A water tank has been built at Usongo primary. The team was Ndanu who led the work and purchased the materials, Musa who builds the gutters, Tumaini, Rama (recently trained new builder) and two apprentices from the area, Victorini Daudi and Claudi William. Usongon koulu sain sadevesitankin. Rakentajatiimiin kuuluivat tällä kertaa Ndanu, joka johti työtä […]
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(ALLA TEKSTI SUOMEKSI) Yam Makaa farmers had selected fourteen of them to go on a study trip to Sango and Kiboroloni villages to see check dams and farmland terraces. LWDO’s Anenmose Maro oraganised the trip on the 20th of November. Everyone was on time at 8.30 am as the minibus started from Kawawa junction. In
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On the 14th of November we had the first planning meeting with Yam Makaa farmers to work out what to do about the erosion gullies taking way their land. Farmers met to figure out an action plan. They gathered under trees in a location carved by gullies all around. Some gullies are 2.5 meters deep,
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(Suomeksi alla) Liana has today received a £2000 grant from Statistics for Sustainable Development (www.stats4sd.org) to start soil conservation work in Yam Makaa village in Tanzania. Stats4SD is a not-for-profit, social enterprise based in Reading UK and working globally, mainly in developing countries. Through its advisory work it promotes better use of statistical methods for
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This past Monday Ndanu, Tumaini and apprentice Regnaldi completed a double size stove for Mawanda secondary school. A double stove is two normal size stoves next to each other. It accommodates four large pots and teachers’ small pots. Tämän viikon maanantaina Ndanu, Tumaini ja ’oppipoika’ Regnaldi saivat valmiksi kaksoishellan Mawandan yläkoululle. Kaksoishella tarkoittaa kahta normaalikokoista
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Ric had an opportunity to visit Rombo on Saturday (28th July). A photo gallery of his visit is here. Ricillä oli mahdollisuus vierailla Rombon kouluissa lauantaina (28.7). Kuva galleria visiitistä on täällä. Ndanu waited at the Kawawa junction with the newly made handwashing kits. Here the car was loaded, stands on the roof and barrels inside.
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Maanantaina valmistui hella Kitongorian alakoululle. Ndanu otti kaksi paikallista rakentajaa, Sisti Tarimon ja Ambrosi Shiriman Rombosta oppimaan hellanrakennusta kanssaan. / On Monday a stove was completed at Kitongori primary. Ndanu took two builders Sisti Tarimo and Ambrosi Shirima from Rombo to learn stove building. Below the old kitchen. Alla vanha keittiö.
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Over the past two days a hand washing kit was designed and built for schools in Rombo. Here is a link for a photo gallery. / Parin viime päivän aikana suunnittelimme ja rakensimme käsienpesukitin Rombon kouluille. Tässä linkki kuvagalleriaan. The following main principles were used in designing it: No new plastic is used for the
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(suomeksi kuvien alla) Mawanda Mkei primary and Liana built a water tank and a stove in autumn 2017. It was clearly explained from our side that to receive such a large subsidy to build a water tank, a school needs to be committed to do all the other improvements and environmental activities as well: To
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At the end of last week a stove was completed at Kirachi primary. The school has a nice stone building for a kitchen – unlike many other schools at which we have built stoves so far. But their cooking facilities were just the same, the standard three-stone fire on the earthen floor and outside in
