique. They’ll also be learning more about Mozambican culture through taking part in a traditional Mozambican meal (I’ll post some pictures as I get them). So here’s the question this week – how much does a bicycle cost in Mozambique? And the follow-up to this one – how much does the average Mozambican earn in one month if they have a job that pays minimum wage? These questions together will help us get a fuller picture of the impact that this simple, yet dynamic event will have. Looking forward to hearing your ideas…
I shall take a guess, yes a guess cuz I didnt cheat on this one. I think a bicycle costs 129$ for a reasonable bike. Nothing fancy just a standard 1 or 3 speed. Now the avg. person in Mozambique would get roughly 20$ a week or 80$ a month and would take nearly 6 weeks wages to earn a bike. Thats without eating all month.