In Siaya County in the western part of Kenya, 51 health care workers are now using bicycles. With the help of the Bike4Care programme, health care workers in Africa use bicycles to visit patients at home. The health workers treat patients and provide information. Moreover they provide remote areas with drugs, mosquito nets, water purification tablets, and water filters. Health workers on…lees verder
CONTINUE READING{youtube}xDFsi4cYvv4|300|225{/youtube} In the Western part of Kenya you see many bicycle taxis called “boda boda”. These boda boda riders use regular bicycles, with a cushion on the carrier to passengers to sit on. These boda boda seats are now also available in the Netherlands. The seats are sold by Return to Sender. Return to Sender…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGCooP-Africa has achieved the first prize in the category ‘best newcomer’ of the Transparency Award 2012. It was the first time that CooP-Africa, with the annual report of 2011, tendered for the Transparency Award. With the observations in the report, that the Transparency Award has given to CooP-Africa, CooP-Africa will be able to make the…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGUnder the Bike4Work programme, entrepreneurs can get access to a bicycle on credit via 9 Saving and Credit Cooperations (Saccos) in Eastern Uganda. An interested member of a Sacco pays an initial deposit of 50% of the cost of the bicycle, a bicycle is handed over to them and the balance is paid in instalments…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGInclusion of cycling in transport and urban development planning is essential to the creation of sustainable and liveable communities. In Kisumu, Kenya, PGM staff organised a Nuffic-sponsored refresher course on planning for cycling in African cities, in close collaboration with Maseno University (MSU), CooP-Africa and the Netherlands Alumni Association of Kenya (NAAK). The course was…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
