Provide Clean Energy for Rural Poor in Tanzania
Help reduce diseases in Africa
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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.
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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
Organization
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
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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