CooP-Africa has now published a photo book showing students from Kenya and Uganda who go to school on their bicycles. The book shows pieces of handwritten essays in English by students from Kenya and Uganda, and photos of the relevant student that reflects the situation. The book can be purchased by sending € 19.95 to…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn the week before Easter primary school ‘Het Octaaf’ in Nijmegen organised a fund raising event to raise money for the Bike4School programme of CooP-Africa. The groups 1-2, 3 and 4 cycled, the children of the groups 5 to 8 played bingo and the groups 6b en6c run laps around the school to raise money….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 READINGOnly with your support CooP-Africa, Cycling out of Poverty, can help entrepreneurs, students and health workers in Africa with bicycles. Become Friend of CooP-Africa and enjoy the advantages. You will get: satisfaction, you support small entrepreneurs, students and health workers in Africa with bicycles, an invitation and free entrance to the annual CooP-Africa event, 6…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn 2010 Roel Peerenboom started supporting Bike4School projects of CooP-Africa through his Profile Bicycle shop in Wageningen. People who buy a bicycle in his shop get the opportunity to contribute to a bicycle for students in Africa. Roel Peerenboom explains with enthusiasm his initiative and corporate responsibility. What did you make to start supporting CooP-Africa?…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThis month students from a school in Ruiru (nearby Nairobi, Kenya) 50 students will get a bicycle on credit which they can pay for in installments. The students (and their parents/guardians) will be trained in basic bicycle maintenance and saving & credit. Click here for more information about the Bike4School project in Ruiru, Kenia.
CONTINUE READINGFietsen zijn veruit de belangrijkste vervoermiddelen in Oeganda. Slechts 2% van de gezinnen heeft een motor of auto, terwijl 34% van de gezinnen een fiets heeft. Fietsen zijn vooral populair omdat ze betaalbaar zijn (een auto is onbetaalbaar), en veelzijdig in gebruik zijn (je bepaalt zelf het tijdstip, wat je meeneemt en wie hem gebruikt)….lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn October 2011 the first classes of the ‘Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen’ (SGN) raised 1,475 euro for the Bike4School project of Coop-Africa in Uganda. (Click here for more info about the project.) This was the 12th time the SGN organized a charity run in the beautiful ‘Kronenburgerpark’ in Nijmegen. The students ran for 30 minutes rounds…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGAre you (or your child) attending a primary or secondary school in the Netherlands? Is this school willing to organise or organising a fund raising activity? Or are you a teacher in a school and would you like to organise an activity for CooP-Africa? CooP-Africa would be glad to support to make the activity a…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
