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“Everyone Starts Somewhere”
Please donate to raise funds for solar lighting for school children in Uganda. Help these children get a start on a good education. Dear Friends- Today, December 2nd, Giving Tuesday, we are participating in the Microsoft Youth Spark Event, “Everyone Starts Somewhere” which will provide matching funds to youth projects on Global Giving. Donations you make to our solar lighting project on Global Giving, are eligible for 100% matching funds, until these funds run out. Matching is available beginning at 9:00 am EST but go quickly so please act now! We are looking to raise $10,000 for Phase II of Continue reading
TCP Kickstarts Bee-Keeping Program for HFI Partner
At the Teso Women Development Initiative, they try to find different ways to help the environment and local women in need. While they have been busy lately building a charcoal briquette business, they have found time to seek out other ways to help women in Soroti. Many families in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on paraffin or kerosene for lighting, both dirty fuels that increase indoor air pollution. Candles made from beeswax, however, are clean burning. They emit no soot and do not contain artificial scents or perfumed chemicals. This is one of the reasons TEWDI is starting a bee-keeping business. Continue reading
Charcoal Briquette Enterprise Development Webinar – Follow-Up Discussion on March 26th
Join us for a webinar on Mar 26, 2014 at 10:00 AM EDT. Register now! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/87856833712257025 On March 5th, 2014, Winrock International and EPA Cookstoves & Indoor Air co-hosted a Webinar titled “Charcoal Briquette Enterprise Development: Lessons from the Harvest Fuel Initiative.” This webinar featured speakers from the Harvest Fuel Initiative, a collaboration between MIT D-Lab and The Charcoal Project to promote the development of solid biomass fuel enterprises. On March 26th, 2014, members of the Harvest Fuel Initiative will be holding a follow-up Webinar to answer questions related to the first presentation or from people who were not able to attend. Continue reading