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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 READINGWould you like to come home with better photos after your holiday? May 26 and June 2 Reis-idee organises a workshop Travel Photography in Hilversum. This workshop costs € 60 per person of which € 6 will be donated to Bike4Work in Uganda. This fun and educational day is fully catered, including lunch and all…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThis year students’ corps Delft (DSC) celebrates its 33th lustrum. During two weeks, from 13 / to 26 July, students and former members organise all kinds of activities. Besides parties several different cultural, sporting and social activities will take place. This year, for the first time, a large-scale charity action will be organised. For years,…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGOn Friday, the 3rd of May, Frank van Rijn gives a lecture in Nijmegen during the Friends of CooP-Africa Event 2013. Frank van Rijn is world cyclist, writer and ambassador of CooP-Africa. In 2010, Frank van Rijn cycled the ‘Tour de Frank’. He cycled through projects of CooP-Africa in Kenya and Uganda. He is currently…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGStudents of the Liemers college raise money for the bicycle workshop in Uganda. They sold donuts, sausage rolls, ice cream and are now busy organising a charity run at a primary school. In October 2013 this group of 11 students will travel to Uganda to actively contribute to the renovation of the workshop. In March…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGNgeruka is a village in Rwanda where farmers face a mobility problem. There is food in abundance, but getting the products to the market is a challenge. That is why our partner organisation FAPDR in Rwanda has started a bicycle-on-credit project in this village. Farmers can buy a bicycle and pay for it in instalments….lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn February 2013, 24 bicycles new bicycles were given out to farmers in Gakenke Rwanda. Our partner organisation FAPDR in Rwanda has started with a bicycle project in Gakenke in 2009. CooP-Africa financed the bicycles for the first group of beneficiaries in this village. After this first group had paid off their bicycles, the money…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGBicycle mechanics from Nyanza area in Kenya have been trained to fix the specific bicycles that are issued to health care workers under the Bike4Care programme. The first part of the training took place at the Cycling Blue Workshop in Kisumu. In the second week of February the second part of the training took place…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGOn Sunday the 7th of April ‘Op vuur en vlam’ and ‘Fietsdiensten.nl’ organise an event around cargo cycles, called Bakfiets Treffen 2013. Venue of this event will be the ‘Cultuurspinnerij de Vasim’ in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Individuals and companies with or without carrier bicycle are more than welcome to join. The event starts at 1pm…lees verder
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