The Save Energy Grow Fruit Trees Project
Project Background
This Projects Involves Provision of sustainable Improved Energy Saving Solar Aided Cooking Solutions to Beneficiaries in Eastern Uganda. This is aimed at fighting against deforestation and environmental change caused by Search of Cooking wood Fuel. The project is also aimed at Re- afforestation and creation of an improved livelihood amongst women and Youths through planting fruit trees and other Cash crops there by empowering them economically.
Project Objectives
Improved stoves
The projects focuses on Donation of sustainable energy saving stoves to school communities
Tree Planiting
The project Focuses on Growing Fruit Trees to carry out reafforestation and Environmental Protection
Empowerment
The project involves Youth and Women skills and economic Empowerment programs in the Targeted Communities
Livelihood
The Project also Focuses on Improving Health and standards of living of all the involved beneficaries
Special Thanks to:
Bary Cogbil
Rotary club of Santa Rosa East/West California
Kituyi Suzan
Rotary club of Soroti Central
Nyende Khalid
Co - founder Vron Engineering Limited
Project Phases
The Save Energy Grow Fruit Trees Project phase 1 (pilot)
Phase 1 Project Outcomes
1. Construction of 1 in built Institutional Double Burner Volcanic Rocks and Solar power Aided stoves (VRSPACS) in 3 schools each
Rotary Donated 1 Double Burner VRSPACS to Teso College Aloet Western Wing The stoves can prepare meals for 800 students. Previously the Western wing was using 4 trucks of firewood per month, and now they are using only 1.5 trucks of firewood per month
Rotary Donated 1 Double Burners VRSPACS to Halcyon High School Soroti District The stove can prepare meals for 1200 students. Previously the School was using 5 trucks of firewood per month, and now they are using only 2 trucks of firewood per month
Rotary Donated 1 Double Burners VRSPACS to Kaberamaido Secondary School. This Stove can prepare meals for 800 students. Previously the school was using 4 trucks of firewood per month, and now they are using only 1.5 trucks of firewood per month
2. Donation Of 25 Domestic Energy saving Solar Aided Stoves to School community Beneficiaries
In this first phase, Rotary Donated 25 improved domestic solar aided cook stoves to 25 Families. These families where randomly selected. These families had to quantify the amount of Wood charcoal they where previously using and compare it to the amount used with the solar aided stoves
to obtain results for the coming projects
— Name, Title
"I was Using 3 Basins of charcoal every month before Rotary gave me the solar aided stove. Today I only use 1 basin of charcoal per month. Some times I just buy charcoal dust and mix it with Clay soil to make Briquettes and that's what I use for cooking since Vron Donated a briquettes making machine to our community"
— Omudala Simon , (Beneficairy Preparatory Primary School Community )
Phase 1 Project Gallery:
The Save Energy Grow Fruit Trees Project phase 2 (Implemantation)
Phase 2 Project Outcomes
1. Construction of 1 in built Institutional Double Burner Volcanic Rocks and Solar power Aided stoves (VRSPACS) in four more schools each
Rotary Donated 2 Double Burner VRSPACS to Teso College Aloet Eastern Wing The stoves can prepare meals for 1000 students. Previously the Eastern wing was using 5 trucks of firewood per month, and now they are using only 2 trucks of firewood per month.
Rotary Donated 1 Double Burner VRSPACS to St. Peters Katekwan secondary School. This Stove can prepare meals for 1000 students. Previously the school was using 3 trucks of firewood per month, and now they are using only 1.5 trucks of firewood per month
Rotary Donated 1 Double Burner VRSPACS to Preparatory Primary school in Bukedea District The stove can prepare meals for 1000 students. Previously the School was using 5 trucks of firewood per month, and now they are using only 2 trucks of firewood per month
Rotary Donated 1 Double Burner VRSPACS to Kongonga High school Bukedea District. This Stove can prepare meals for 1000 students. Previously the school was using 3 trucks of firewood per month, and now they are using only 1.5 trucks of firewood per month
WATCH A VIDEO OF WHAT WE DID IN PHASE 2
2. Donation Of 35 Domestic Energy saving Solar Aided Stoves to School community Beneficiaries
In this second phase, Rotary Donated 35 improved domestic solar aided cook stoves to 35 Families. Most of these families selected had 4 and more individuals. The average fuel wood used per month was 4 basins. Most of these individuals also suffered smoke related respiratory and optical infections from poor cooking methods and therefore where now at an advantage when the stoves where donated to them
— Name, Title
"I was Using 4 Basins of charcoal every month before Rotary gave me the solar aided stove. Today I only use 1 basin of charcoal per month. Some times I just buy charcoal dust mix it with clay and make briquettes that I use for cooking since vron donated a briquettes making machine "
— Omudala Simon , (Beneficairy Preparatory primary School Community )
Phase 2 Project Gallery:
The Save Energy Grow Fruit Trees Project phase 3 (Extension & Seeking For Partners)
Our Main Focus
Rotary Is extending the Project to 2 more districts, That is Busia and Tororo District. This will involve more clubs on to the project. Rotary Club Of Busia and Rotary Club Of Tororo.
Main Focus shall be put to less privigilleged school communties in the rural parts of Busia and Tororo.
Schools focused on include:
These schools face the following challenges:
1. Lack of properly designed and established kitchens
2. poor and non energy saving stoves. Most of these schools are using the three stone technique of preparing students meals. These lead to alot of deforestation and land degredation caused by such of cooking wood fuels to feed into these kitchens
3. Smoke infested cooking facilities. these lead to Smoke related respiratory and optical deseases amongest the cooking starff.
4. The environmental degredation in these areas has caused changes in weather partners that hinder farming whih is the major income generating activity. This has led to poor livelihood amongest women and youths in this area.
The Save Energy Grow Fruit Trees Project phase 4 (Extension & Seeking For Partners)
Our Main Focus
Rotary Is extending the Project to 2 more districts, That is Busia and Tororo District. This will involve more clubs on to the project. Rotary Club Of Busia and Rotary Club Of Tororo.
Main Focus shall be put to less privigilleged school communties in the rural parts of Busia and Tororo.
Schools focused on include:
These schools face the following challenges:
1. Lack of properly designed and established kitchens
2. poor and non energy saving stoves. Most of these schools are using the three stone technique of preparing students meals. These lead to alot of deforestation and land degredation caused by such of cooking wood fuels to feed into these kitchens
3. Smoke infested cooking facilities. these lead to Smoke related respiratory and optical deseases amongest the cooking starff.
4. The environmental degredation in these areas has caused changes in weather partners that hinder farming whih is the major income generating activity. This has led to poor livelihood amongest women and youths in this area.
State of the school Communties
Magical Deserts
Morocco
4/11-5/12
$600
Exotic Urbanism
Brazil
4/11-5/12
$600
Misty Mountains
Scotland
4/11-5/12
$600