In December / January, four students from Delft University of Technology (Miriam, Jibbe, Gerbera and Martijn) worked on an action plan for implementation of the Pedicab (called Pedi – Teksi) in Kisumu. Their task was to identify what actions the local staff must take from the moment the bicycle taxis arrive in Kisumu until they…lees verder
CONTINUE READING17 health workers in Kenya have received Bike4Care bicycles. Kenya has a system of volunteer health workers, who visit patients in a specific area. These visits are mostly done on foot. By equiping the health workers with bicycles, they can travel faster and futher and reach out to more patients. For this project we get…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGEbiachu Emmanuel Osborn is one of the students in the Bike4School programme. As part of this programme, he wrote an essay about his bicycle. He wrote:”My bicycle has acted as a learning aid e.g. in physics as a subject, it has helped me learn of force, mortion, friction and other such ways. That helps me…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGFrank van Rijn is the most well-known global cyclist and writer in the Netherlands. In his 13th publication “Even naar de evenaar” he writes about his bicycle tour through several African countries to visit the projects of CooP-Africa. “Even naar de evenaar” takes you a facinating tour to colorful African markets and picturesque villages in…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGSince several weeks, a steel bicycle is being designed in Uganda. Eline Meesters student of Industrial Design at Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) works on this challenge as her final project. Main issues in her bicycle design: the bicycle must be robust, not too big and not too expensive. The first steps are successful,…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGParticipants in the “Fietsen Scoort” campaign, cycled around the world 250 times, and that raised € 45,000. This money goes to bicycle projects of CooP-Africa. Our thanks goes out to “Fietsen scoort” and especially to all those who left the car in the parking lot and took the bicycle to work in 2013. “Fietsen Scoort”…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGSince December 2013 CooP-Africa has a new volunteer: Maaike Ruiterkamp. Maaike introduces herself: Jambo! I’m Maaike Ruiterkamp, a new and enthusiastic volunteer for CooP-Africa. I recently graduated as a health scientist, but in addition I also have a passion for Africa and development cooperation. In April 2012 I made my first trip to Kenya and…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDesigning a bicycle for students in Africa, requires a lot of user research. Eline Meesters, student of Delft University of Technology, is now in Uganda to design a bicycle frame that meets the needs of students and can be produced locally in the workshops of CooP-Africa. Next year we want to start the first production….lees verder
CONTINUE READINGImproving access to health care is the aim of our programme Bike4Care. This involves distributing bicycles to community health workers. But if they are on an island and the only health centre is on the mainland… What do you do? We provide a boat. It improves access to health care and generates income for the…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGBicycle repair and fitting training in Nakapiripirit, Uganda. Youths are being trained to assemble and repair bicycles in a very rural and isolated region. A bicycle really makes a difference in this area but it is essential the bicycles keep on running. So that’s where they come in. For more information on this project, go…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
