This short YouTube video is based on an interview I did in June with Henry Twinemasiko, the director of the REF schools in Rubaare, Uganda, (visit our project page) who appealed to us six months ago for help in bringing energy efficiency and renewable fuels to his school district.
Henry is a tremendously inspiring and committed man and together we have a plan to cut the schools woodfuel consumption (and the associated costs), and generate revenue for the schools by converting the region’s agricultural waste into fuel briquettes for the school and the community. We have also began with our partner, Trees for the Future, to plant trees for reforestation and for fuel.
Our ultimate goal together is to create a model that can be replicated elsewhere in Uganda, East Africa, and, hopefully, the continent that is literally burning through its wood reserves, either for conversion to charcoal for urban populations or for use as fuel as is the case in Rubaare.
We’ve launched a campaign to raise $4000 USD by the end of August to begin the project with Henry. But we need your help to achieve the goal, so please donate if you can to the project via Global Giving, our fundraising partner. You can also donate via PayPal on our homepage.
I hope you will join us in helping Henry, the schoolchildren, and the community make the switch to renewables and efficient cooking technologies!
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Warmly,
Kim, Sylvia, and everyone else who believes in the work we do.
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