The 10th of May 2012 CooP-Africa will organise its first Friends of CooP-Africa event. The evening will start at 19.30 h. Venue is the Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen, Kronenburgersingel 269, near Central Station and the centre of Nijmegen. Students of the Stedelijk Gymnasium will support organising the event and will contribute to the programme. More information regarding…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGLast month a kick off was launched of the Bike4Care intervention in Uganda. In May 2012, 410 Village Health Team members are equipped with fortified bicycles. This will happen in two selected sub counties in the three districts of Apac, Kumi and Nakapiripirit. By providing appropriate bicycles the Bike4Care intervention will improve accessibility to proper health care….lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn 2010 Roel Peerenboom started supporting Bike4School projects of CooP-Africa through his Profile Bicycle shop in Wageningen. People who buy a bicycle in his shop get the opportunity to contribute to a bicycle for students in Africa. Roel Peerenboom explains with enthusiasm his initiative and corporate responsibility. What did you make to start supporting CooP-Africa?…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThis month students from a school in Ruiru (nearby Nairobi, Kenya) 50 students will get a bicycle on credit which they can pay for in installments. The students (and their parents/guardians) will be trained in basic bicycle maintenance and saving & credit. Click here for more information about the Bike4School project in Ruiru, Kenia.
CONTINUE READINGLast year Erik Heijn had to break his sponsor cycling tour after four days cycling due to obstacles on the cycle path. His bike was total loss and Erik was forced to stop cycling. His sponsors did transfer the sponsor amounts and donated 400 euros for CooP-Africa. To keep his promise Erik will try to…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDuring the ‘Fiets- en Wandelbeurs’ the 11 and 12 February 2012 at the RAI in Amsterdam many people visited the booth of CooP-Africa, Cycling out of Poverty. Frank van Rijn, world cyclist and ambassador of CooP-Africa mentioned CooP-Africa several times during his lectures, and afterwards flyers were distributed. In the booth of Coop-Africa a real…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGSaturday 11 and Sunday 12 February 2012 CooP-Africa participates in the ‘Fiets- en Wandelbeurs’ (Cycling and Rambling fair) in the Amsterdam RAI exhibition centre. Our stand number is 11-D-78. During the fair, we sell lots, with which you can win a Black Mamba bicycle. The proceeds of the lottery goes to the Bike4Care projects. During…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGCooP-Africa has provided 60 bicycles to farmers in a new project location ‘Gakomeye’ in Rwanda . The men and women who have received a bicycle have been making their own plan of how to pay off the bike. On the 5th of January this year the beneficiaries have attended a training on microfinance in Rwanda….lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThe ‘Centraal Bureau Fondsenwerving’ (CBF) is an independent foundation in the Netherlands that oversees the collection of money of charitable organisations. Charitable organisations can obtain a CBF certification or certificate if they meet the requirements of the CBF, concerning trustworthy fundraising and spending. In late January 2012, CooP-Africa received the CBF certificate for small charities….lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn October 2011 the first classes of the ‘Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen’ (SGN) raised 1,475 euro for the Bike4School project of Coop-Africa in Uganda. (Click here for more info about the project.) This was the 12th time the SGN organized a charity run in the beautiful ‘Kronenburgerpark’ in Nijmegen. The students ran for 30 minutes rounds…lees verder
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