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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Richard and the organizers of the Arusha Stove
Conference,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am called Joseph Sekiku and come from Kagera
region, NW Tanzania. I am myself into promoting the use of renewable energy for
the numerous environmental and human benefits. I wrote some notes on the HEDON
NEWS website a few years ago and also have been following very closely the
developments by many promoters of cookstoves via the stoves mailing
list.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would be happy to participate in the Arusha
conference because of the opportunity this seems to avail to the development of
working solutions that are intended to improve rural livelihoods.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>THE SITUATION IN KARAGWE/ KAGERA
REGION:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. RURAL HOUSEHOLD POVERTY</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. INCREASED INDOOR POLLUTION AND RESPIRATORY
INFENCTIONS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a) Rural Household Poverty: The chains and confines
of poverty (income poverty) is eating into the heart of rural households. With
uncertain and unstable incomes, rural households find themselves torn apart. The
choice to have a meal, to meet the essential commodities, the requirement to
cost share in education, health, etc.. leaves the rural household at a cross
road- because, the meagre income has to be shared to meet also the needs to cook
a meal.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This quest to have an income not only has forced
rural households to clear forests/ trees to make charcoal that is sold in urban
areas. The efforts at replanting are very small- but also considering the rate
at which forests are cut , ftrees that have taken years to matures are cleared
in a day. So it becomes more the questions of survival other than environment
conservation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>b) increasing urbanisation is increasing pressure
on natural resources. The fact that most households in urban areas depend on
charcoal to cook meals, has made efforts to prevent further environmental
(deforestation) impossible in Kargawe. Peoople have no alternative power to cook
food: Electricirty from the grid is available only to a minute population and it
is very expensive. The use of grid power for cooking and industrialization is
still underveloped also- and limited for lighting purposes only.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So it is also difficult for the law enforcer to
stop tree cutting because, he too uses charcoalt to cook his food. No
alternative has been put to the comunities.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BUT IN KARAGWE, THERE IS ALOT OF BIOMASS FROM
COFFEE FACTORIES. Over 40,000 Metric tons of coffeee husks is produced every
year- but this ends up as ash because the factories just burn these
husks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been wondering, how much energy is lost
through this? A lot of energy is lost and nothing is done.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So I find that the Arusha conference will help me
learn how perhaps to develop cooffe husk brickets, jikos or cook stoves
that wold employ these coofee husks... to save the forests.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will write more.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sekiku Joseph Director <BR>FADECO Community
Radio<BR>Plot 281/283 Kagera Street, Ruzinga Area, Kayanga <BR>PO Box 223,
Karagwe- Kagera Region (Tanzania)<BR>Tell +255 28 2227024 Telefax +255 28
2227033 Mobile |+255 754 605682<BR>Email: sekiku"satconet.net Web <A
href="http://www.fadeco.org">www.fadeco.org</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please consider the environment before printing
this email <BR></FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rstanley@legacyfound.org
href="mailto:rstanley@legacyfound.org">Richard Stanley</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org
href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">Discussion of biomass cooking
stoves</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=stanleyj@legacyfound.org
href="mailto:stanleyj@legacyfound.org">Stanley Joyce</A> ; <A
title=steve.kitutu@gmail.com href="mailto:steve.kitutu@gmail.com">Kitutu
Steve</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 24, 2010 12:52
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Stoves] RE ARUSHA BRIQUETTE
CONFERENCE</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Lazarous,
<DIV>Thanks for getting in touch with us. However we are not in the
business of charcoal/ charcola briquette produciton by mechanised means.
We use hand presses of various types and can use charcoal IF it is a biproduct
of existing charcoal produciotn activities. A 25% addition of such
crumbs and dust ( off the floor) to the usual leaves grass straw
paper blend, (by dry weight) will increase the heat of a normal leaf and grass
and paper blend briquette to the same or better output than the original
charcoal.
