This little princes is posing on a stove while it is working
Another week passed and we were hard working. It was worthwile because we were able to big progress.
Last saturday we invited for a stove seminar. The plan was to construct 7 small family clay stoves with 18 people. The Ugandans are already aaware about the environmental issues of the traditional cooking place. So finally more than 30 people attended to that seminar. Lucky the hall is big enough so that everybody could join and learn.
More seminar participants than expected
Let’s start working
Everybody is helping
The foundation is set up
The cooking school grows
The biggest seminar so far
The basic form of the energy saving stove
Here built in a double version
Three cooking stations
Two saucepans per stove
Starting to fit the saucepans in
Learning by doing
All the seminar while the bricks outside are burnt for the third day
Almost done
Finalizing a last layer with clay, sand and banana fibers
Banana fibers to strengthen the soil
Three cooking stations at the end of the day
The following monday we started to construct the big stoves for the school kitchen. Step by step they are growing. Within the week also the big and expensive saucepans made by stainless steel arrived from Kampala. I became very disappointed since those saucepans were all bended and not constructed according to my requests. So I had to look for a local craftsman who is able to rework everything according to my need. It’s not easy to build up a project like this, but we have a great team and they are giving everything to finish and to learn.
The principal is from the traditional fireplaces. 3 stones. Here made with fireproof cement
Stones fitted in clay brick foundation
Two more stoves
The team is working hard
The saucepans finally arrive…
But everything is bended and with a bad quality
The second stove grows
Step by step the stove is built up
The burning bricks were ready in the middle of the week
Three stones are holding the saucepan. The sticks will be removed in the end and the holes supply additional air into the fire
The mother of all claystoves
While constructing the stoves, the roof is set up as well. Working safety is not too high in Uganda
I requested a gap on the roof to remove the water steam. After explaining it 3 times and removing their constrcutions twice they hopefully understood what I request
Level by level
The walls around the saucepans
The right have of the whole thing
Four stoves and a tall chimney
What a huge room
Finally the small stoves are fired.
The first stainless chimney is connected to the main chimney
We had some issues with one of the chimney’s outside. The wind from a specific direction produced a high pressure and blow ll smoke inside the house. We will need to set this chimney over the roof
The fired bricks are placed. That looks very nice
Filling up with clay
We found another little helper
Everything needs to be perfect