[Stoves] A Big Thank You for Voting for ACON - Winner of Solution Search "East Africa Prize" $10, 000!
Lloyd Helferty
lhelferty at sympatico.ca
Tue Oct 29 10:05:38 CDT 2013
Wow!!
Amazing work by Mr. Salim Mayeki Shaban, President and Founder of the
African Christians Organization Network (ACON)!
ACON was a prize winner -- *"The East Africa Prize" for $10,000.*
Thanks to all for supporting Salim's biochar work in Kenya -- and
ACON's solution for adapting to and mitigating climate change in Kenya!
Regards,
Lloyd Helferty, Engineering Technologist
Principal, Biochar Consulting (Canada)
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- Lloyd Helferty
On 2013-10-27 5:27 PM, Rob Lavoie wrote:
>
> All,
>
> A BIG THANK YOU to all who voted for the African Christians
> Organization Network (ACON) submission to _The Nature Conservancy
> _and_RARE's_ "Solution Search" contest!
>
> ACON was a prize winner -- "The East Africa Prize" for $10,000.
>
> The announcement of winners is located here:
> http://solutionsearch.org/contest/adapting-changing-climate
> <http://solutionsearch.org/contest/adapting-changing-climate>
>
> These funds will be a very significant boost to ACON's program of:
>
> * *Fire* -- Improved efficient clean cooking stoves for rural
> households in Kenya. -- Reducing indoor air pollution,
> deforestation, and saving money for Kenyan households by reducing
> fuel purchases.
> * *Fuel* -- Production of cooking fuel briquettes made from the
> invasive "water hyacinth" weed that is killing Lake Victoria.
> and
> * *Fertilizer* -- The production of a powerful organic fertilizer
> made from chicken litter that is enriched with the nutrient rich
> liquid extracted from the harvested water hyacinth plants and
> further blended with biochar from ACON's cooking stove program.
> -- Improving farming practices, drought resistance, and food
> security for rural Kenyans.
>
> You can read more about ACON's activities on the Solution Search Site:
> http://solutionsearch.org/contest-application-14
>
> Thank you for your patience to read and learn more about ACON's
> solution for adapting to and mitigating climate change in Kenya.
>
> Thank you for taking time to vote (some multiple times) for ACON's
> solution.
>
> The event itself was a huge benefit for ACON's ability to scale up
> their solution going forward.
>
> Very Best Regards,
>
> Rob
>
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