The operational structure of EWB-India requires the affiliated student and professional chapters to create, develop and implement their own projects in line with EWB-India' mission. The Briquettes Project : An Alternative cooking fuel for the poor. 1 Mobile Bio-Solartech Unit For Water Purification. 2 Solar Powered Pumping System.. 2 Solar Power Plant for Rural School 2 Rasoolpura Slum Development Project at Hyderabad. 3
In
the current energy scenario, about 2 billion or 1/3rd inhabitants of
the earth have no access to modern forms of fuel. Cooking fuel is a
basic need. Poor availability and inability to pay for the same has
compelled the poor to use wood, crop wastes in inefficient ways or
fossil fuels which are heavily subsidized by the government and cause
serious environmental problems. We
are providing an environment friendly alternative to traditional
cooking fuels in rural India. This fuel is also cheaper than the
conventional fuels and makes for an ideal fuel for the poor. EWB- India
is promoting the use of Cooking Fuel Briquettes made from agricultural,
industrial and domestic wastes. It is a cleaner fuel with low emissions. EWB-
India conducted an information and training workshop in November 2008,
which has ignited interest in participants who are keen to set up their
own units in their local areas. Briquette
technology is simple to understand and implement. It is emerging as a
popular area for Small Enterprises. EWB- India aims to train NGO’s and
other similar groups in a knowledge sharing exercise for widespread use
of this technology and establishment of micro-enterprises. We are also
researching ways in which an efficient and effective Briquette
Technology Kit can be developed and delivered
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year there are 1.6 million diarrheal deaths related to unsafe water,
sanitation, and hygiene - the vast majority among children under 5.
More than one billion people lack access to an improved water source
(WHO, 2009). In India alone, 20.3 % of children under five years of age
die due to diarrhoeal diseases. Out of the 193 WHO member states, only
Bhutan (20.9 %), Guyana (21.4 %), Kiribati (21.9 %) and Timor-Leste
(21.9 %) top this figure. For comparison, the UK and USA have rates of
0.9 % and 0.1 %, respectively (WHO, 2008). Briquette
technology is simple to understand and implement. It is emerging as a
popular area for Small Enterprises. EWB- India aims to train NGO’s and
other similar groups in a knowledge sharing exercise for widespread use
of this technology and establishment of micro-enterprises. We are also
researching ways in which an efficient and effective Briquette
Technology Kit can be developed and delivered to
include bio-coagulants in their portfolio in the battle against unsafe
water and child mortality amongst the poorest of the poor.
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The
climate of India is decisive influenced by the monsoon. The monsoon has
far-reaching consequences on the rain and the temperature. The
southwest monsoon starts in most parts of India in June and brings
economical precipitation until September or October. In those months is
80 to 90 percent of the annual rainfall. Between October and June the
trade wind rules the climate.
India
is an agrarian state and agriculture in India is largely dependent on
monsoons. If the monsoon is late, consequences are fatal for the
farming community. Starvation, dead cattle and periods of drought as in
1987 are mostly consequences of the late or premature monsoon India
has high solar isolation. With about 301 clear sunny days in a year,
India's theoretical solar power reception, just on its land area, is
about 5 Ph/year (i.e. = 5000 trillion kWh/yr ~ 600 TW).
The daily average solar energy incident over India varies from 4 to 7 kWh/m2 with
about 2,300–3,200 sunshine hours per year, depending upon location.
These facts make the solar powered pumping system, even more interesting
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KRUSHI is a home for children, who are housed, educated and integrated with the main stream of the society. It is a project of “Association Saikorian - an Alumni Association of the Students of Sainik School, Korukonda, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a registered society, head quartered at Hyderabad. It is planned to install a solar power plant to meet the electric power needs of this residential school for children from low income families near Hyderabad. This is being taken up by a team of consultants and several EWB-India Professional Members, working for Infotech. Visit this site again for more information on this project. EWB-India Hyderabad Chapter in partnership with an NGO, Bhumi, has decided to undertake slum improvement work, starting with a pilot project at Rasoolpura, situated in the heart of the city. An open sewage canal passes right across the slum and overspills into the houses each time there is a heavy downpour. The canal also carries toxic pollutants from a nearby industrial area. Lack of proper sanitation and hygiene are additional causes of many diseases prevailing in the area. Due to the high level of poverty a large percentage of children are engaged in child labour. | Under the guidance of Bernhard Chapligin of Karlsruhe University, Germany, and Prof. Jafari of Muffakham Jah College of Engineering, a civil engineering team of student volunteers has initiated detailed engineering and health related studies in order to propose practical solutions. Please write to us for more details on this project. |
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