Students of Liemers College in Zevenaar (the Netherlands) have volunteered in Kisumu, Kenya. They were trained on assembling bicycles and this is the result. Happy students, assembled bicycles and most importantly happy students in Kenya who are going to ride these bicycles in the Bike4School programme. The students of Liemers College in Zevenaar also supported […]
CONTINUE READINGNew developments in Kisumu Kenya. The Cycling Blue Workshop is getting an upgrade to give space to our staff of CooP-Kenya and to improve and increase on our bicycle production. The perimeter wall is about to be completed. By May 2014 we hope to have completed the work. Your support is very much appreciated. Support […]
CONTINUE READINGRotary Club Bennekom raised 10,000 euros during the four-day-bicycle tour in Ede (the Netherlands). This donation to CooP-Africa is a step forward in realising en expansion and upgrading of the Cycling Blue Workshop in Kisumu Kenya to a multifuncional centre for bicycle production.For more information about this project, go to the bicycle workshop in Kenya, […]
CONTINUE READINGThis year, the Student Union of the Delft University of Technology celebrates her five year anniversary. As part of the anniversary events, the students organised an event on the Market in Delft. More than 250 bicycles were collected there, refurbished and sold. In addition, they organised wine tasting and a canal tour. From all these […]
CONTINUE READINGThis year, the 40th edition of the four-day-bicycle tour was held in Ede (the Netherlands). The daily routes of 40 or 25 km run along the Grebbelinie, the “dropping fields”, the Rhine and of course by the Veluwe woods and heaths. Numerous prominent landmarks and attractions are viewed every day, participants get a good image […]
CONTINUE READINGFor people who want to reminisce on the throne change and like to cycle through beautiful nature, Reis-idee has organised an “orange” bike ride. You will cycle with your own company and in your own pace, with a detailed description and map at hand. The ride starts in Hilversum and passes Drakensteyn castle, where Willem-Alexander […]
CONTINUE READINGOn 3 May CooP-Africa organised the second Friends of CooP-Africa Event. The turnout was high, with 60 people attending the event each seat was occupied. Frank van Rijn, world cyclist and ambassador of CooP-Africa gave a lecture on his bicycle tour along the projects of CooP-Africa in Kenya and Uganda. Luuk Eickmans, director, told about […]
CONTINUE READINGWould you like to come home with better photos after your holiday? May 26 and June 2 Reis-idee organises a workshop Travel Photography in Hilversum. This workshop costs € 60 per person of which € 6 will be donated to Bike4Work in Uganda. This fun and educational day is fully catered, including lunch and all […]
CONTINUE READINGNgeruka is a village in Rwanda where farmers face a mobility problem. There is food in abundance, but getting the products to the market is a challenge. That is why our partner organisation FAPDR in Rwanda has started a bicycle-on-credit project in this village. Farmers can buy a bicycle and pay for it in instalments. […]
CONTINUE READINGIn February 2013, 24 bicycles new bicycles were given out to farmers in Gakenke Rwanda. Our partner organisation FAPDR in Rwanda has started with a bicycle project in Gakenke in 2009. CooP-Africa financed the bicycles for the first group of beneficiaries in this village. After this first group had paid off their bicycles, the money […]
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