I am Ssemitego Ismeal, a 24 year old male Ugandan and a holder of an ordinary diploma in electrical and electronics engineering.

I started my studies at Lutengo p/s from where i sat my P.L.E in 2002.

I joined the Lutengo sec sch, in 2003 where i completed my ordinary level in 2006, i then sat in a year and i joined advanced level in 2008 at Kasawo sec sch from where i was awarded a Uganda dvanced certificate of Education in 2009.

In 2010, i joined Kampala Polytechnic Mengo where i did a 2year in the above mentioned profession.

I have worked with different technical companies as a technician e.g Volta Consults, karchorf´s technicians and Muttico.

Appointed teacher Daniel MUSIBA discussing the course with eSeeker manager Peter Kalanzi

Engineers Without Boarders Stockholm representatives are in Iganga, Uganda with eSeeker Uganda and Education Finder, to start the training of the teachers of the Renewable Energy education. INUG members are here for one week training the concept of ICT in education and later on the plan is to have other members coming to train in other areas as biogas, solar water heating and PV.

eSeeker are employing two teachers to train the students starting in the next months. This week we are meeting Busoga University to plan for the program and certificates and we are looking for a place to run the training.

By the end of the week we hope to have everything settled, continuing training the teachers and looking for the first students.

INUG has started a new project with our partner Yennenga Progress in Environmental review for environmental management.

Engineers without Borders (INUG) Stockholm supports our partner Yennenga Progress with knowledge in environmental assessment and environmental management to develop environmental goals and policies.

Yesterday was the first meeting with the group and this was discussed

  • Yennenga Progress environmental description needs to be studied so that next meeting can be focused on structured brainstorm around clear and high goals, measurement and suggestions.
  • What areas in ISO 26000 that relevant for the project.
  • How have other companies done this, we will look for inspiration to have some good ideas and find formulas that feels good for our cause.

After finding the structure of the governing documents, we look upon templates and checklists for the organization. We also talked about a “reward system” to encourage the companies we work with to take greater responsibility for the environment, that in each year’s environmental report highlighting a specific project during the years excelled in environmental work, and raised the issue of climate compensation.

Sustainable Energy for All is a new initiative of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon that sets three concrete goals for humanity to achieve by 2030.  This includes ensuring universal access to modern energy; doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency; and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.

For the next three days we are rolling out infographics that explain each of these three goals, why they are needed, and how we can achieve them.Yesteday’s infographic explained the energy efficiency goal. Today’s takes a look at what it takes to bring modern energy access to every corner of the globe. Read more

Engineers Without Boarders Stockholm are working with training solar entrepreneurs starting in Uganda. We hope this is one successful way of achieving Sustainable Energy for All.


 

1) Vilken kompostlösning har gruppen kommit fram till och varför?

Just nu har vi valt att fokusera på en komposteringsteknik som kallas för “box-composting”. Vi valde box-composting för att komposteringsprocessen då sker i flera mindre lådor istället för att ligga direkt på golvet, vilket ger ett trevligare intryck av anläggningen samt att det är lättare att hålla rent. Förhoppningsvis minskar detta risken för dålig lukt och ovälkomna gäster (ohyra).

2) Vilka fördelar kommer denna lösning att innebära för berörda i Freetwon?

Anläggningen kommer förhoppningsvis ge intrycket att även fast man hanterar avfall behöver det inte se ut som en skräphög. Vi vill ju sprida kompostering som ett alternativ till hållbar avfallshantering och då är det viktigt att invånare i Freetown får ett positivt intryck av kompostering.

Tekniken är enkel och för de som arbetar med komposteringen innebär det mindre arbete eftersom materialet inte behöver vändas lika mycket jämfört med andra komposteringstekniker.

3) Vad är de tre viktigaste parametrarna för att komposten ska bli lyckad?

* Råmaterial av god kvalitet. Skit in = skit ut, som man brukar säga.

* Rätt temperatur, fuktighet och syretillförsel under komposteringsprocessen.

* C:N-kvoten dvs. förhållandets mellan kol och kväve. Vid överskott på kol avtar nedbrytningsförloppet. Vid överskott på kväve avgår kväve i form av ammoniak.

Integrated Waste Management in Western Africa

Read more on: www.iwwa.eu

IWWA aims to establish and promote Integrated Solid Waste Management systems (ISWM) in western African countries by empowering all stakeholders participating in the waste management chain, through the reinforcement of institutional and legal frameworks and open transfer of knowledge and technology.

The initiative is based on high participation levels of the interested parties and focuses its activities on 4 target countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal. As a representative sample of western African countries, IWWA also seeks to provide synergies for the establishment of ISWM across the region while raising public awareness.

Ingenjörer och Naturvetare Utan Gränser (INUG) presenterade sin organisation och framgångsrika projekt och tillsammans med Yennenga Progress ett av sina projekt i Burkina Faso där en åretruntdamm just nu grävs.

Vi tackar för en väldigt trevlig kväll och det stora intresset från Sveriges Ingenjörers medlemmar att engagera sig i Ingenjörer och Naturvetare utan gränser.

Samtidigt har ungdomsgruppen själva börjat gräva för skapa en positiv utveckling i Nakamtenga, Burkina Faso.