On August 11, 2011 Erik Heijn started a bicycle tour of 1200 km along the borders of the Netherlands, on his recumbent bicycle. It is the second time Erik is making a bicycle tour to raise funds for Cycling out of Poverty’s bicycle projects. He had a good start, crossing many Dutch provinces: South Holland,…lees verder
In 2010, the first round of students on 2 schools in Iganga District (Uganda) received a bicycle on credit via our partner organisation FABIO. By now, all students have paid off their bicycle. This means that FABIO is getting ready for a new group of students who will receive a new round of bicycles, which…lees verder
Since 2006, women in Burkina Faso are able to aquire a bicycle-on-credit via our partner organisation AVO. Hundreds of women have benefited from this programme. The bicycle enables them to generate more income for their family. Most women are small entrepreneurs and are selling their products on the market: from ground nuts, to local beer…lees verder
The Cycle2school programme in Kisozi (Uganda) started last year with bicycles-on-credit for students of a secondary school in the area. Our partner organisation Hope Alive Uganda (HAU) is facing difficulties in communication with the students, due to a change in teachers at the school. In the upcoming weeks HAU is exploring opportunities to improve the…lees verder
“Through CooP-Africa I got the opportunity to buy this tricycle for waste collection. Now I can collect double as mucht waste as before. Thanks to that also my income doubled!” Click here for more information about the Bike2Clean project in which Dickons takes part.
A group of young students have completed a good long bicycle tour for Cycling out of Poverty. In four weeks time they cycled from the Netherlands to Istanbul, covering more than 2,500 km. With this tour, they managed to raise almost 4,000 euros for a cycle-to-school project in Uganda. The cyclists appreciated the helpful and hospitable…lees verder
90 health care workers have finished a 6-day training in community health strategies of the Kenyan government. They are now qualified health care providers. With their bicycles they are providing door-to-door service to people in need. The training ended with a ceremony in which the health care workers were awarded with a certificate. The next…lees verder
As part of the bike2clean programme in Uganda, a start has been made with the production of tricycles. The tricycles will be used for garbage collection, and are produced in the workshop of our partner organisation BSPW. Arjen Reinders, the volunteer who earlier this year started the tricycle production in Kenya, coached and trained the…lees verder
Half of the winning ABDC team, travelled to Kenya to locally manufacture the prototype of the bicycle trailer. The team won the African Bicycle Design Contest which was held via www.wiki-bike.com. Brazilian Juliano Papalardo (who submitted the original idea for the trailer) and 2 students of the Delft University of Technology Rianne Houba and Jan…lees verder
The 10 bicycle friends from “cycling4cyclists” have completed their bicycle tour from Lausanne to Florence. They spent around 42 hours on the bicycle, with an average speed of almost 23 km/h. Via the high mountains of the Alps and the Apennines. With their tour, they managed to raise more funds than they aimed for: the…lees verder
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