The academic year in Kenya has started. The CooP-Africa Bike4School coordinator in Kenya, Daniel, is visiting schools and introducing the Bike4School programme in schools. Last week he visited Wachara Mixed Secondary school in Nyahera, where he spoke to 200 students after classes before they were going for games. Many students and teachers are interested in […]
CONTINUE READING4 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 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 […]
CONTINUE READINGUnder the Bike4Work programme, CooP-Africa is supporting entrepreneurs who make a living on bicycle and bicycle related things. One of these entrepreneurs is Moses. He makes Boda Boda seats. Boda Boda seats are cushions that can be mounted on the carrier of a bicycle, to comfortably carry a passenger on a bicycle. These Boda Boda […]
CONTINUE READINGAt the start of this year, 60 bicycles were given out to 2 groups of farmers in Gakomeye, Rwanda. Now, almost a year later, the farmers are still using the bicycles intensively. In this area in the East of Rwanda, drought had reduced the crops, but when the rains started again, the farmers worked from […]
CONTINUE READINGHealth care workers are doing an important job for the community. They visit patients at their houses, and provide them with the necessary information or refer them to the appropriate doctors. Transport is an issue for health care workers, since most of them go on foot. In the Bike4Care programme of CooP-Africa, last week, another […]
CONTINUE READINGSlowly by slowly tourists are getting to know bicycle tourism. CooP-Africa has been supporting the establishment of bicycle tourism in Kisumu Kenya by Bikeventures. By renting out bicycles, organising events and tours, Bikeventures is providing work and income to office staff and tour guides. While at the same time, the use of bicycle is being […]
CONTINUE READINGA training session on bicycle repair and maintenance took place on 23rd of November for 33 health care workers in Kenya. During the training they learned among others how to fix a flat tyre and how to put a chain back on the chain wheel. After the training the health care workers took off on […]
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