B4S book

Dorothey Aoko Odhiambo is one of the students that appears in the recently released Bike4School photo book. A copy of the book was handed to her, and she is very proud to be appearing in the book. The book shows photos and pieces of handwritten essays by students from Kenya and Uganda who go to school on their bicycles. Dorothey’s wrote: “It make students to have enough time for studies and it also reduce absenteesm in students. This is because students have easy means to go to school and whether they wake up late, they will be encouraged to go to school because they have a quicker means of transport. Again, the money they could use for transport can now be given as pocket money and therefore, they get encouraged and perform better.”

Read Dorothey’s story and the story or others in the Bike4School photo book. The book can be purchased by sending € 19.95 to CooP-Africa, via account NL68 SNSB 0906146356 stating “Bike4School book” together with the address which it is to be sent (for addresses outside the Netherlands, pls contact info@coop-africa.org first.) With the proceeds of the book, CooP-Africa can run the Bike4School programme. The Bike4School programme enables students and teachers to get a bicycle that they pay off in installments. As a result, children have enough energy to get good grades. And with school diploma they have a better future. Go to the project page for more information about this Bike4School programme in Kenya. Click here to donate a bike to a student in Kenya.