Monthly Archives: februari 2011

  • Four students of the Delft University of Technology (Paul van Deelen, Tamar Meijer, Stephan van Meir, Guido Molenaar) have designed a bicycle ambulance for Kenya. They have kept a blog at: http://bike4care.wordpress.com/. The bicycle ambulance is used in Bike4Care projects. • Supported by: DOEN Foundation [issuu width=420 height=149 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=110318164723-ae5d5bf162ab4c6aa0c2b050b446a3c2 name=bike4care_manual_coop username=cyclingoutofpoverty tag=africa unit=px id=d3cbfabe-c44c-c116-e31f-70d1b15e31de v=2]  …lees verder

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  • Access to education has everything to do with the way students travel from home to school. Many African children walk to school, because of which they reach school tired, making it hard to concentrate during class. Also, the time-consuming walk to school is making it difficult for the children to combine the domestic tasks with…lees verder

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  • This programme in Ruiru is aiming to improve the socio-economic and academic position of students by providing safe and environmentally friendly access to school. Due to distances students often have to fall back on public transport which costs them € 0.50 to € 1.00 per day. In this programme they can pay back a bicycle…lees verder

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  • CooP-Africa started after the founders Marieke de Wild and Luuk Eickmans lived in Uganda in 2004. During their stay, they conducted research on the impact of bicycles on the livelihood of poor African women and their families. The results were impressive and upon return in the Netherlands they couldn’t forget about it. Under the name “Cycling out of…lees verder

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  • Do you want to get to know the historical city of Utrecht in two an a half hours? Cruise the city with the world famous Dom Tower by bike, guided by enthusiastic locals. Discover all about this vibrant, centuries old city with friends, family or collegues. ColorbikeTourw will show you the places, you would probably…lees verder

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  • Colorbike is sure a bicycle will help poor African families to cycle out of poverty. Click here to order a Colorbike for your own. By ordering a bicycle for yourself, Colorbikes will donate a share of the profit to CooP-Africa, who will give out bicycles to school children in Africa. So by choosing Colorbike you choose for a better…lees verder

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  • Global Cyclist: www.globalcyclist.com Bicycles for Humanity: www.bicycles-for-humanity.org  International Forum for Rural Transport and Development: www.ifrtd.org  Fietsdiensten: www.fietsdiensten.nl Bicycle Potential: www.bicyclepotential.org Fietspagina: www.fietspagina.nl Afrigadget: www.afrigadget.com/category/transportation Art of Africa: www.artofafrica.nl

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  • Would you like to organise a fundraising event for CooP-Africa or a project of CooP-Africa? Are you planning on a sponsor bicycle holiday abroad? Or a sponsor run at your school? We can guarantee that 100% of donations from private individuals are spent on bicycle projects in Africa. Send an email to info@coop-africa.org, tell us what you have…lees verder

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  • You can donate via PayPal if you click here.

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  • Click here to go to a page where you can donate safe and simple via Ideal (only for Dutch bank accounts).

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