Cycling out or poverty is a foundation engaging in fundraising for bicycle projects in Africa. Many poor Africans lack money to buy a bicycle but do have a view on how a bicycle could be used to earn a livelihood. These small entrepreneurs can turn to one of our African partner organisations in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Uganda, Togo, Kenya and Rwanda and apply for a bicycle which they can pay off in monthly instalments. Have a look at our projects, from our bicycle micro credit projects to our cycle-to-school projects and bicycle-ambulance projects, at our project page Or click here to download a fact sheet about Cycling out of poverty.
1 March 2010
On 27th and 28th of February Cycling out of Poverty was present at the Cycling - and walikg fair in the RAI in Amsterdam. Approximately 15,000 people have visited the fair. Besides promoting Cycling out of Poverty and inform the vistors about Cycling out of Poverty we raffled a real Black Mambda bike with boda-boda seats. Sunday afternoon Frank van Rijn, global cyclist and ambassador of Cycling out of Poverty, draw the winner. And the winner is: ... Click on the video to see who the winner is.
20 February 2010
Cycling out of Poverty invites you to send in ideas for sustainable bicycle designs for Africa. Bicycles made from bamboo, recycled plastic, or, designs for bicycle ambulances, bicycle carts, etc. Based upon a needs assessment on the type of bicycles needed in Africa, everyone is invited to send in photo's and designs in a contest. Herefore a special website will be launched: http://www.wiki-bike.com. The contests starts on the 27th of February 2010 and runs until the end of 2010. For this project Cycling out of Poverty cooperates with stichting SLIMMER and Delft Technical University, and subsidy is granted by the Dutch Ministery of "VROM".
18 February 2010
East Africa is the domain of bicycle taxis. Not the threeweeled bicycles as in Asia, but an ordinary bicycle with a cushion on the carrier. Would you like to surprise someone with an original gift? Or do you want to impress others with such a seat on your bike? Contact Cycling out of Poverty and order a set for €39,95. By buying these saddles you support the bicycle projects of Cycling out of Poverty. Click on the video to see who is making these seats in Kenya for us. Go to “support” – “buy” for photo's of some examples.
14 February 2010
On Saturday 13th of February the bicycle workshop in Kisumu Kenya was officially opened. The boda boda bicycle taxi community put in a lot of work for 2 weeks in renovating the place, just in time for the pre-launch. The same day global cyclist and ambassador of Cycling out of Poverty Frank van Rijn arrived at the site. A group of 100 boda boda bicycle taxi's, representatives of KLM and Cycling out of Poverty, Hon. Shakeer Shabir (MP of Kisumu Town East), and a marching band joined Frank in his ride to the workshop. Hon. Shakeer Shabir, Karen Blanken of KLM and Frank van Rijn unvieled the banner with the name of the workshop. The workshop is planned to be fully operational on the 1st of April. For more information about this project, go to the project page.
8 February 2010
Ambassador Frank van Rijn visits a number of projects of Cycling out of Poverty, by bicycle. Last week he was in Katakwi (Uganda) and this week in Butagaya (Uganda). The route from Katakwi to Butagaya was typical African. In Katakwi he discussed with local people the best route to Butagaya, and they told him that there would be a boat to bring him across the river. He double checked 100 times, but he was ensured that a boat would be there. Obviously, there was no boat and Frank had to divert via a long d-tour. Nevertheless, he reached Butagaya, where he spoke with women who received a bicycle on credit via Cycling out of Poverty. His next destination is Kisumu, Kenya.
For more news items of 2010, please go to the 2010 news archive.
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