You can support CooP-Africa, Cycling out of Poverty, by choosing for a recurrent donation by a notarial act (only for Dutch individuals). The benefit of this is that it offers you the opportunity to donate a higher amount to CooP-Africa, while your net donation stays the same. Part of your donation is returned to you…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGCooP-Africa works with African partner organisations. Our African partner organisations assess the local need, execute the projects, assess the impact of the projects, safeguard the sustainability of the projects, etc.
CONTINUE READINGEvery day, school children in Africa cover long distances to school. And because most children also have to do some domestic tasks (such as fetching water or fire wood), the time they spent walking to school every day influencing their performance. Children who face mobility constraints in accessing school can apply for a bicycle on…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThis Bike4School project gives students in and around Kisozi the chance to buy a bicycle on credit. Many students have to come from far and need to go to school on foot. Because of the long distance and other tasks at home, those students often miss out on education because they come late at school. …lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThis project focuses on the mobility constraints faced by young people, living in Internatelly Displaced People camps in Katakwi District, in accessing educational facilities, particularly girls. Distances to school are long in this area. By providing bicycles, it is aimed at decreasing the dropout rate of secondary school students so as to provide a better…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThis bicycle ambulance project is aimed at improving the efficiency of medical staff. The bicycle enables them to visit more patients per day, resulting in more people being treated and informed about deceases. Furthermore, affordable medicine are distributed with the bicycles in rural areas and risks of death during delivery is reduced because of the…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn this programme health workers are equipped with a bicycle, and isolated communities are equipped with bicycles plus bicycle ambulance trailers. The health workers use the bicycle for door-to-door health checks and counselling. The bicycle ambulances are used for emergency visits for better access to health centres. Via this programme the capacity of health workers to visit more patients is…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGCycling out of Poverty hosts an open source website http://wiki-bike.com, via which bicycle designs can be shared with the rest of the world. The site aims to make bicycle designs accessible for the African context. The available bicycle designs in Africa are of poor quality, which hampers economic development. Research shows there is a need for sustainable…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGTricycles are very useful in transporting loads. Arjen Reinders, student of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, has designed and developed several prototypes of tricycles. The design process is a iterative process of designing – testing – redesigning. The tricycles are used in the Bike2Clean and Bike4Water projects. • Period: Since 2011 • Supported by: DOEN Foundation…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn Kenya and Uganda, bicycles are often used as taxis. People are carried from one place to another on a seat on the carrier of the bicycle. Cycling out of Poverty sells these African seats in the Netherlands for fundraising purposes. The original African seats do not fit very well to the Dutch carrier racks….lees verder
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