<DIV>Below are some samples from a project we did in Bamako Mali, several
years ago. There are hundreds of these blends in use in East Africa
today...</DIV>
<DIV>The point is that we will not be promoting charcoal making per se., but
rather, agro residue fuel briquetting using ordiary scraps of leaves stras
hucks waste paper rice husks and so on...(see the video attached to our
website <<A href="http://www.legacyfound.org">www.legacyfound.org</A>
>for an explanation of the process.</DIV>
<DIV>If you still feel it might be relevent to your needs and experience, you
would be most welcome. </DIV>
<DIV>Please let us know.</DIV>
<DIV>Richard Stanley</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Top left 45% charcoal dust crumbs in the stf agroresidue blend: top right
25% charcoal dust and crumbs...:The other two samples are of rice straw, paper
and sawdust... </DIV>
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<DIV>On Sep 23, 2010, at 3:06 AM, Lazarus Chewe wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 19.5pt"><FONT size=3>Dear
Richard,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 19.5pt">My name is lazarous Chewe
i'm based in Zambia. i run a biomass energy enterpise ( D&W
Enterprise)that is principally involved in production ,promotion of
charcoal and production of briquettees here in Lusaka. I would be
grateful if you could give me more informetion on the criteria
for registration etc to November conference in
Arusha. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 19.5pt">Best
Regards</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 19.5pt">Lazarous
Chewe</SPAN><BR> </FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Lazarous
Chewe</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond>Dread & Works
Enterprise</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond>C/o Lydia Chota</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond>P/Bag RW1 Ridgeway</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond>Lusaka</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond>Zambia</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond></FONT></STRONG> </P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond>Mobile: +260 977 354 828</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Garamond>Email:<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
href="mailto:chewelazarus@yahoo.com">chewelazarus@yahoo.com</A></FONT></STRONG></P>
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<P></P>Lazarous,<BR>Thanks for getting in touch with us. However we are not in
the business of charcoal/ charcola briquette produciton by mechanised
means. We use hand presses of various types and can use charcoal IF it is a
biproduct of existing charcoal produciotn activities. A 25% addition of
such crumbs and dust ( off the floor) to the usual leaves grass straw paper
blend, (by dry weight) will increase the heat of a normal leaf and grass and
paper blend briquette to the same or better output than the original
charcoal.<BR>Below are some samples from a project we did in Bamako Mali,
several years ago. There are hundreds of these blends in use in East Africa
today...<BR>The point is that we will not be promoting charcoal making per
se., but rather, agro residue fuel briquetting using ordiary scraps of leaves
stras hucks waste paper rice husks and so on...(see the video attached to our
website <www.legacyfound.org >for an explanation of the process.<BR>If
you still feel it might be relevent to your needs and experience, you would be
most welcome. <BR>Please let us know.<BR>Richard Stanley<BR> <BR>Top
left 45% charcoal dust crumbs in the stf agroresidue blend: top right 25%
charcoal dust and crumbs...:The other two samples are of rice straw, paper and
sawdust... <BR><BR>On Sep 23, 2010, at 3:06 AM, Lazarus Chewe
wrote:<BR><BR>> Dear Richard,<BR>> My name is lazarous Chewe i'm based
in Zambia. i run a biomass energy enterpise ( D&W Enterprise)that is
principally involved in production ,promotion of charcoal and production of
briquettees here in Lusaka. I would be grateful if you could give me
more informetion on the criteria for registration etc to November conference
in Arusha. <BR>> <BR>> Best Regards<BR>> <BR>> Lazarous
Chewe<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Lazarous Chewe<BR>> <BR>> Dread
& Works Enterprise<BR>> <BR>> C/o Lydia Chota<BR>> <BR>> P/Bag
RW1 Ridgeway<BR>> <BR>> Lusaka<BR>> <BR>> Zambia<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Mobile: +260 977 354 828<BR>> <BR>>
Email: chewelazarus@yahoo.com<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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