[Stoves] FW: Ken Goyer returns to Africa

[Warren Goyer]

Dear friends, 

       I am pleased to say that I have regained my health and I am ready to
return to Uganda. (Ticket for May 4th.) Also, Ben from Florida will be
joining me in Gulu shortly after I arrive to help us build stoves and do
other tasks. 

     I am very happy to report that Martin is recovering very well from his
accident and I understand that Moses is doing well too. 

     The O.K. news is that our dear friend and compatriot, founder of the
Three Way Stove Project, Rotarian Wilfred Pimentel has had a small heart
attack after returning from his latest trip to Rwanda. I visited with him
last week at his home in Fresno and he is recovering quickly, although his
wife Marie would rather he not travel too much in the future. 

       Our first four volunteers have returned safely from Uganda. Hugh and
Ronda encountered the usual frustrations of a new project but even so they
managed to do good work. Pete went for a short time to do administrative
work (We are now officially incorporated in Uganda thanks to the struggles
of all of the volunteers). Damon's report on his BIG stove experiment can be
seen at

http://www.bioenergylists.org/en/ogleuganda07 . Thanks  to everyone for
their hard work.

  We have begun to make SixBricks Rocket stoves in IDP camps in Gulu as well
as stoves for the Rotary Adopt-A-Village program in  South Uganda. Each
family in the first village (of Mundo) now has a stove. 

       Dan Wolf, founder of the International Lifeline Fund, reports that
Mathew has now made 25,000 stoves in IDP camps in Lira.  VJ has now
completed 5,000 stoves in El Fasher, Darfur He has built stoves for every
family in one IDP camp and is starting in three more camps.  Meanwhile, Dan
is plowing new ground in South Darfur, and in Ethiopia. 

        AidAfrica has purchased a Toyota van, and soon we will have another
Toyota van and Mazda truck arriving from Japan to help us with our projects
in Gulu. The truck will be used for the stove project and the vans will be
used to provide transportation for volunteers and to transport babies and
other ill people from the camps to receive medical attention. 

 

1000 children under five years old die every week in Northern Uganda, mostly
from MAD (malaria, anemia, diarrhea).

 

 We hope to alleviate some of this suffering. 

        Thanks to everyone who has made our work possible. It looks to be
another exciting year. Thanks to my brother Warren for forwarding my emails.
While this email appears to come from Warren, if you wish, you can
correspond directly with me at kennethgoyer at yahoo.com 

     I hope to see some of you in Uganda.

         Best wishes,  Ken