The 10th of May 2012 CooP-Africa will organise its first Friends of CooP-Africa event. The evening will start at 19.30 h. Venue is the Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen, Kronenburgersingel 269, near Central Station and the centre of Nijmegen. Students of the Stedelijk Gymnasium will support organising the event and will contribute to the programme. More information regarding […]
CONTINUE READINGThis Bike4Care project in Uganda is a joint project of CooP-Uganda, Bernard van Leer Foundation and PSFU. Aim of the Bike4Care intervention in Uganda is to improve accessibility to proper health care and health counselling for isolated communities in Apac, Kumi and Nakapiripirit Province by providing appropriate bicycles. Health workers will be equipped with fortified […]
CONTINUE READINGLast month a kick off was launched of the Bike4Care intervention in Uganda. In May 2012, 410 Village Health Team members are equipped with fortified bicycles. This will happen in two selected sub counties in the three districts of Apac, Kumi and Nakapiripirit. By providing appropriate bicycles the Bike4Care intervention will improve accessibility to proper health care. […]
CONTINUE READINGThe 1st of July Ko Verpoorte will cycle the Maratone dles Dolomites in Italy. The amount that he collects through donations and contributions from sponsors, will go to the Bike4Work project of CooP-Africa in Rwanda. In 2012 the Maratone dles Dolomites, which attracts about nine thousand participants, will start for the 26th time. Ko Verpoorte: […]
CONTINUE READINGIn 2010 Roel Peerenboom started supporting Bike4School projects of CooP-Africa through his Profile Bicycle shop in Wageningen. People who buy a bicycle in his shop get the opportunity to contribute to a bicycle for students in Africa. Roel Peerenboom explains with enthusiasm his initiative and corporate responsibility. What did you make to start supporting CooP-Africa? […]
CONTINUE READINGThis month students from a school in Ruiru (nearby Nairobi, Kenya) 50 students will get a bicycle on credit which they can pay for in installments. The students (and their parents/guardians) will be trained in basic bicycle maintenance and saving & credit. Click here for more information about the Bike4School project in Ruiru, Kenia.
CONTINUE READINGIn this Bike4Care project, community health workers in Africa are being equipped with modified bicycles for health checks, emergency visits and counselling and isolated communities are being equipped with bicycles plus bicycle ambulance trailers for better access to health centers. The intervention will improve the capacity of health workers and the opportunity to visit more […]
CONTINUE READINGIn this Bike4Care project, volunteer health workers in Iganga (Uganda) are being equipped with bicycles for health checks, emergency visits and counselling. The Bike4Care intervention improves the capacity of health workers and the opportunity to visit more patients by increasing the capture area and speed. Bike4Care also provides a fast and efficient first aid emergency […]
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