4 students of Delft University of Technology have developed a series of prototypes of pedicabs. Developments include improvements in weight and local producability. The current stage is the development of charging systems with solar panels, ensuring the pedicabs to be able to ride with pedalsupport. The final stage for the students will be to develop […]
CONTINUE READINGCooP-Africa has designed 6 different post cards, which you can buy for € 5 only. Pay via one of the payment options, send an email to info@coop-africa.org with your name and address, and the post cards will be send to you. If you decide to become Friend of CooP-Africa, we send you the 6 post cards for free.
CONTINUE READINGStudents of the ‘Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen’ have made an episode of the Dutch television programme ‘De Wereld Draait Door’ about CooP Africa, Cycling out of Poverty. Geography teachers of the Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen make use of the curriculum ‘Mobility and Development’, that CooP-Africa made for secondary schools in the Netherlands. The students interviewed staff of the foundation […]
CONTINUE READINGJur Schuurman started in 2012 cycling a 100-cols tour. In this way he supports the Bike4Work project of CooP-Africa for small entrepreneurs in Rwanda. In 2012 Jur Schuurman has cycled 2,000 km in three weeks time and has completed the first part of the journey. In 2013 he will continue his tour and the current […]
CONTINUE READINGIn one of the offices of our partner organization in Uganda a burglary has occurred just before Christmas. Two bicycles and some money has been stolen, as well as the steel windows and doors of the office. Unfortunately every year at Christmas time the number of burglaries in Uganda is high, because many people are […]
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