Malawi Cart2
Malawi Cart2
Malawi Cart2
best to use heaviest duty "nylon" tires available, and heavy duty rims if available
1. ‘Ordinary’ bicycle spokes are of 14
gauge thickness, and their nipples are
4mm in diameter. These spokes will
pass through the holes in ‘ordinary’
hubs and rims. Heavy duty spokes are
of 12 gauge thickness, and their
nipples are 5mm in diameter. They
require heavy duty hubs and rims, as
the holes in ‘ordinary’ hubs and rims
are too small for them. If these heavy
duty components are available, they
use is highly recommended.
It is best to use the widest flange distance hubs available, in order to ensure
maximum wheel rigidity.
= 100mm
Eastman (India)
(= 110mm with lock nuts)
Avon (India) = 105mm
Sim Hwa (China) Special Grade = 108mm
Sim Hwa (China) De Luxe = 106mm
Cart being used to collect rubbish. Notice the difference in volume that can be held by the Africart.
Women using Africart for collecting rubbish for the Mzuzu City Assembly.
Woman using handcart to carry water, Mwandama Millennium Research Village, UNDP-Malawi, 2008
Click here for photos from June of 2003
Click here for photos on the Hastings Mkandawire Workshop
Click here for photos from the Agricultural Fair in Llongwe
Click here for photos from AfriCart's participation in the 2003 Tanzania Workshop on "Improving Mobility for
Rural Poor"
Click here for photos of the first AfriCart prototype, the Livingstonia Cart
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2008
Imported Taiwanese handcart wheels bound for Mwandama Millennium Research Village in a pickup provided
by the Malawi Rural Travel and Transport Programme.
Photo by Elasto Chanza
February 2004
Pililani Women's Group Chenga Village Dedza Region. AfriCart has been modified with motorcycle wheels.
Photos by Christian Casillas, environmental engineer/ex-Peace Corps Namibia, taken during his month long
voluntary assessment tour of the Malawi Handcart Project.
Hastings Mkandwrie purchasing bicycle components for AfriCarts at the Mzuzu hardware market.
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and in city streets
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