[Stoves] Help needed to deal with excess rain

[George Riegg Gambia]

That's correct - please see my original posting:

> it - almost - "our own" - the Furno EES - based on Chispin's Vesto and
> adapted to local needs and manufacturing capabilities.


Cheers
George

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Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Help needed to deal with excess rain


> 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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