Arrival in Kenya

Julia and I have arrived in Kenya early to work on another project before we get started on our EWB work. For the next three weeks we'll be meeting with several NGOs, including WWF, Nature Kenya, and Birdlife to talk about REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation). We'll also head to South Nandi Forest, which was once part of Kakamega Forest, to train Nature Kenya on Carbon Surveying. While Julia grew up in Kenya, these next couple of weeks while serve as a great time to acclimatize to not only the higher alitude (most places we'll be traveling will be higher than 5000 feet) but to draw accustomed to the local customs and accents. Hopefully i'll also pick up some Swahili.
-Scott

TAC Approval and Tickets!

EWB international approved our trip today... and first thing that we did was buy our tickets to Kenya! We are excited to get out in the field and implement the project that we have been working on all year. This is the first time to Kenya/Africa for 3 of us, and so we are all excited!

Scott

Water Tank Slab Design

I've been working on the design of the concrete slab for the water tanks... we have 4 tanks, with the largest tank being 10,000 liters. Thats 10,000 kgs of water when full! Thought I'd share the most recent design with the world. Its is still subject to change at this point though.

Scott

The little itty bitty details

While we wait for our project implementation report to be approved by EWB International we are finalizing that last little bitty details before we travel. This includes creating educational materials for clean water handling, finalizing all our project costs, and putting together our travel itinerary.

In the meantime, take a peak at the rainwater catchment system we have designed and will be building this summer for the clinic in Kenya.

Kenya Team TAC Report

The EWB Kenya Team completed their TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) presentation about 2 weeks ago... the TAC committee must approve all projects before a team is given the okay to travel. Our project, like most projects, had some minor changes that needed to be made. We've submitted those to the TAC team and are looking forward to hearing that we're A-OK to go! :)

EWB Kenya team Blogging :)

The EWB Kenya team is now blogging :)