Since several weeks, a steel bicycle is being designed in Uganda. Eline Meesters student of Industrial Design at Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) works on this challenge as her final project. Main issues in her bicycle design: the bicycle must be robust, not too big and not too expensive. The first steps are successful, […]
CONTINUE READINGParticipants in the “Fietsen Scoort” campaign, cycled around the world 250 times, and that raised € 45,000. This money goes to bicycle projects of CooP-Africa. Our thanks goes out to “Fietsen scoort” and especially to all those who left the car in the parking lot and took the bicycle to work in 2013. “Fietsen Scoort” […]
CONTINUE READINGSince December 2013 CooP-Africa has a new volunteer: Maaike Ruiterkamp. Maaike introduces herself: Jambo! I’m Maaike Ruiterkamp, a new and enthusiastic volunteer for CooP-Africa. I recently graduated as a health scientist, but in addition I also have a passion for Africa and development cooperation. In April 2012 I made my first trip to Kenya and […]
CONTINUE READINGDesigning a bicycle for students in Africa, requires a lot of user research. Eline Meesters, student of Delft University of Technology, is now in Uganda to design a bicycle frame that meets the needs of students and can be produced locally in the workshops of CooP-Africa. Next year we want to start the first production. […]
CONTINUE READINGImproving access to health care is the aim of our programme Bike4Care. This involves distributing bicycles to community health workers. But if they are on an island and the only health centre is on the mainland… What do you do? We provide a boat. It improves access to health care and generates income for the […]
CONTINUE READINGBicycle repair and fitting training in Nakapiripirit, Uganda. Youths are being trained to assemble and repair bicycles in a very rural and isolated region. A bicycle really makes a difference in this area but it is essential the bicycles keep on running. So that’s where they come in. For more information on this project, go […]
CONTINUE READINGAnother bicycle trailer from the bicycle workshop in Kisumu Kenya. Support the expansion of the workshop so we can produce more of these efficient, affordable and innovative means of transport. Support the development of the bicycle workshop in Kenya, under the Bike4Work projects.
CONTINUE READINGPedicabs lined up to go on transport to Kisumu and Jinja. In 2014 the first Pedi-Teksis will be riding in Kisumu, Kenya and Jinja, Uganda. For more information about this project read about the design phase of the pedicab as part of the African Bicycle Design, and the implementation phase of the pedicab, as part […]
CONTINUE READINGStudents of Liemers College in Zevenaar (the Netherlands) have volunteered in Kisumu, Kenya. They were trained on assembling bicycles and this is the result. Happy students, assembled bicycles and most importantly happy students in Kenya who are going to ride these bicycles in the Bike4School programme. The students of Liemers College in Zevenaar also supported […]
CONTINUE READINGSjoukje and Charles from the Netherlands rode with their bicycle from Assen (the Netherlands) all the way to Gibraltar. This trip of more than 3900 km raised euro 4,000 for the bicycle interventions of CooP-Africa. Thank you Sjoukje and Charles and all friends, family and colleagues who made this fundraising trip a success. Would you […]
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