Category Archives: Environment & Energy

By Jack Nyakairu KRC-Uganda I am Kashungira Jovia, from Kyegegwa district, Ruyonza Sub County, Kishagazi parish. I am a member of the Kayonza Cooking Stove Group. My family and I are grateful to KRC-Uganda for constructing a stove for us. Before the construction of this cook stove, we used to move to very far distances to fetch firewood, crossing Murukoba swamp near the barracks. The situation was threatening for us as women and girls. The stoves are really helping us at the moment, as we are using fewer bundles of firewood. Previously, we would use at least four bundles of firewood per month. Now we are using one bundle of […]

By-Robert Musinguzi KRC-Uganda My name is Shumba Godfrey from Mpara sub-county in Kyegegwa. I am a beneficiary of the Iringa briquette-making and cook stoves sub-project. I am one of the briquette machine operators working for the group to produce briquettes. KRC-Uganda taught us to use materials like clay, ant hill soil, and cassava flour in the carbonized char that we have burnt from the carbonizer in a machine(mixture). The mixture is later put in the machine to make briquettes. With the skills that I gained, I can support the group in simple machine repairs and servicing of the briquette machine. We were provided with a toolbox that helps us maintain […]