Fietsen 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 READINGCycling out of Poverty supports entrepreneurs working with waste collection and / or recycling, based on the vision that African small businesses can improve their income if they are supported in making the most of one’s opportunities. Special tricycles are made available on the local market, to enable the easy movement of large loads. But…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThe production of tricycles in Burkina Faso has started. The workshop in Koudougou produces the tricycle specifically for small entrepreneurs. The bicycles can be used for example by garbage collectors in the Bike2Clean project, or water vendors in the Bike4Water project. The production of the tricycle is a income generating activity of the workshop. For…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThis is Hakizimana Jean de Dieu. He is 20 years old and lives in Ngeruka, Rwanda. He is one of the people who obtained a bicycle on credit three years ago from our partner organszation in Rwanda. In the past three years, the bicycle has enabled him to earn more money. He uses it in…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGA new project started in Kisum Kenya: Bike2rism. The bicycle is a perfect means of sightseeing Kenya’s third largest city. The city roads are crowded with thousands of bicycle taxi operators called boda boda riders. In this project, tourists are given the opportunity to explore Kisumu by bicycle. Bicycle tours are made available, both as passenger…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGOn the 29th of September 2011 the Italian group La Stazione delle Biciclette organised an amazing bicycle event. With 25 teams of bicycle mechanics, they refurbished 23 second hand bicycles and sold them in a public auction. With this event, they raised funds for the Cycling out of Poverty project of the bicycle workshop in…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGSince 2006, women in Burkina Faso are able to aquire a bicycle-on-credit via our partner organisation AVO. Hundreds of women have benefited from this programme. The bicycle enables them to generate more income for their family. Most women are small entrepreneurs and are selling their products on the market: from ground nuts, to local beer…lees verder
CONTINUE READING“Through CooP-Africa I got the opportunity to buy this tricycle for waste collection. Now I can collect double as mucht waste as before. Thanks to that also my income doubled!” Click here for more information about the Bike2Clean project in which Dickons takes part.
CONTINUE READING90 health care workers have finished a 6-day training in community health strategies of the Kenyan government. They are now qualified health care providers. With their bicycles they are providing door-to-door service to people in need. The training ended with a ceremony in which the health care workers were awarded with a certificate. The next…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGAs part of the bike2clean programme in Uganda, a start has been made with the production of tricycles. The tricycles will be used for garbage collection, and are produced in the workshop of our partner organisation BSPW. Arjen Reinders, the volunteer who earlier this year started the tricycle production in Kenya, coached and trained the…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
