This month Lex Klaassen retired from his job at Arcadis. Lex is a graphical designer and developed the Cycling out of Poverty flyer. Lex asked the guests of his retirement drink to make a donation to Cycling out of Poverty in stead of bringing a present for him. This way almost 400 euros were donated…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGFour students of the Delft University of Technology (Paul van Deelen, Tamar Meijer, Stephan van Meir, Guido Molenaar) are looking into opportunities for bicycles for health care in Kenya. Earlier this year Nick Abreu from Harvard University explored opportunities from the medical point of view, and now these 4 students are focussing on the technical…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGStudents in Uganda who received a bicycle via Cycling out of Poverty wrote essays about their bicycle. Some of the phrases from the essays: “It helped to save the life of my sister who was bitten by a snake and was rushed to the hospital by bicycle.” (Okia Charles, 17 years). “I use it for…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGCycling out of Poverty has a new board member. Christel Hoogland is joining the team. Christel worked for Cordaid on development issues, for instance in South Africa and Kenya. Since Christel recently left Cordaid, she will keep her link with development cooperation as board member of Cycling out of Poverty. We are welcoming Christel and…lees verder
CONTINUE READING{youtube}1FqLte3q-wg|300|225{/youtube} Cycling out of Poverty started the platform wiki-bike.com, in cooperation with Slimmer foundation and Ideal&co. Via this platform, people are invited to share ideas on bicycle designs with others, inspiring each other. Via wiki-bike.com people can send in ideas for the African Bicycle Design Contest 2010-2011. The aim of this contest is to co-create…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGBSPW, Cycling out of Poverty’s partner organisation in Uganda, organised a training for small entrepreneurs in the bicycle-on-credit projects. The support from e.g. Profile Roel Peerenboom and doubling of NCDO, BSPW is giving out 100 bicycles-on-credit to small entrepreneurs. In two training sessions the group is trained in small entrepreneurship management and book keeping (see…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
