[Stoves] Help needed to deal with excess rain

mnurhuda at ub.ac.id mnurhuda at ub.ac.id
Mon Dec 16 19:01:14 CST 2013


It seems that the stove is Vesto stove or its variant, is that right?


On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:37:27 -0000, "George Riegg Gambia"
<icecool at qanet.gm> wrote:
> Fellow stovers - and briquetteers,
> 
> Compared to some disasters happening around the globe our own
predicament
> here is almost insignificant.
> 
> However, after many years of struggling, researching (with a lot of
> practical help and encouragement from some people here - THANK YOU) we
are
> finally moving on in this small and almost forgotten little corner of
the
> world - The Gambia.
> 
> In 2011/12 we carried out an 18 months pilot under the WB BEIA
initiative
> researching and finally adapting what in my mind is a GREAT stove to
make
> it - almost - "our own" - the Furno EES - based on Chispin's Vesto and
> adapted to local needs and manufacturing capabilities.
> 
> Now we are waiting until the "big boys" can agree to pre-finance the
first
> test batch of 500 to be locally made.The 24 households who have been
doing
> our long-term (almost by default) on-the-ground research could not
imagine
> how to do without it anymore!
> 
> At the same time we researched, tested and started making briquettes
with
> Richard's help and encouragement. As stove and briquettes were developed
> side by side they fit like a hand in glove and it's a joy to use them
> together.
> 
> 2 years ago we found a small follow-on grant to train and set up our
first
> 2 community briquetting enterprises. In addition we want to try another
one
> in a local state-run Primary School - the WFP assisted School Feeding
> Programme will be slowly phased out accross most of The Gambia so to set
up
> schools as briquetting enterprises would be a great way to help
counteract
> this reduction in funding.
> 
> With the usual expected delays this new pilot finally kicked off just as
> the rains hit us in July. By the time they finished our road was washed
> away. We tried the local way but even a few tons of concrete bricks
ended
> up in the river. Our building is sinking and cracking and access by
vehicle
> will be impossible until all that's fixed.
> 
> We are trying locally whatever we can do. We will be planting Vettiver
and
> trees (from our own nursery) along our perimeter to at least stabilise
the
> road and buildings for the future. But we can not find local "disaster
> relief" assistance to fix the road - in the greater scheme of chaos ours
> is..... So we need to turn to our networks and ask:
> 
> Can YOU help? We started a fundraiser on 
>
http://www.youcaring.com/nonprofits/support-environmental-sustainability-in-the-gambia/100067
> 
> and we would appreciate if YOU could spread the word. If anybody feels
> really rich don't be shy - a few bucks from your pocket go a long way
here.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks from the team at PRSP and the communities of Abuko and Fajikunda
to
> Tom and Erin to allow us to post this here - after all, this all IS in
the
> spirit of bringing sustainable development to places like here!
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> George from the jungle
> 
> oooor.... beside the creek




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