Team Rwanda is always searching to support each rider in ways that will insure their livelihood in years to come. Having a driver’s license in Rwanda is a big deal and takes an immense amount of time and money to obtain. Very few of the thousands that apply for one actually receive one. But it insures a person a "well" paying job at anytime, it is life security so it is an important goal that each rider from Team Rwanda has a driver's license.

The cost for the application, training and classes is about $300. Rafiki was the first Team Rwanda rider to go through the process, and it has taken a tedious 8 months to actually get the license, well sort of, he has the period of time where he can drive with a licensed driver then he will take his last "driving" test and finally get the stamp of approval. This is a major event for us at Team Rwanda; Rafiki will now be available to drive vehicles for us on our bike tours and within our bike distribution portion of Project Rwanda. Instead of paying an unknown "chauffeur" for our needs we now have a supported Team Rwanda rider that will be able to supplement his income working within the Project Rwanda organization.

We are all very excited about this and congratulate Rafiki on his achievement! So much in America we take for granted, a drivers license is one of them. It is difficult to imagine something as "little" as this taking so much time and effort to obtain and having such a lifelong impact on a person or family.