In this programme health workers are equipped with a bicycle, and isolated communities are equipped with bicycles plus bicycle ambulance trailers. The health workers use the bicycle for door-to-door health checks and counselling. The bicycle ambulances are used for emergency visits for better access to health centres. Via this programme the capacity of health workers to visit more patients is…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGCycling out of Poverty hosts an open source website http://wiki-bike.com, via which bicycle designs can be shared with the rest of the world. The site aims to make bicycle designs accessible for the African context. The available bicycle designs in Africa are of poor quality, which hampers economic development. Research shows there is a need for sustainable…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGTricycles are very useful in transporting loads. Arjen Reinders, student of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, has designed and developed several prototypes of tricycles. The design process is a iterative process of designing – testing – redesigning. The tricycles are used in the Bike2Clean and Bike4Water projects. • Period: Since 2011 • Supported by: DOEN Foundation…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn Kenya and Uganda, bicycles are often used as taxis. People are carried from one place to another on a seat on the carrier of the bicycle. Cycling out of Poverty sells these African seats in the Netherlands for fundraising purposes. The original African seats do not fit very well to the Dutch carrier racks….lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn order to make a wide audience familiar with our work, we have made some “Good Newspapers”. Good Newspaper 2010 (Dutch) [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110320145051-006dbfa6282845ed85083de65be69040 docname=goednieuwskrant2010 username=CyclingoutofPoverty loadinginfotext=Goed%20Nieuws%20Krant%202010 showhtmllink=true tag=afrika width=420 height=297 unit=px]
CONTINUE READINGCooP-Africa, Cycling out of Poverty, is a charity that supports small entrepreneurs, students and health workers in Africa by giving access to bicycles. A bicycle plays a major role in enabling African people to improve their access to income generation, education and health care. With local partner organisations in Burkina Faso, Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda, CooP-Africa makes innovative…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGOn February 23, 175 young people with a non-Western background celebrated at a unique youth event in the Trojan Horse in The Hague (the Netherlands). The evening was an eclectic mix of music, culture, debate and donations. Between the worldly cuisine and music of the bands “L4” and “Flinke Namen”, the audience donated to the…lees verder
CONTINUE READING100 Men and women from Ahero are receiving a bicycle through the bicycle-credit programme of Cycling out of Poverty and its partner organisation in Kenya. This group of men and women will get access to a bicycle which will help to make their business more efficient and profitable. Before they actual receive the bicycle they…lees verder
CONTINUE READING“I am Wieger Homan, 63 year old and used to work as a researcher in infectious diseases. I retired early, so from this favourably situation I realised that many people are not so well of as I am. That’s why I started to do some voluntary work. When I saw the opportunity to do voluntary…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
