Abstract and Invitation for Conference

SOLAR ENERGY—changing lives in Tanzania!
We use our energy resources faster than they can be reproduced. Soon enough, we are going to deplete these resources and life with non-renewable energies (coal, fossil, natural gases etc) in the planet will be unaffordable. We will have to find substitutes as means for energy.
Renewable energies (geothermal, solar etc) are our future. Not only are they gentle on the planet, but also they are abundant and sustainable.
We are talking about renewable energies for the future! In Tanzania, it is the present. My LAC project is on usage of solar cells to produce electricity for primary school schools classes in Tanzania. Currently, more than 95% of schools in the country do not have electricity. The main objective is to find out how this will add value to the quality of education provided and change lives.
To learn more about the project and its findings, please join me for the presentation on 8th June, at 1 to 2:30 pm CET on Adobe Connect.

Thanks and Regards,
Kai Maembe

Name: Kai Evarist Maembe presenting her LAC project

Summary: Welcome to a webinar with Kai when she will present her LAC project on wind and solar energy in upper parts of Tanzania.

Invited By: Peter Arnfalk (Peter.Arnfalk@iiiee.lu.se)

Where: https://connect.sunet.se/wind_and_solar_power/

When: 06/08/2010 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna

Survey Questions

Once again, hello.

The research questions are ready and right now data is being collected from four different schools in the suburbs of Dar Es Salaam.

Although the questions may not imply in your case (many developed countries schools have power): please take a moment and have a look.

I welcome suggestions, opinions and comments.
Knowing the questions before hand also makes it more interesting to read the answers.

Karibu.

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Welcome and Introduction

Hello Everyone,
This is Kai, masters degree student in Environment Management and Policy at Lund University.

This blog's purpose is to provide online information for any interested parties on renewable energies in a small village 50 kilometers outside of Dar-KEREGE.
I am conducting a small research in this village, trying to find out the benefits of installing solar equipments to the villages, and the impact it will have to this society.
I chose this village because it is remote,infamous and it is not connected to the national grid. There is an orphanage in this village that was able to connect and install solar power in their premises. This will then be used in the research as a pilot, in comparing the two settings (with solar power and with no solar power).
The objective of the research is bring into focus the possibility of KEREGE villagers to have solar power, their capabilities in sustaining them and the changes it will bring into their life.
I am hoping that with research done on the village and by showing the opportunities it may bring to the people in the village, they will be able to look for grants and/or funding from NGO's or government to make this research a reality.