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Hello everybody!  We have some exciting news from Tanzania that we would like to share with you. Our devices TZ03, TZ04, TZ05 and TZ06 are now nine months old, so it is time for a water test to ensure that the quality of the output water is still good. Unfortunately, only TZ03 and TZ04 have… A small update from Tanzania weiterlesen

Hello everyone,  After now more than three months since the project meetings have been switched to a virtual way, a long awaited meeting took place again on Friday the 17.07. All SoWaDi members who had time and were in the mood spent a very nice evening on the area of the device. The meeting was… Long awaited presence meeting of the project group weiterlesen

During the last weeks we have received news about our devices from Tanzania and so we take the opportunity to share this news with all interested parties in the following blog entry. The Kilimanjaro Childlight Foundation travelled with a small group to Malage VTC and Kidia to visit the six facilities and exchange information with… Hello everybody! weiterlesen

Hello everyone!   Our departing people are back in Germany for a month now. During this time a lot has happened and we would like to give you a small update about our current work as well as the situation in Tanzania and in Darmstadt with this blog entry.   Our current work: Immediately after the return… Despite the lockdown: the work continues weiterlesen

Hello, I’m Sara Konrad. At the end of this year’s journey, I’ll share a different perspective from the back office. The back office has actively supported the outgoers from a distance, but has also maintained the normal project operations in Darmstadt.  I am 25 years old and am studying Mechanical Engineering and Energy Science and… Behind the Scenes – A Report from the Back Office weiterlesen

Hello, my name is Samwel Emmanuel Masaga and in this blog I will tell you about the current state of the SoWaDi project and my role in it. First some things about me: I am 25 years old, live in Moshi, studied Wildlife Management at the Sokoine University of Agriculture and work as Project Manager… Well prepared for the test phase weiterlesen

Hello, my name is Julius Breuer, I am 26 years old and I have lived in Darmstadt now for 6 years. There I study Master of Mechanical and Computational Engineering at the Technical University. I rather coincidentally found my way to „Engineers without Borders“ via a project of the university and joined the project SoWaDi… Together – two projects, one region weiterlesen

Hello, my name is Stephen Makyara, I am 32 years old and live with my family in Kidia, near Moshi. At the end of 2019 I heard about the SoWaDi project from Ichikael Malisa, because she was looking for volunteers to help building two SoWaDi plants in Kidia. I think it is very important that… Well done colleagues weiterlesen

Karibuni and hello to you all, my name is Rebecca James and in this blog entry I will tell you about my first experiences in Tanzania. I arrived on Monday the 3rd of February to support Jonas, Julius and Edgar, who have already been here for four weeks. Before I tell you, what has happened… First interviews and networking – half time of our stay weiterlesen

Hello dear readers! My name is Ichikael Malisa, I am 30 years old and live near Moshi, Tanzania. I studied Mass Communication and since May 2019 I am project manager at the Kilimanjaro Childlight Foundation (KCF), the project partner of the SoWaDi project.   I spent my school time in boarding school where there only was… Location two sighted weiterlesen