Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises

by Enterprise for Vocational Development
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Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
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Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises
Agro-Charcoal in Chad as Vocational Enterprises

Project Report | Nov 20, 2013
The next step: Letting go.

By David De Armey | Project Coordinator - International Director

Aquilas Dadje doing a pyrolysis demonstration
Aquilas Dadje doing a pyrolysis demonstration

Greetings!

I have dedicated the past five years to developing meaningful and lasting vocational opportunities for the people of Southern Chad.  Many of you have joined with me in this endeavor, and in the process we have learned about a place and people that few take time to notice. Thank you for your encouragement and your generous financial support.

I'm very proud to see the seeds we have planted in and around Moundou begin to sprout. To date, 70 people in five surrounding villages have been trained and equipped to convert agricultural waste into a source of energy.  In Moundou, where this energy is highest in demand, 15 people have been trained to convert charred waste from the pyrolysis process into a charcoal that competes with wood in both quality and price. We've experimented with two types of improved cook stoves, and these will be produced and sold on local markets, creating jobs for masons and carpenters.

While I am obviously extremely attached to the work I have been involved in since 2009, the time has come for me to step back and allow local leaders to take the helm. In many ways, ENVODEV has worked itself out of a job! After much consideration, our various programs will be turned over to in-country partners. Aquilas Dadje, our Chadian program manager, has literally bought into the idea, buying out the charcoal project and implementing the new cook stoves to reinforce his enterprise. We are preparing the way for a local organization to stay alongside Aquilas and his employees over the coming months and years. I know Aquilas well and know his determination to see meaningful change in his country. ENVODEV would be nothing without him. Many others will follow his lead. I have little doubt that each year we will continue to see more and more eco-charcoal in Chadian marketplaces.

Your financial contribution along with the support of many other people has made this possible.

 

THANK YOU for your dedication to this project, we will be sure to continue to give updates through our website on how things are progressing.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

David De Armey

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Enterprise for Vocational Development

Location: Winona Lake, Indiana - USA
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David DEARMEY
Project Leader:
David DEARMEY
Winona Lake , IN United States

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