On World Environment Day, June 5th, it was Bike2Clean day in Kisumu, Kenya. A group of people hit the streets to clean the neighbourhood Nyalenda, an informal settlement in Kisumu, of street litter. The enthusiastic volunteers took the opportunity to showcase the need for environmental awareness in Kenya. “We want to show how easy it…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn the last 2 months, 334 bicycles have been assembled for health workers in Northern Uganda. The bicycles were locally assembled under supervision of the professional BSPW-staff. By doing so work was generated locally and the people doing the assembling were learning on the job. The bicycles for the health workers are branded with a…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGOn the 9th of June Bikeventures, partner of CooP-Africa, organised the 2nd boda boda beauty contest in Kisumu, Kenya. Kisumu is known for the large number of boda boda bicycle riders. CooP-Africa supports boda boda riders and creates opportunities for them to expand their business. Boda boda riding is a vulnerable profession. The media often…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGUnder the Bike4Work programme, entrepreneurs can get access to a bicycle on credit via 9 Saving and Credit Cooperations (Saccos) in Eastern Uganda. For this programme CooP-Africa is partnering with ORUDE. ORUDE has established Saccos in 9 villages in Eastern Uganda, where entrepreneurs can save and get business loans. From now on, rural entrepreneurs can…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGCome to Park Lepelenburg in Utrecht next Sunday, June 17th, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. to visit Chill ‘em for Africa! You can come along to chill, to make a donation and / or to follow a workshop. The proceeds go to CooP-Africa. There is music, a lounge area, activities, workshops and a good…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThe third and final group of bicycle mechanics in the Bike4Care project was trained early June. The need for professional mechanics in Kumi becomes apparent from an example of local practice regarding the use of spokes. In this area, local mechanics are used to assemble the rear wheel exactly the same way a front wheel…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGNext Saturday, 54 participants of 19 companies will try to raise money for the Bike4Care programme of CooP-Africa by climbing Mount Stelvio in Italy. This is an initiative of Across, a full service consultancy firm, based in Belgium. Their ‘A-team and friends’ will climb the Stelvio or Cancano / Bormio 2000 Saturday morning. A group…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGApac is the second district in Uganda where youngsters have been trained to be bicycle mechanics. They worked with a bicycle mechanic handbook developed for the occasion. The trainings were held in the villages Nambiyeso and Chegere, were resp. 6 and 5 mechanics successfully completed the course. The mechanics are now able and equipped to…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThis is Wim Weeseman, 62 years and living Groningen. He has recently stopped working and likes to ride his bicycle. In transition to a life with other activities he will cycle the North Sea Tour counterclockwise. This will take him about 3 months. He will stay in a tent and in bad weather he seeks…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGA group of bicycle mechanics has been trained in Nakapiripirit district, north western Uganda. In the second week of May, two groups of enthusiastic people went through an intensive three-day training course in two separate villages. In each of the villages Lorengedwat and Moruita five people were trained. They learned most of the aspects involved…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
