On Friday the 18th of August, 1995, I was travelling as a passenger in a vehicle that was involved in a road accident which resulted in me sustaining a spinal cord injury and becoming a quadriplegic. While I am indeed physically challenged or handicapped, I have never looked at myself as disabled; I am only making mention of this here to help explain the 2 travel companions I need to travel with to complete my research. The first companion is a care-giver to assist me with my day-to-day personal care and routines. The second companion is my research assistant whom I rely on for aiding me with paperwork. For my research, I need to travel from Botswana (in Southern Africa), to Johannesburg in South Africa and then on to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. From Dar es Salaam we will travel to Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Upon completion of the research, we shall return to our point of origin (Botswana) from where we began our journey, going via all the destinations we travelled through in reverse order.
The purpose of the trip is to research on the petroleum logistics situation and the need for these products and services in this region. This research is to establish business opportunities, with thorough due diligence, on the potential that’s there, the challenges that exist and all the necessary requirements potential investors will have need of. Personally this research is a means of potentially making a livelihood as it can benefit me in terms of finding possible investors to fund a project in the petroleum industry. It will also benefit other individuals or entities that could have an interest in the information and data gathered.
The expected time frame for carrying out the research is approximately three (3) weeks. The required outlay from beginning to end is US$ 33,270.00 (inclusive of my travel companions). This will cover expenses such as airfares, accommodation, vehicle rentals and transportation, required material to carry out the research and fees that will be incurred amongst other expenses. I am willing to give a breakdown of expenditures to any benefactors as well as photographs and research findings from the trip. Any benefactors requesting these can email me directly for them at simasilitshena@gmail.com
I thank you in advance for your kind help, I am sincerely grateful for your assistance in making this possible for me.
My PayPal account is paypal.me/SimaSils74