The primary school “de Zilverzwaan” in Huissen (the Netherlands) organised a range of activities about Africa, in March and April of this year. On the 23rd of March, the 110 students learned all about how children in Africa go to school, by a presentation of Cycling out of Poverty. After that, a sponsor run in […]
CONTINUE READINGIn a number of schools in Iganga (Uganda), students can participate in a cycle2school project of Cycling out of Poverty. By now, a large number of students have received a bicycle on credit. Cycling out of Poverty started an essay writing competition among the students. They wrote about how they use the bicycle in their […]
CONTINUE READINGFive Dutch enthusiastic young students are cycling to Istanbul from the 8th of July 2011. This way, they are raising funds for a Cycle2School project of Cycling out of Poverty in Uganda. Read all about their trip on their blog (in Dutch) http://voorhetgoededoelnaaristanbul.wordpress.com. You can sponsor the students by donating to Cycling out of Poverty, […]
CONTINUE READINGIn recent months, Comprehensive school Driemark in Winterswijk the Netherlands organised various activities to raise money for a CYCLE2SCHOOL project of Cycling out of Poverty. The whole school participated: one class organised a spinning marathon, another sold bird houses and organised a cinema event. Yesterday was the total amount was made known: the actions have […]
CONTINUE READINGLast weekend the annual Bike and Walking Fair was held in Amsterdam. Both Saturday and Sunday our ambassador Frank van Rijn gave a presentation about his cycling trips. As usual, Frank drew a crowd: the hall was packed with people, the audience even sat on the stairs and stood in the back not to miss […]
CONTINUE READINGOn February 23, 175 young people with a non-Western background celebrated at a unique youth event in the Trojan Horse in The Hague (the Netherlands). The evening was an eclectic mix of music, culture, debate and donations. Between the worldly cuisine and music of the bands “L4” and “Flinke Namen”, the audience donated to the […]
CONTINUE READING100 Men and women from Ahero are receiving a bicycle through the bicycle-credit programme of Cycling out of Poverty and its partner organisation in Kenya. This group of men and women will get access to a bicycle which will help to make their business more efficient and profitable. Before they actual receive the bicycle they […]
CONTINUE READING“I am Wieger Homan, 63 year old and used to work as a researcher in infectious diseases. I retired early, so from this favourably situation I realised that many people are not so well of as I am. That’s why I started to do some voluntary work. When I saw the opportunity to do voluntary […]
CONTINUE READINGVisitors of the Dutch National Park ‘De Hoge Veluwe’ can use white bicycles for trips within the Park. Air France-KLM Cargo flew 220 of these white bicycles to Kenya for a second life at Cycling out of Poverty. In principle Cycling out of Poverty is NOT using second hand bicycles in her projects, because proper […]
CONTINUE READINGFietsVAK is thé business, informative and inspiring platform for the two-wheeler industry. Wiki bike.com, the platform of Cycling out of Poverty for co-creation of bicycle designs for the bottom-of-the-pyramid (people who live on less than $ 9 per day), was also present. Our message: Business and poverty reduction go hand in hand. The two-wheeler industry […]
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