[Stoves] Promoters of stove- Can you so something to the coffee husks in Karagwe, Kagera region, NW Tanzania?

[Richard Stanley]

Ndugu Sekikwe,

 

(I am giving away a long past familiarity with nchi yetu eh ?

 

There is  much briquetting activity in east Africa now. 

 

You have come to the right place,if you are concerned with low cost
briquette making by the wananchi either as a community enterprise , or a
organised grouping under your one roof. 

 

In particular, there is a one Shem Ewichu has managed to formulate a good
briquette using coffee husks His Uganda Gender rights Foundation is based in
Mbale (about as far north east of Kampala--on the Kenyan Border) as you are
south west of Kampala. 

 

 

Our most recent training effort was in Lushoto. The main contacts for that
project are Megan Hill and Hande Mwanjela, ccy'd above. 

 

As well, there are several Kenyan and other Ugandan and Tanzanians you can
contact ostof whom are inot the mentioned   fuelbriquette network (ccy'd
above).

 

If you want to see a typical production set up, take a look at our website
<www.legacyfound.org> where we have put together a short video of some of
the  actual produciton and training activities around the world. 

 

Basi Haya, hope this gets you connected to others in the region, and we look
forward to your experiences to pass them on to others yet to join us all. 

 

Richard Stanley, Director,

Legacy Foundation

4886 Hwy 66 

Ashland Oregon

97520 

USA 

541 488 1559

www.legacyfound.org

 





 

On Aug 31, 2007, at 10:30 AM, fadeco wrote:





Greetings. I am called Joseph sekiku, working with the Eden Centre for
appropriate technology (www.ecat-fadeco.org). I am confronted by a desire to
find solution to waste that could be turned into useful stuff (energy) here.
Let me explain:

I come from Karagwe district, Kagera region, NW Tanzania. This is a
predominantly coffee growing area. Since 4 years ago, with the
liberalization of the coffee trade, 6 coffee processing factories have
started. Two years ago, two of the factories were destroyed by fire from
coffee husks heaped outside the factroeis. there are now 4 coffee processing
factories.

These factories produce a lot of coffee husks (thousands of tons).
Unfortunately, these husks have no commercial value at all. Instead, after
the season, they are set on fire. The fire goes on for months.

I beleive that these hsuks can be transformed into some useful energy
source - either into electricity or just for cooking. I have been imagining
a situation where these coffee husks could be transformed into brickets,
ceiling boards or even mulch for the farms.

Imagine for karagwe district, there is a very high rate of defforestation-
and apparently much of the fporest cover is completely no more. Tree cutting
continues to today.

I am sending you some pictures about the situation. I have talked to the
coffee factory owners : Karagwe marketing Ltd, KDCU Ltd, Amri amir Ltd and
another one that I do not have the name off hand now. They have no plan for
the thousands of tons of husks from their factories but to set fire on
these.

Would any of you in thne Stoves listserve be interested in visiting or
finding out a solution for these?

let me know please,.

Joseph sekiku

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