{youtube}c9hok0dRvFk|300|225{/youtube} In Katawi in Northern Uganda, our partner organisation FABIO is executing a cycle to school project. This project started in 2007 with a pilot. The improvement of school results and the attendence level of the students in school was apperent, from the use of the bicycle. That is why CooP and Fabio decided to […]
CONTINUE READING{youtube}i19i86ggD-o|300|225{/youtube} People with HIV/AIDS are often rejected by commercial banks for microloans. This probably has to do with their shorter livespan and therefore being a risk for the bank to provide credit. But especially these people can use access to credit to start up a business. Anouk Strijd is doing research for her Bachlers degree […]
CONTINUE READINGThe Kenyan Minister of Cooperative Development & Marketing, Mr Joi Niaga, visited the partner organisation of Cycling out of Poverty in Kisumu VBBS. He was welcomed by the whole team of the VBBS in their office. The purpose of the visit was to see what the VBBS is doing and to see where the government […]
CONTINUE READING{youtube}fyDQougp5GI|300|225{/youtube} This month is the first month Luuk Eickmans is working for Cycling out of Poverty, funded by the Vodafone Foundation. Luuk is exploring partnerships between African companies and development projects of our partnerorganisations in Africa. Luuk will put updates about this assignment on the hyves page of Cycling out of Poverty. Click on the […]
CONTINUE READING{youtube}Smi59cKq_PI|300|225{/youtube} 3 years ago, the Dutch television SBS 6 made a programme about Dutch people involved in development projets. Cycling out of Poverty was one of the foundations featuring in this programme. Wietske Kenemans (TMF VJ) traveled to Uganda to report on the activities of Cycling out of poverty and our local partner organisation Fabio […]
CONTINUE READINGThe ambassador of Cycling out of Poverty, global cyclist Frank van Rijn, has reached Nairobi. Despite the unexpected and continuous rain, his plans to cycle through Kenya and Uganda are unchanged. On his tour he will visit 3 of the projects of Cycling out of Poverty: the health project in Katakwi Uganda, the micro credit […]
CONTINUE READINGDuring the second half of 2009, foundation Ezelshoren organised the event “Idols for donkeys”. Students from Arnhem (the Netherlands) learned about the millennium development goals and decorated a plaster model of a donkey. Via sms codes, the audience could vote for their most favourite donkey. The funds raised by the SMS voting, are donated to […]
CONTINUE READING{youtube}BujX4GJE19c|300|225{/youtube} Four students of the Technical University of Delft have designed a bicycle for African street vendors. Two of the four students have returned to Kisumu Kenya to test the prototype. A number of street vendors have tested the bicycle. One of which is Steve the juice salesman, who tested the prototype for a whole […]
CONTINUE READING{youtube}KAggVEKwz88|300|225{/youtube} Our partner organisation FABIO in Uganda, is executing a health project in conjunction with ITDP Europe. This project comprises both motor and bicycle ambulances, whereby Cycling out of Poverty funded the bicycle ambulances part. One year ago the project started, and recently ITDP made an evaluation of the progress. The evaluation report can be […]
CONTINUE READINGThe airline company KLM sponsors the Cycling Blue project in Kenya. In this project a workshop is established for bicycle repair and modification. Furthermore, support to entrepreneurs will be provided in trainings (maintanance and repair of bicycles, entrepreneurs skills) and micro finance facilities. Paul Elich handed over a cheque of 80,900 euros en 12,216,691 airmiles […]
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