May 3, 2013 CooP-Africa organises the second Friends of CooP-Africa event. From 19:30h you are very welcome at the ‘Centrum voor Jong Ondernemerschap’ in Nijmegen. This is opposite Nijmegen Central Station. Frank van Rijn, ambassador of CooP-Africa, will give a presentation on his bicycle tour along the projects of CooP-Africa in Uganda and Kenya. To…lees verder
CONTINUE READING‘Reis-idee’, founded by experienced traveler Els Kaskens, provides independent travel advice to both the business traveler and the leisure traveler. Untill the 19th of March, Reis-idee organises almost daily winter walks through Hilversum and environment. This costs 15 euro per person, including coffee beforehand and soup afterwards. You can register by sending an email to…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGAt the ‘Fiets- en Wandelbeurs 2013’ CooP Africa, Cycling out of Poverty, was represented with a stand. During the fair visitors were asked to make their bicycle tour a sponsor bicycle tour, to support the projects of CooP-Africa. The enthusiastic volunteers inspired many visitors. Frank van Rijn, ambassador, mentioned CooP-Africa in his lectures and afterwards…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGSix bicycle mechanics from Nyanza area in Kenya are being trained to fix the specific bicycles that are issued to health care workers under the Bike4Care programme. With the help of CooP-Africa’s Bike4Care programme, medical workers in Africa use bicycles to visit patients at home. Health workers on a bicycle can visit more patients, reach…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 READING4 students of Delft University of Technology have developed a series of prototypes of pedicabs. Developments include improvements in weight and local producability. The current stage is the development of charging systems with solar panels, ensuring the pedicabs to be able to ride with pedalsupport. The final stage for the students will be to develop…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGStudents of the ‘Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen’ have made an episode of the Dutch television programme ‘De Wereld Draait Door’ about CooP Africa, Cycling out of Poverty. Geography teachers of the Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen make use of the curriculum ‘Mobility and Development’, that CooP-Africa made for secondary schools in the Netherlands. The students interviewed staff of the foundation…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGJur Schuurman started in 2012 cycling a 100-cols tour. In this way he supports the Bike4Work project of CooP-Africa for small entrepreneurs in Rwanda. In 2012 Jur Schuurman has cycled 2,000 km in three weeks time and has completed the first part of the journey. In 2013 he will continue his tour and the current…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn one of the offices of our partner organization in Uganda a burglary has occurred just before Christmas. Two bicycles and some money has been stolen, as well as the steel windows and doors of the office. Unfortunately every year at Christmas time the number of burglaries in Uganda is high, because many people are…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGUnder the Bike4Work programme, CooP-Africa is supporting entrepreneurs who make a living on bicycle and bicycle related things. One of these entrepreneurs is Moses. He makes Boda Boda seats. Boda Boda seats are cushions that can be mounted on the carrier of a bicycle, to comfortably carry a passenger on a bicycle. These Boda Boda…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
