22nd September is world car free day. CooP-Uganda has made this an annual event with celebrations in the city centre of Jinja. This morning, the sun rose with the sound of bells and bikes coming from all parts of Jinja to celebrate World Car Free Day. In partnership with Jinja City Council, we closed down […]
CONTINUE READING →Uganda reports that 69% of the rural population uses an improved drinking water source. But the distance to this improved drinking water source is still averagely 1 km away with an average waiting time of half an hour. So getting water for a household is a time-consuming activity. A farmer in Buyala reports: “I use […]
CONTINUE READING →With support from Cycling out of Poverty Belgium (CooP-Belgium) and Brussels Airlines, 1,650 kilos of school materials have been sent to Uganda! All material was divided by the Cycling out of Poverty Uganda (CooP-Uganda) team into ‘boxes’ for schools (binders, crayons, rulers, etc.) and bags for students (notebooks, pens, cases, markers, erasers, sharpeners, etc.) etc.). […]
CONTINUE READING →As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, schools in Kenya and Uganda closed their doors. And now more than 9 months (in Uganda even 11 months) after closure, the full reopening of the learning institutions remains a big puzzle. In both Kenya and Uganda, the closure affected more than 15 million students, who have already […]
CONTINUE READING →Jinja is a city of about 90,000 people in the southeast of Uganda at the Source of the Nile. Like countless other cities around the world, as a result of COVID-19 measures and to combat potential increases in motorized traffic congestion, the City is looking to cycling to potentially provide some solutions. Cycling out of […]
CONTINUE READING →Our CooP-Uganda team is servicing all bicycles that are going out to the field. Just to make sure they are well greased, nuts are tightened, etc. This is important for the bicycles to last long. Here is mechanic Asuman servicing bicycles of the police at the police station.
CONTINUE READING →In the Coronabike project also some police officers are getting bicycles. Why? One of the things they are doing in the fight against the spread of the Corona virus is moving around busy places such as markets to advise people to keep social distance and to wear a mask. They are doing a commendable job!
CONTINUE READING →One of the measures the Ugandan government took in avoiding the spread of Covid-19, was to close schools. Since end of March all schools in Uganda are closed, and are still closed to date. It is unlikely they will open soon. Students are trying to study from home using tv, radio, news paper and papers […]
CONTINUE READING →In spite of COVID-19 and floods, we are working hard to update our office and workshop in Kisumu. The floods caused a big tree to be uprooted and it fell on our compound wall. Thankfully, nobody got hurt. After repairing the damage to the compound wall, we decided to also give the whole building a […]
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