At the ‘Fiets- en Wandelbeurs 2013’ CooP Africa, Cycling out of Poverty, was represented with a stand. During the fair visitors were asked to make their bicycle tour a sponsor bicycle tour, to support the projects of CooP-Africa. The enthusiastic volunteers inspired many visitors. Frank van Rijn, ambassador, mentioned CooP-Africa in his lectures and afterwards…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn Nyanza, Kenya, bicycle mechanics are trained to repair bicycles of health care workers. The bicycle mechanics in this projects are already working as mechanics, but are trained in the specific skills they need to fix the bicycles of the health care workers. This provides them with an income and at the same time benefits…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGSix bicycle mechanics from Nyanza area in Kenya are being trained to fix the specific bicycles that are issued to health care workers under the Bike4Care programme. With the help of CooP-Africa’s Bike4Care programme, medical workers in Africa use bicycles to visit patients at home. Health workers on a bicycle can visit more patients, reach…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThe academic year in Kenya has started. The CooP-Africa Bike4School coordinator in Kenya, Daniel, is visiting schools and introducing the Bike4School programme in schools. Last week he visited Wachara Mixed Secondary school in Nyahera, where he spoke to 200 students after classes before they were going for games. Many students and teachers are interested in…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThis is Basirika Anitah from Country Side Secondary School in Iganga, Uganda. Students from several schools in Uganda and Kenya have been writing essays about the impact of a bicycle on their lives. Basirika wrote: “A bicycle is another teacher. A school without a teacher is like a home without a bicycle, because a student…lees verder
CONTINUE READING4 students of Delft University of Technology have developed a series of prototypes of pedicabs. Developments include improvements in weight and local producability. The current stage is the development of charging systems with solar panels, ensuring the pedicabs to be able to ride with pedalsupport. The final stage for the students will be to develop…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGCooP-Africa has designed 6 different post cards, which you can buy for € 5 only. Pay via one of the payment options, send an email to info@coop-africa.org with your name and address, and the post cards will be send to you. If you decide to become Friend of CooP-Africa, we send you the 6 post cards for free.
CONTINUE READINGStudents of the ‘Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen’ have made an episode of the Dutch television programme ‘De Wereld Draait Door’ about CooP Africa, Cycling out of Poverty. Geography teachers of the Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen make use of the curriculum ‘Mobility and Development’, that CooP-Africa made for secondary schools in the Netherlands. The students interviewed staff of the foundation…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGJur Schuurman started in 2012 cycling a 100-cols tour. In this way he supports the Bike4Work project of CooP-Africa for small entrepreneurs in Rwanda. In 2012 Jur Schuurman has cycled 2,000 km in three weeks time and has completed the first part of the journey. In 2013 he will continue his tour and the current…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn one of the offices of our partner organization in Uganda a burglary has occurred just before Christmas. Two bicycles and some money has been stolen, as well as the steel windows and doors of the office. Unfortunately every year at Christmas time the number of burglaries in Uganda is high, because many people are…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
