Tag: sustainable development
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Always a learning curve
Our work to bring water to Nkiito continues, helped in no small part to our volunteer Tina! I’m pulling in knowledge from all corners of the globe, from water engineers in Texas (EWB) to Tesla Powerwall in California to solar consultants in Nairobi & astrophysicists in Switzerland. The fantastic organisation Majik Water may well be…
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Extending a productive day
1 year ago, AVIF sent 8x Pro 300 solar lamps to Hamza. We knew Hamza from a previous volunteering project. Hamza was able to set up a small business buying and selling these solar lamps from SunKing, part of the Green Light Planet company. Hamza checked in yesterday to tell me how much he was…
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Almost there!!!!
Fantastic news, out of the blue. Since writing in February, I just heard from our amazing volunteers that they’ve almost managed to raise all the funds needed to put the XPRIZE-winning adiabatic water unit into Nkiito. The main adiabatic unit is available now from Island Sky and we’re now collecting quotes and negotiating discounts to…
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Out of thin air
The UK just witnessed the hottest February day on record. We hit over 20C, in Wales, even before the solstice. I’m sat in my garden thinking up this post right now, soaking up the sun that barely gets over the roof, its angle is still so low! Meanwhile, in Kenya, our friends are really struggling.…