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  • Five Dutch enthusiastic young students are cycling to Istanbul from the 8th of July 2011. This way, they are raising funds for a Cycle2School project of Cycling out of Poverty in Uganda. Read all about their trip on their blog (in Dutch) http://voorhetgoededoelnaaristanbul.wordpress.com. You can sponsor the students by donating to Cycling out of Poverty,…lees verder

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  • Thanks to a generous donation of Jan Brinkman, cycling shirts with the logo of CooP-Africa can be ordered. We offer three different shirts. A red shirt for men (Size XL), a blue shirt for women (Size 38, 40 and 42) and a red shirt for women (Size 40, 42 and 44). The cycling shirts are…lees verder

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  • Are you looking for a book and want to support CooP-Africa? Visit http://www.youbedo.com/index/ref/id/100. Here you can order your book and support CooP-Africa. YouBeDo is a webshop where 10% of your purchase will be donated to development projects. YouBeDo shares her profit, gets better purchase conditions from suppliers and doesn’t spend money on publicity. So you…lees verder

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  • A bicycle workshop and training centre is set up in one of the biggest informal settlements of Kisumu, Kenya’s third largest city. By providing trainings, designing and producing (modified) bicycles, and creating employment it is aimed to reduce poverty. In the workshop bicycles are repaired and sold. Also, modified bicycles are developed and produced, such…lees verder

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  • Many Africans don’t have enough money to buy a bicycle in one go, but do have a vision on how they can use a bicycle to improve their livelihood. These people (and especially women are encouraged to participate) can apply for a bicycle on credit via one of our partner organisations. For farmers, traders, bicycle…lees verder

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  • In recent months, Comprehensive school Driemark in Winterswijk the Netherlands organised various activities to raise money for a CYCLE2SCHOOL project of Cycling out of Poverty. The whole school participated: one class organised a spinning marathon, another sold bird houses and organised a cinema event. Yesterday was the total amount was made known: the actions have…lees verder

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  • Secretariat CooP-Africa, Cycling out of Poverty  Kasteelselaan 4 6574 AJ Ubbergen the Netherlands   info@coop-africa.org +31(0)6-49423616 +254(0)727381427 SNS bank 90.61.46.356 ‘Stichting Cycling out of Poverty’, IBAN: NL68 SNSB 0906146356, Swift code: SNSBNL2A   NGO registration number: 09169793, and RSIN number: 8181.18.106   {rsform 17}

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  • CooP-Africa (Cycling out of Poverty) is a charity organisation based in the Netherlands and operating in East Africa. We improve access to income generation, education and health care by providing bicycles.   Contact information:                 Registration details:                     Bank details:                Kasteelselaan 4 6574 AJ Ubbergen the Netherlands info@coop-africa.org +31 (0)6-49423616 +254 (0)727381427   NGO registration 09169793  RSIN number…lees verder

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