This is a quick note to thank all those of you who helped us raise almost $4,500 from 60 donors to kick off our Biomass Energy Efficiency Project in Rubaare, Uganda.
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24h left to raise $1,300 from 13 new donors for our Uganda project!
Study: Charcoal and patterns of forest degradation in Tanzania
A study presented at the June symposium on charcoal organized in Arusha, Tanzania, finds that,
1. At current rates, no high value timber will be left in Tanzania’s coastal forest in 37 years.
2. The Tanzanian government lost $53 million USD in 2005. This is due to the fact that 96% of the timber harvest was undeclared.
3. China imports 10 times more timber from Tanzania that total declared imports.
VIDEO: The charcoal problem in Tanzania compellingly explained
Dar es Salaam consumes the equivalent of 16 olympic pools in charcoal every day. This figure is increasing daily as rural populations migrate to urban centers. At $350 million per year, charcoal is big business, too.
This great video produced by the World Bank last year (2010) lays out the issue in a way that is well-documented and visually compelling.
VIDEO: Henry Twinemasiko, a profile our partner in Rubaare, Uganda.
I’ve been lucky enough in my lifetime to have met a handful of truly inspiring individuals.
Regardless of religion or culture, these unique men and women have a way of re-affirming your faith in the fundamental goodness of humanity.
Henry Twinemasiko belongs in this category.