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(Thematic Report) Community benefiting from renewable energy |
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by Mufaro Zibanai | 31-10-2019 19:29
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You are usually welcomed by silence during the sunrise and sunset time at African homes. Women and children will be busy fetching firewood for cooking. This raise a question, Will this firewood last forever? Absolutely no, there is need for renewable sources of energy I remember grandmother telling me that when she was growing up there were dense forest but now there is nothing left for us to see and enjoy the green. Impacts are being felt in the energy sector particularly by women, children and sometimes by men who need energy for heating and lighting purpose. Usually the children have no time to study as there are fetching firewood and also the women remain traditional to their duties not having time to undertake certain income generating projects. All this can be solved by introduction of renewable energy resources which are clean and affordable. Today will be concentrating on the renewable energy that will help the community to lessen the problems and situations above. The Zimbabwean School Environmental Club introduced the fire less cooker. The fire less cooker is also known as the Temp bag helps reduce on energy demands indirectly as it conserves energy. It can be used for cooking and cooling. The food is cooked on a traditional stove, before it’s transferred to the fireless cooker. The cooker is well insulated, keeping the heat in the food and allowing it to continue cooking inside. The Temp bag is made from the plastics and kaylite and it can be homemade as the materials are readily available. The temp bag have many benefits such as it reduces fuel use by 40%. More so the fireless cooker women can cook nutritious foods that previously would have required lots of fuel for simmering such as beans, rice and whole maize. Furthermore it helps the modernisation of women as there are freed from cooking to other duties which are income providing reducing poverty. I visited the Mashonaland Central Agricultural Show 2019 I was able to visit another exhibitor tent where they were demonstrating the use of solar products. I came across a solar cooking system that was affordable. It was a huge shiny parabolic dish with a cooking pot as shown in the picture inserted. Benefits which they explained to us were it was cheap, unmonitored cooking where one can cook long cooking time food such as pig trotters, samp and beans. Heating of water during the day and use it to cook and bath reducing women and children duties. Furthermore there is biogas system which is generally using organic waste as fuel. Around markets there is a lot of tomatoes, vegetables and fruits on ground decaying and this is all fed into a biogas digester to produce biogas for lighting, heating and pumping water. Learners in Zimbabwean schools are being taught how to build the digesters and maintain them leading to its great adoption in the rural areas. The benefits that comes with biogas technology are time usually used for firewood collection and cleaning pots is saved hence families will have time for other household chores and socializing. More so farm crops are significantly increased from using organic fertilizer which will in turn provide food to the family and money from selling some produce and families can make money from selling organic fertilizer from the digester. Furthermore jobs can be create in the building and maintenance of the biogas digester. All these above innovations are changing the lives of Zimbabweans and creating a sustainable future. This is benefiting the people of Zimbabwe in modernising the role of women and youth empowerment as there are freed to perform other duties which generate income. References "Clean Energy", A Resource Book for Secondary School Environmental Club, by Mukuvi Woodlands. Ministry of Energy and Power Development (Online) http://www.energy.co.zw |
  
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8 Comments
Hello Mufaro
Thank you for the introduction about some innovative products in Zimbabwe. They are very creative and must be helpful to the ordinary homes. Speaking about the renewable energy, I personally think that its potential is endless. With human society's technological advance and creativity, we can take out that potential as much as possible and change our lives.
Keep up the great work.
Posted 03-11-2019 14:00
Hello mufaro
I hope you are doing well.
Good to see Zimbabwe efforts for achieving sustainable future.
Thank you so much for this wonderful report.
Green cheers!
Regards Asmita Gaire
Posted 02-11-2019 11:28
Hello Mufaro,
It's Lisa your mentor!
It's really great to see that Zimbabwe is making some valid contributions to achieving greener world and sustainable energy system!
I think it's great that people are actually enjoying the fruits of renewable energy! Especially the disenfranchised of the society, if we are able to benefit them with the new innovative technologies, then I think the high price is worth it!
Thanks for your report. I really enjoyed reading it! Also, liked how you put many photos as well:)
Green cheers for you dear!
Posted 01-11-2019 00:06
Hello Mufaro . This was a fantastic read .
Posted 31-10-2019 23:38
Hello Mufaro
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
Thank you for your report about Community benefiting from renewable energy
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 31-10-2019 21:23
Keep writing such reports!
Posted 31-10-2019 19:50
Thank you Meena for the comments.
I will keep on writing so that you will know more
Posted 31-10-2019 19:41
Hello Mufaro!!!
I hope you are fine and doing great.
Renewable sources of energy costs nothing but pays a lot to the surrounding.
Its use must be enhanced.
Keep writing and shining.
Hope to know more from you.
Warm regards,
Meena
GREEN CHEERS
Posted 31-10-2019 19:36