Under 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 READINGCooP-Africa is supporting Bikeventures in setting up bicycle tourism in Kisumu Kenya. Bikeventures wants to give its customers a city map as they make a bicycle tour in and around Kisumu, Kenya. CooP-Africa is looking for creative designers who are willing to make this city map. For more information about the task: http://www.1procentclub.nl/doen/task-details?id=362 Interested? Contact us by…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGBrian, a young man from Kisumu, Kenia, is making his money by selling fresh fruit juices. “I used to sell the juices on foot while I was carrying a small cooler. Recently I bought a tricycle on credit at the Cycling Blue Workshop. With this pimped tricycle I now sell four times as much as…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThe CooP-Africa annual report of 2011 is now available. Currently only the Dutch version is available, an English summary will be ready soon. To receive the annual report, click here.
CONTINUE READINGPolice in the Northern parts of Uganda are taking the bicycles of the Voluntary Health Teams of the roads. The Bike4Care bicycles are equipped with a carrier on the front. The traffic police stopped the bicycles since they were confused about the front carrier. They were afraid they would be used to carry passengers like a bicycle…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIt is now possible to donate to CooP-Africa, Cycling out of Poverty, through SMS. SMS ‘DONATIE 2492’ to 1008 and you will receive a personal code and link at which you can decide yourself how much and how often you would like to donate to CooP-Africa. This service has been made available by GeefGratis Foundation,…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIt is now possible to donate to CooP-Africa, Cycling out of Poverty, through SMS. SMS ‘DONATIE 2492’ to 1008 and you will receive a personal code and link at which you can decide yourself how much and how often you would like to donate to CooP-Africa. This service has been made available by GeefGratis Foundation,…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGNicolas Cerulus, a 17 year old student from the British School will raise money for CooP-Africa by taking part in the 24 hour cycling race on the legendary Le Mans race track in France. Nicolas is in his first year and as part of his diploma he is organizing this fundraising project. The race takes…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGEvery year, Gert Verhofstede, makes a long cycling tour of 6 weeks. “Won’t you sell your bike? We will put together with the whole village!” was one of the proposals he heard during one of his bicycle tours. By traveling by bicycle, he realized that a bicycle really could mean a way out of poverty….lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
