Project research, organization & planning

Textual explanation Phase 1 (week 1-2): Research The first weeks are all about researching the opportunities at the school for setting up the biogas digester and the network around it. This also means we have to learn about students’ life, daily habits, the way teachers prepare their lessons and if there’s any room in their curriculum for lessons about biogas. This can be helpful looking for…

Kenya is an overal Christian country, however the east at the border with Somalia is Muslim. We will stay in West-Kenya in the region of Kitale. In this region there are no real threats of rivaling tribes. In Nairobi there were some bombing the last years caused by El Shabab terrorist. Although the situation is now stable in the capital, so we can safely travel by plane. We will travel by plane…

We have made a list of rules for our group to reduce the risk that something will happen to us. We are not going outside after sunset, in Kenya that is about 19:00 hour. Whatever happens we stay together as a group . We stay in contact with the local contact person, David Ndegwah, to keep us informed about the situation in Kenya. He can tell us if there is political instability and can estimate…

The most important factors in our risk table are risks around health, travel and security. Because we stay in a rural area, serious medical treatment is a few hours travel away. In Eldoret (40 km) there are better hospitals, together with a medical university. Daily health risks (like food poisoning) should be more common, but have not such a large impact, the most important thing is to stay…

The intention is to integrate the school in a long term relationship with us (TU Delft interns) and the biogas network. This proposal should be made on site in collaboration with the school. The goal is that the school will continue to educate children about the technology, and that a few workshops per year will be organized. The school and/or a local contractor will have the crucial information…