CooP-Africa builds networks and synergies, raises funds, and provides guidance to the implementing organisations in Africa. CooP-Africa sees its role not only as a financial donor, but also as an innovator and incubator for bicycle enterprises and bicycle interventions.
CONTINUE READING{youtube}mLxSXzf4LNw|300|225{/youtube} We believe that a bicycle can make a difference in this world for reasons of health, poverty alleviation, environment, etc. Therefore, we are implementing several bicycle interventions which contribute to the Millennium Development Goals. The objective of CooP-Africa is to improve access (availability and accessibility) to a bicycle as a means for poverty […]
CONTINUE READINGCooP-Africa started after the founders Marieke de Wild and Luuk Eickmans lived in Uganda in 2004. During their stay, they conducted research on the impact of bicycles on the livelihood of poor African women and their families. The results were impressive and upon return in the Netherlands they couldn’t forget about it. Under the name “Cycling out of […]
CONTINUE READINGIn order to make a wide audience familiar with our work, we have made some “Good Newspapers”. Good Newspaper 2010 (Dutch) [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110320145051-006dbfa6282845ed85083de65be69040 docname=goednieuwskrant2010 username=CyclingoutofPoverty loadinginfotext=Goed%20Nieuws%20Krant%202010 showhtmllink=true tag=afrika width=420 height=297 unit=px]
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