In three different regions in Uganda bicycle mechanics are trained to repair bicycles and support health care workers. The bicycle mechanics learn most of the aspects involved in maintenance and repairs of bicycles. The mechanics will be capacitated to fix bicycles. This will provide them with an income and benefits the more than 300 health…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn the last 2 months, 334 bicycles have been assembled for health workers in Northern Uganda. The bicycles were locally assembled under supervision of the professional BSPW-staff. By doing so work was generated locally and the people doing the assembling were learning on the job. The bicycles for the health workers are branded with a…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThe third and final group of bicycle mechanics in the Bike4Care project was trained early June. The need for professional mechanics in Kumi becomes apparent from an example of local practice regarding the use of spokes. In this area, local mechanics are used to assemble the rear wheel exactly the same way a front wheel…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGNext Saturday, 54 participants of 19 companies will try to raise money for the Bike4Care programme of CooP-Africa by climbing Mount Stelvio in Italy. This is an initiative of Across, a full service consultancy firm, based in Belgium. Their ‘A-team and friends’ will climb the Stelvio or Cancano / Bormio 2000 Saturday morning. A group…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGApac is the second district in Uganda where youngsters have been trained to be bicycle mechanics. They worked with a bicycle mechanic handbook developed for the occasion. The trainings were held in the villages Nambiyeso and Chegere, were resp. 6 and 5 mechanics successfully completed the course. The mechanics are now able and equipped to…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThis is Wim Weeseman, 62 years and living Groningen. He has recently stopped working and likes to ride his bicycle. In transition to a life with other activities he will cycle the North Sea Tour counterclockwise. This will take him about 3 months. He will stay in a tent and in bad weather he seeks…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGA group of bicycle mechanics has been trained in Nakapiripirit district, north western Uganda. In the second week of May, two groups of enthusiastic people went through an intensive three-day training course in two separate villages. In each of the villages Lorengedwat and Moruita five people were trained. They learned most of the aspects involved…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGA ranger of National Park ‘De Hoge Veluwe’ in the Netherlands will make a documentary about the “white bicycles” in Africa. He recently visited Kenya to explore this idea and to picture the cyclists. In partnership with KLM, CooP-Africa reuses the white bicycles of the National Park ‘De Hoge Veluwe’ in Kenya. This is a…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGWith support from the Bernard van Leer foundation, 400 health care workers in 3 rural provinces of Uganda are going to be equipped with bicycles. This phase was planned for May, June and July, but on request of the districts this phase was pushed forward to deliver the bicycles to all districts in April. Thanks…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGAt this moment, a Bike4Care project in Uganda is in preparation, whereby around 400 Village Health Team (VHT) workers will be equipped with bicycles. The VHTs are working in rural areas, where distances to reach patients are long. The bicycles will enable them to move faster and to go further afield, and thus visiting more…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
