annual report 2009 english summary

ANNUAL REPORT 2009 - Summary -

CYCLING OUT OF POVERTY

FOUNDATION

Cycling out of Poverty Foundation

Kasteelselaan 4

6574 AJ Ubbergen

The Netherlands

[email protected]

www.cyclingoutofpoverty.cm

Chamber of Commerce registration 09167973

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Introduction

Cycling out of Poverty is growing and developing. Many new projects started in 2009, targeting

women, small entrepreneurs, students and health workers. By now more than 1,000 bicycles have

been given out from the starting capital Cycling out of Poverty provided. The fund raising activities in

the Netherlands reached €145.000. New partnerships started with KLM, Impulsis and Cordaid, and

the partnership with NCDO was renewed. And we are delighted that our ambassador Frank van Rijn

started with a bicycle tour to some of our projects in Uganda and Kenya.

Our partners in Africa indicate that making bicycles available means the world to them: students

reach school less tired and have better results, patients reach health centres more easily and quicker,

and small entrepreneurs see their profits increase. At the same time, they indicate that the bicycles

in Africa are not fit for the heavy loads they are expected to carry. The development of appropriate

bicycles therefore became an important element in our work. We are experimenting with bicycle

designs that are tuned to the needs and requirements of the African bicycle users. Also, bicycle

workshops are established to produce these bicycles which opens up employment opportunities.

This, and more is described in the Annual report 2009. The report is only available in Dutch, the

current document is the English summary. The Annual report was approved by the board on March

2nd

2010.

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1 Basics of Cycling out of Poverty

1.1 Introduction Cycling out of Poverty Foundation is a fund raising charity. The foundation was established on February

1st, 2007 and is registered at the Chamber of Commerce with registration number 09167973. The

objective of Cycling out of Poverty Foundation is to financially support bicycle projects in developing

countries by raising funds and dividing the funds among selected projects.

1.2 Board In 2009 the board structure changed from cooperating board to (6-person) supervising board:

- Marieke de Wild, chair person

- Ineke Leenders, treasurer

- Corry Leenders, secretary

- Sander Mom

- Luc de Bont

- Gerard van der Sterre

The board members do not receive remuneration for their work.

The board delegated a number of tasks to the titular board. In 2009 Luuk Eickmans became director of

the foundation. Vodafone Foundation has given Luuk the opportunity to work on part time basis for

Cycling out of Poverty during 2010 and 2011.

1.3 Mission The mission of Cycling out of Poverty is to improve the availability and accessibility of bicycles as a

means to fight poverty, and to demonstrate the opportunities of bicycle interventions to improve the

lives of African families. Cycling out of Poverty believes that the bicycle plays a major role to improve

(access to) entrepreneurship, education and health care.

Entrepreneurship

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. Our local partner organisations in Africa make modified bicycles (tuned to the needs

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of small entrepreneurs) available via a credit system. For many small entrepreneurs (bicycle taxi drivers,

street vendors, traders, etc.) this access to a bicycle means that they can save on transport costs and/or

increase their income so they can improve their lives.

Education

Access to education has a lot to do with the means of transportation between home and school. Many

African students are captive walkers. That is why they reach school exhausted and are not able to give

full attention during the classes. The time consuming walking trip to school is also a very common

reason why children drop out of school. This especially applies to girls, because they often have the

responsibility to household chores like fetching water, etc. A bicycle (on credit) therefore creates

conditions which can improve the performance and access to education for both students and

teachers.

Health care

Distances to health centres, opportunity costs and road infrastructure and a weak health (transport)

system have negative impact on the health care situation in Africa. Many African families live far from

the nearest health care facility which with a weak health (transport) and outreach system can lead to

highly dangerous medical emergency situations. A bicycle and bicycle ambulance can create a fast and

efficient first aid emergency transport system and bicycles can improve the mobility of health workers

for health checks, emergency visits and counselling services.

1.4 Vision Access to income generation opportunities, education and health care are essential in development.

Services and facilities might be of good standards, but if you cannot access them, they are useless.

Accessibility is key in poverty reduction.

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Poverty constraints the mobility options of the African poor. It is a typical African sight, to see an

African woman or child walking long distance with water or firewood on their heads. Or to see women

who market their products in the village where they live since they don’t have an option to sell at a

market where prices are better. A bicycle can break the visious circle, and offer these Africans the

opportunity to break out of poverty. For those Africans who have the drive to move up, a bicycle can be

a tool to fight poverty.

Bicycle use contributes to the millennium development goals (MDG) which are set up by the United

Nations (see box). In relation to walking, a bicycle offers the opportunity to:

- generate more income: e.g. because more products can be transported to the market, people can

go to markets more often and have more time to work on the fields, for less cost than public

transport [MDG 1]

- diversify the sources of income: e.g. besides cultivating bananas more time is available for making

handycrafts, making the income less vulnerable for shocks such as banana deceases [MDG 1]

- explore new opportunities on the labour market: e.g. bicycle taxi [MDG 1]

- improve access to schools and health centres [MDGs 2, 5, 6].

- expend the catchment area of medical staff and teachers and to move about and reach

destinations quicker [MDGs 4, 5, 6].

- more gender equality within the household, due to the fact that men and children use the bicycle

to do household tasks [MDG 3].

Additionally, the bicycle is non-poluting and therefore enhances sustainable development [MDG 7].

