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Purpose-built Briquette Warehouse To Boost Distribution & Sales
At the end of last year we received a donation to buy a piece of land strategically located in Munigi, which is on the outskirts of Goma en route to Rumangabo and the Gorilla Sector, and a stone’s throw from the airport.
This month we started building a Briquette Warehouse on this land. The warehouse will be home to all of our marketing activities, in addition to facilitating the storage of sacks and the drying and quality control of fuel briquettes before they go out onto the open market.
In short, this is a massive step in our bid to eradicate charcoal.
The plot of land where our warehouse is being built.
It is located on one of the lava flows erupted from Nyragongo in 2002.
The wall construction started last week.
The wall enclosure yesterday, going up fast!
The efforts of our team – me, Balemba, Jean Bosco etc - are now focused on the sale of this biomass energy source, while improving the quality of materials being used for the briquettes mixture. We are carrying out calorific and burning tests to find out which are the best materials to utilize. Remember, to make one kilo of charcoal, our biggest competitor, you need 6 kilos of wood. That is a lot of concentrated energy!
Balemba with the striped shirt and Patient from Mercy Corps carrying out tests with the fuel briquettes.
Different qualities of fuel briquettes drying in the greenhouse waiting to be tested.
Thank you for your continued support and donations… we are coming along in strides and it is exciting to be a part of this effort.
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30 Jul 2010 Multiple items
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Laura S 100 $ - 28 Jul 2010Briquette Program
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Bernard B 25 $ - 27 Jul 2010Open donation
Unregistered Donor 30 $ - 26 Jul 2010Fuel for Patrols
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Mark L 40 $ - 24 Jul 2010Open donation
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7 Responses to “Purpose-built Briquette Warehouse To Boost Distribution & Sales”
Brilliant, Virginia! Thanks for the great report. I’m glad to see your strides. I’m working on a big project of my own and thoroughly appreciate the dedication and effort (amongst other things!) it takes to get this built and operating. It’s an awesome project and it’s great to read about the siting. A good position! Keep up the great work!
Great news! Thanks for keeping us informed about the progress of the program.
It is great to read about the success of this program. These forests are so important and must be protected. Are there plans to expand this program to benefit other national parks in the DRC? I am think specifically of the nearby Kahuzi-Biéga national park.
GraciasVirginia….QUE SIGAN ADELANTE mas briquetas significa menos deforestacion=mas gorilas
Well done. The work looks great! Looks like Hadrian’s Wall!
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