Provide Clean Energy for Rural Poor in Tanzania

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Provide Clean Energy for Rural Poor in Tanzania

Summary

Build the capacity of the rural poor to utilize and generate income from alternative and renewable fuel technologies such as fuel briquettes and bio-gas systems. progress reportread updates from the field

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Lushoto, Tanzania, is a rural, agricultural area with high rates of unemployment and disease. Waste from the town market is a primary source of disease, as well as polluted air from burning coal for energy. Working with the rural poor, particularly women, to utilize and generate income from alternative fuel technologies will help create needed jobs and provide households with clean energy for lighting and cooking, while promoting improved health outcomes and sustainable livelihoods.

Activities

With local government support we will provide the rural community with technical training and complementary business and market development services in utilizing alternative energy sources as well as generating income and interacting with the market.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,075
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $10,925
Total Funding Goal: $12,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will serve the entire Lushoto population in terms of disease control and energy services. The local government may adopt alternative fuels as a long-term solution to provide sustainable energy and job opportunities to its citizens.

Project Message

Waste is no longer a disease-causing nuisance but a resource that can be used for profit. We have the obligation to use this resource to lift our community out of poverty.
- John Orio, Lushoto Health and Sanitation Officer

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Pei Cheng
Staff member
1519 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
United States
+1 202 667 0802
Email:

Project Sponsor

EcoVentures International

Organization

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EcoVentures International
1519 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 301
Washington, DC 20036
United States
+1 202 667 0802
http://www.eco-ventures.org

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Tanzania and can also be found under Climate Change (GG Green).

For more information about Tanzania, read the Human Development Report on Tanzania or the Wikipedia entry for Tanzania.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on May 29, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 11, 2007

Latest Update from the Field

Thanks and Happy Holidays!

By Megan Hill - Program Manager, December 16, 2008 05:48 PM

Lushoto market
Over the holiday season, EVI was happy to have a place at the Alternative Gift Fair in Hyattsville, Maryland, where we promoted this project specifically. The Lushoto Department of Health and Sanitation is anxiously awaiting funding to begin construction of the composting facility, so we have decided to make available for use the first round of funding so that the construction can begin once we have received the check from the Alternative Gift Fair.

We are looking forward to finally getting things off the ground and sharing with our donors the first pictures of the construction.

Many thanks to those who have donated and please continue to contribute as there is still a long way to go!

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