CooP-Africa believes that capacitating bicycle mechanics enables them to improve their income. In Jinja District in Uganda 4 mechanics were trained to be bicycle mechanics. Most of them were already working as mechanic, but without proper training. Therefore, they were not able to fix more complex problems. Due to this training they can now increase…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGAlso at Country Side Secondary School in Uganda, bicycles have been given out under the Bike4School programme in the previous month. Since this is the second year of this programme to run in this school, we see an increase in the applications. Students are indeed using the bicycles to go to school and increase their…lees verder
CONTINUE READING{youtube}jokqOER0vo8|300|225{/youtube} You can now get a close up look at one of the volunteer health workers in our Bike4Care projects. Click on the video to view the short video and to see more about Bike4Care. The video was made by Safaricom in Kenya. For more information about the Bike4Care programme, click here.
CONTINUE READINGSaturday 17th of May the Night of the tips is held in the Netherlands to support CooP-Africa. Visit our Dutch page (by clicking on the Dutch flag) for more information.
CONTINUE READING11 May is Mothers Day in the Netherlands. Give this Mothers Day a bicycle to an African mother! Go to the support page to support Bike4Work.
CONTINUE READING{youtube}C3ikKRkJqa4|300|225{/youtube} Schools in the Netherlands can work on the topic of mobility and development in their classes. For more information go to the Dutch page by clicking on the Dutch flag at the top right corner.
CONTINUE READING53 more health workers in Kenya are now serving the community on bicycles. They have received their Bike4Care bicycles during a CooP-Africa event. Kenya has a system of volunteer health workers, who visit patients in a specific area. These visits are mostly done on foot. By equiping the health workers with bicycles, they can travel…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGKiyemba Godfrey is a student in the Bike4School programme. He wrote an essay about the Bike4School bicycle saving his shoes from wearing on the way footing to school daily, and that now he uses the bicycle he takes years without buying any new shoes. Kiyemba Godrey’s essay was selected for the Bike4School photobook, of which…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
