Building the energy centre
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Authors
Jamie Oliver
Issue Date
2015-01-30
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Energy
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Rural Sustainable Energy Development in Zimbabwe PIN 5000426
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The Himalaya community is situated about an hour’s drive off the main road down a very bumpy track (nicknamed ‘spend an hour’ locally. A truck delivering equipment for the micro hydro was stuck here for some time. There are two co-operatives, one taking advantage of the plentiful supply of wood and the other implementing an irrigation scheme. They are also building a powered business centre. We were accompanied by Naison Mupfiga a social scientist working on the project. Oripa Mzama, 48 is chairperson of the irrigation committee. This group were working at the river to collect sand for building the energy business centre in the village. “It is very hard work. We have to carry this sand and stones a long distance to the construction site. But we are very keen for this project to succeed so we are eager to do this work. Before this project electricity was a pipe dream for us, but now it will be real. The irrigation will change our lives, we will have crops all year round – peas, potatoes, beans and tomatoes as well as maize.”
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