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" <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ Stoves mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/