By offering poor Africans who have a view on how they can use a bicycle to uplift their situation the

opportunity toin realising their ambitions, Cycling out of Poverty aims to support them in cycling ‘up’

out of their poverty situation.

Millennium Development Goals

Adopted by world leaders in the year 2000 and set to be achieved by 2015, the Millennium Development Goals

(MDGs) provide concrete, numerical benchmarks for tackling extreme poverty in its many dimensions.

The MDGs also provide a framework for the entire international community to work together towards a

common end – making sure that human development reaches everyone, everywhere. If these goals are

achieved, world poverty will be cut by half, tens of millions of lives will be saved, and billions more people will

have the opportunity to benefit from the global economy. The eight MDGs break down into 21 quantifiable

targets that are measured by 60 indicators.

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women Goal 4: Reduce child mortality Goal 5: Improve maternal health Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

http://www.undp.org/mdg/

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2 Bicycle projects in Africa

Highlights 2009:

- Around 300 bicycles-on-credit given out to women, small entrepreneurs, students and health

workers in Burkina Faso, Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya

- Launch of Cycle to School project in Kenya

- Meeting of African partner organisations from Burkina Faso, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda in July in

Naivasha Kenya

- Launch of the African Bicycle Network: network of African organisations working on bicycle projects

- Acquisition of land for bicycle workshop in Kenya

- € 41,435 was spent on bicycle projects in Africa.

This chapter gives a schematic overview of all bicycle projects in

Africa, discussed per country. The activities per month are

highlighted in the tables with the colours as shown on the right.

2.1 Burkina Faso: AVO Projects in Burkina Faso in 2009

with AVO

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

2008 Bicycles-on-credit

(Women & entrepreneurs)

2009 Bicycles-on-credit

(Women & entrepreneurs)

Bicycle workshop

Tricycle for AID(S)

Problem identification

Context - / problem analyses

Project planning

Fund raising

Implementation

Monitoring and evaluation

Reporting and follow-up

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2.2 Uganda: FABIO, HAU en BSPW

Projects in Uganda in 2009 with

FABIO

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Cycle-to-school project in

Katakwi Uganda

Bicycle ambulances in Katakwi

Uganda

Bicycle-on-credit project in

Butagaya Uganda

Cycle-to-school project in Iganga

Uganda

Bicycle (ambulances) for health

workers

Co-creation center in Uganda


HAU

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Cycle-to-school project and small

bicycle workshop in Kisozi


BSPW

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Bicycles-on-credit project in

Budondo & Baitambogwe

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2.3 Kenya: Uvumbuzi, VBBS (and Cordaid Urban Matters)

Projecten in Kenya in 2009 with

Uvumbuzi

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Bicycles-on-credit project in

Mwea Kenya

Projects in Kenia in 2009 with

VBBS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Cycle-to-school in Kisumu Kenya

Bicycle workshop in Kisumu

Kenya

Training centre in Kisumu Kenya

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2.4 Rwanda: NVR

Projects in Rwanda in 2009 with

NVR

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

2008 bicycles-on-credit project in

Ngeruka Rwanda


Ngeruka Rwanda


Gakenke Rwanda

2.5 Cross-cutting projects

- African Bicycle Network was launched. The goal is that more African citizens can cycle and want to

cycle to fight many of Africa’s challenges”. The network offers strong support to pioneers, currently

working on limited resources with scares information, and empower them and already established

CSOs to reach these objectives in their own cities and countries.

- Bicycle-on-credit meeting. As a follow-up of the meetings in 2007 and 2008, Cycling out of Poverty

organised a partner meeting in 2009.

- African Bicycle Design. Cycling out of Poverty started partnership with Delft Technical University in

exploring designs for street vendors.

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3 Fundraising

Highlights:

- Total fundraising for Cycling out of Poverty projects: € 145.000

- KLM supports project in Kenya: Cycling Blue for Kenya

- Grant from Vodafone Foundation for exploring public private partnerships

- Cyclists raise funds with range of activities such as bicycle tours around the world

- Subsidy from ‘MFS’ organisations NCDO, Impulsis, I-CE

4 Awareness raising and PR

Highlights:

- 2nd

edition of Good News Paper

- Cycling out of Poverty on social network Hyves

- Website Cycling out of Poverty bi-lingual: Dutch (http://www.eenfietsmaakthetverschil.nl ) and

English ( http://www.cyclingoutofpoverty.com)

- Cycling out of Poverty on Newscast in Burkina Faso

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5 Financial statements

5.1 Balance sheet as at 31 December 2009

Balance sheet as at 31 December 2009 2009 2008

Assets € €

Financial assets 104.859 6.482

Total assets 104.859 6.482

Liabilities € €

Reserves and funds 101.860 5.499

Loans 3.000 983

Total liabilities 104.860 6.482

5.2 Profit and loss account as at 31 December 2009

Profit and loss account 2009 Actual 2009 Budgeted 2009 2008

Incoming resources € € €

Income from own fundraising activities 101.987 11.500 6.929

Income from third-party campaigns 14.549 31.000 8.268

Other income - - 2.500

Income from ‘MFS’organisations 28.500 36.000 23.259

Total incoming resources 145.036 78.500 40.956

Resources expended € € €

Operational cost 638 4.000 2.277

Fundraising cost 689 485 123

On charitable activities 47.350 44.850 37.797

Total resources expended 48.676 49.335 40.197

Result 96.360 29.165 759