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Photos of the project Save firewood by improved stoves in Mwanga, Tanzania

Photos of the project Improving livelihoods and environment by rainwater harvesting in Mwanga, Tanzania

First meetings in five villages for awareness raising 10-18 Feb 2009

Study tour to Makanya and Himo 24-25 Feb 09

Second village meetings 11-18 March 09

Celebrating the demonstration tank with teachers and students at Lembeni Primary School, 2nd June 09

Building demo and group tanks in May - Oct 2009 (by Dec 2009 five demo tanks and 10 group tanks had been built)

Stove models that remained in the project after participatory selection

Theory training in firewood-saving stoves to five groups (out of 15 groups) given in Nov 2009

54 farmers were taken to AVRDC (World Vegetable Centre) in January 10 to take part in a 2-day course on horticulture and food preservation. 

Stove building training in April 2010 in Mwanga and Kilimanjaro projects: Complete sequence of building a Lorena-2 stove

Photos of the project Improving rural livelihoods by rainwater harvesting in the lowlands of Mt.Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

First meetings for awareness raising in four villages

22-28 Nov 2006 

(photos only from Matala)

Study visit to Makanya to see different types of tanks and discuss with a savings&credit group

4 Dec 2006

Second set of village meetings 

4-9 Jan 2007

(from all four pilot villages)

The first demonstration tank / Fundi training started

26 Feb 2007 >>

Tank building step by step

Building gutters and teaching gutter building

March 2007 >>

Training at AVRDC/World Vegetable Centre

Two days in July, Aug and Sept 2007

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Seedbed establishment on farms

19 July 2007 >>

On-farm training in crops and drip irrigation: Establishment of drip irrigated kitchen gardens

15-16 & 19 Oct (& one training in Dec) 2007.

Training on live fences:

Species selection and nursery establishment

2nd, 3rd and 5th May 2008

Bucket drip irrigation kit

Dec 2009 Training was offered in firewood-saving stoves (introduction to 12 models and principles of mud stove building) to groups in Kilimanjaro and Mwanga projects 

Tank fundis were taught how to build household size brick and cement stoves, Dec 2010