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Last weekend the annual Bike and Walking Fair was held in Amsterdam. Both Saturday and Sunday our ambassador Frank van Rijn gave a presentation about his cycling trips. As usual, Frank drew a crowd: the hall was packed with people, the audience even sat on the stairs and stood in the back not to miss…lees verder
In 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]
In 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
Tricycles 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
Cycling 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
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
This bicycle ambulance project is aimed at improving the efficiency of medical staff. The bicycle enables them to visit more patients per day, resulting in more people being treated and informed about deceases. Furthermore, affordable medicine are distributed with the bicycles in rural areas and risks of death during delivery is reduced because of the…lees verder
This project focuses on the mobility constraints faced by young people, living in Internatelly Displaced People camps in Katakwi District, in accessing educational facilities, particularly girls. Distances to school are long in this area. By providing bicycles, it is aimed at decreasing the dropout rate of secondary school students so as to provide a better…lees verder
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