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CONTINUE READINGThis programme in Ruiru is aiming to improve the socio-economic and academic position of students by providing safe and environmentally friendly access to school. Due to distances students often have to fall back on public transport which costs them € 0.50 to € 1.00 per day. In this programme they can pay back a bicycle […]
CONTINUE READINGCooP-Africa supports her African partner organisations to share knowledge and experiences among themselves. Since most partner organisations are working on similar activities, they can learn a lot from each other. In 2007 CooP-Africa, Cycling out of Poverty, started to organise annual meetings for her partner organisations. This resulted in 2009 in the launch of the […]
CONTINUE READINGFrom 29 June to 6 Juli 2008 a second meeting on bicycle micro finance was held in Jinja (Uganda). This meeting was a follow up of the meeting in Burkina Faso in 2007. During the meeting organisations participated from Burkina Faso (AVO), Ghana (AAMCT), Uganda (FABIO), Egypt (NHASD) and Kenya (Uvumbuzi). Cycling out of poverty […]
CONTINUE READINGThe first meeting of African bicycle micro finance organisations took place from 12 to 14 April 2007 in Koudougou (Burkina Faso). The meeting was organised by Cycling out of Poverty, and funded by Interface for Cycling Expertise. Participants were mainly partners of Cycling out of Poverty: AVO (Burkina Faso), FABIO (Uganda), AAMTC (Ghana) and NHASD […]
CONTINUE READINGFrom 8-11 July a meeting was organised by I-CE and Cycling out of poverty in Kenya with the African partnerorganisations. The meeting was a follow up of the meeting in Burkina Faso in 2007 and the one in Uganda in 2008. During the meeting in Uganda a lot of technical aspects of bicycle micro finance […]
CONTINUE READINGThe bicycle projects of Cycling out of Poverty have enabled many Africans to earn a living. By having access to affordable bicycles they can use the bicycle as tool to generate income. However, many beneficiaries indicate that the type of bicycles available in Africa isn’t fit for their activities. They are simply not strong enough. […]
CONTINUE READING4 students of the Delft University for Technology have designed a bicycle for African street vendors. In November 2009 they have researched the needs and demands of the bicycle users in Kisumu Kenya. A co-creation team was established of (mobile) street vendors, neighbourhood association, market vendors, VBBS, metalworkers, bicycle mechanics, representative of disabled people, etc, […]
CONTINUE READINGFour students of the Delft University of Technology (Paul van Deelen, Tamar Meijer, Stephan van Meir, Guido Molenaar) have designed a bicycle ambulance for Kenya. They have kept a blog at: http://bike4care.wordpress.com/. The bicycle ambulance is used in Bike4Care projects. • Supported by: DOEN Foundation [issuu width=420 height=149 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=110318164723-ae5d5bf162ab4c6aa0c2b050b446a3c2 name=bike4care_manual_coop username=cyclingoutofpoverty tag=africa unit=px id=d3cbfabe-c44c-c116-e31f-70d1b15e31de v=2] […]
CONTINUE READINGAccess to education has everything to do with the way students travel from home to school. Many African children walk to school, because of which they reach school tired, making it hard to concentrate during class. Also, the time-consuming walk to school is making it difficult for the children to combine the domestic tasks with […]
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