[Stoves] Fwd: BarbeKobus

[Richard Stanley]

Dear friends of the wholly briquette,
This information just came in from Thailand. A friend of ours Vera  
Den Otter who works with the Jesuit Refugee Service  has been  
supporting and advocacy work for (mostly Burmese) refugees on the  
northwest of that country . In particular a one ingenious and  
dedicated Mr. David SawWah, a German-trained Burmese engineer who has  
been interned there for the past 12 years.
If anyone is working near him please get in touch and cc us as well.  
The German government is actively supporting his work there.
Thanks Vera, See you in nchi yetu, some day!
Richard Stanley

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Vera Den Otter" <veradenotter at gmail.com>
> Date: June 3, 2007 1:09:03 AM PDT
> To: "Richard Stanley" <rstanley at legacyfound.org>
> Cc: canproject at tbbc.org
> Subject: Re: Davids work in briquetting
>

> Dear  Richard,
>
> David has set up fuel briquette centers in all section of the  
> Karenni refugee camp in Mae Hong Son. They had a bit of trouble  
> getting the buildings up, but I believe they are now all in place  
> and training should start soon.
>
> David translated your manuals into Burmese, a simplified version  
> and also has an english simplified version, so that people without  
> a technical background (most of the refugee population) can also  
> use it. There is also a nicer version being printed in which fuel  
> briquetting and bio-gas are introduced in one book. I believe they  
> are also being translated into Karen, Shan and perhaps PaO. The  
> Thai authorities were very interested in fuel briquetting,  
> especially during the dry season when there were a lot of bush  
> fires. David has given training to two Thai villages. I am not sure  
> whether he'll  be able to follow up though as I believe he will  
> resettle in Australia. I have the manuals on my usb, but the files  
> are too large to send by email, I'll burn them on a CD and give  
> them to Pete(Pete is our son who is teaching in Thailand currently.  
> Perhaps you could make a link on your website (credit is given to  
> the Legacy Foundation in the manuals)?
>
> David also wrote a handbook for refugees on Community Agriculture  
> and Nutrition. It is a great book with lots of ideas and  
> information for people who only have very limited access to land  
> and resources. David wants gives you copy in English (Pete will  
> give it to you this summer). I am defintily taking a copy to  
> Tanzania, and try some of his ideas in our own garden when we have  
> one. It would be great if some of these ideas could be used in Dar  
> for example: urban agriculture!
>
> David now also has his own email address: canproject at tbbc.org (CC- 
> ed to this email)
>
> Bye for now and all the best,
>
> Vera
>