In December 2009 students of the Citadel College in Lent chose Cycling out of Poverty as charity for which they were going to raise funds. Due to the heavy snow on the 22nd of December, the sponsor event was postponed to Wednesday 3rd of February. On this day, the students went to the centre of…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGIn 2009 the first biycle-on-credit project in Rwanda started, in a place called Ngeruka. The plan is that the 25 beneficiaries pay their last installment at the end of this month. Our partner organisation La Nouvelle Vie mentions that up until now all payments have been made in time and that also the last payment…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGFrank van Rijn, the global cyclist from the Netherlands well-known for his books and presentations on his adventurous cycling tours, cycles in his role as ambassador of Cycling out of Poverty to some of the bicycle projects in Uganda and Kenya. From his start in Nairobi things could only get better. The traffic was awfully…lees verder
CONTINUE READING{youtube}c9hok0dRvFk|300|225{/youtube} In Katawi in Northern Uganda, our partner organisation FABIO is executing a cycle to school project. This project started in 2007 with a pilot. The improvement of school results and the attendence level of the students in school was apperent, from the use of the bicycle. That is why CooP and Fabio decided to…lees verder
CONTINUE READING{youtube}i19i86ggD-o|300|225{/youtube} People with HIV/AIDS are often rejected by commercial banks for microloans. This probably has to do with their shorter livespan and therefore being a risk for the bank to provide credit. But especially these people can use access to credit to start up a business. Anouk Strijd is doing research for her Bachlers degree…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThe Kenyan Minister of Cooperative Development & Marketing, Mr Joi Niaga, visited the partner organisation of Cycling out of Poverty in Kisumu VBBS. He was welcomed by the whole team of the VBBS in their office. The purpose of the visit was to see what the VBBS is doing and to see where the government…lees verder
CONTINUE READING{youtube}fyDQougp5GI|300|225{/youtube} This month is the first month Luuk Eickmans is working for Cycling out of Poverty, funded by the Vodafone Foundation. Luuk is exploring partnerships between African companies and development projects of our partnerorganisations in Africa. Luuk will put updates about this assignment on the hyves page of Cycling out of Poverty. Click on the…lees verder
CONTINUE READING{youtube}Smi59cKq_PI|300|225{/youtube} 3 years ago, the Dutch television SBS 6 made a programme about Dutch people involved in development projets. Cycling out of Poverty was one of the foundations featuring in this programme. Wietske Kenemans (TMF VJ) traveled to Uganda to report on the activities of Cycling out of poverty and our local partner organisation Fabio…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGThe ambassador of Cycling out of Poverty, global cyclist Frank van Rijn, has reached Nairobi. Despite the unexpected and continuous rain, his plans to cycle through Kenya and Uganda are unchanged. On his tour he will visit 3 of the projects of Cycling out of Poverty: the health project in Katakwi Uganda, the micro credit…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDuring the second half of 2009, foundation Ezelshoren organised the event “Idols for donkeys”. Students from Arnhem (the Netherlands) learned about the millennium development goals and decorated a plaster model of a donkey. Via sms codes, the audience could vote for their most favourite donkey. The funds raised by the SMS voting, are donated to…lees verder
CONTINUE READINGDoneer nu makkelijk en snel aan de fietsprojecten van Cycling out of Poverty
