Dear Friends

Instead of the usual account of our activities, we have a different circular this time. Angie noticed that her students have their meals cooked on wood stoves: there is a massive pile of firewood stacked up behind the eye clinic at Mvumi.

We are planning to:

• stop the use of a large lorry load of firewood in the kitchens of Mvumi Institute of Health Sciences every month
• install environmentally friendly power sources:
  • a solar system to heat water up to about 80 degrees C
  • a gas system to complete the water heating and cook the food
• plant 100 fruit trees in the space now occupied with firewood

We will be helping to:

• reduce deforestation and related climate change
• provide an good example to health students and a community that cooks with wood and charcoal
• reduce the extreme heat that cooks are working in
• provide some fruit for the students

This is important because:

• there is massive deforestation in Tanzania
• there is a need for a sustainable and ethical solution to cooking for the 500 current students (numbers expected to increase to 800 in the next 2 years)
• the setting up costs of the new system are not affordable for the health schools, so without help the use of wood will continue
• once installed, running costs can be covered from school fees
• fruit trees will improve the poor diet of the students

The funds will be spent on:

• a solar system that can produce 2,000L of hot water daily
• a gas system that can supply the 5 existing stoves
• planting 100 papaya, mango and orange trees

That’s the message today, and here is the link:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/Mvumi-kitchen-project

Please can you share this with your contacts by email or Facebook. Any amount that you can donate, however small, will be much appreciated.

Yours

Brian and Angela Savage