TAGRODE CONSTRUCTS THREE BIOGAS PLANTS AT CHAMNDINDI VILLAGE

A girl is helping her mother Alfonsina Lwiva at Chamndindi Village in Nyang'oro Ward, Iringa Rural District to collect the bio-slurry which is by-product which comes out after producing biogas from the plant by using cattle dung yesterday. (Photo by Friday Simbaya)

TAGRODE Coordinator, Dickson Mwalubandu (centre) is inspecting one of the biogas plants that they have constructed at Chamndindi Model Renewable Energy Project which was later on given to Alfonsina Lwiva (extreme left hand side).

A resident of Chamndindi Village in Nyang'oro Ward of Iringa Rural District, Alfonsina Lwiva explain to the Guardian reporter in the picture how the biogas stove operates in the kitchen yesterday.

Chamndindi Village Executive Officer (VEO), Haruna Mkakala sitting in his office.

TAGRODE Coordinator, Dickson Mwalubandu

By Friday Simbaya, Iringa

Tanzania Grassroots Oriented Development (TAGRODE) has begun implementing the Renewable Energy (RE) project at Chamndindi Model Village in Iringa District by constructing three biogas plants with the capacity of three cubic meters each, together with installing solar panels at Chamndindi Clinic.

Speaking yesterday during an exclusive interview TAGRODE Coordinator, Dickson Mwalubandu said that his organization has so far constructed the three biogas plants as demonstrating plants so that people at village can acclimatize and start constructing their own plants.

Mwalubandu said that on beside of constructing biogas plants, TAGRODE has also installed solar panels and solar powered television at Chamndindi Clinic through the Solar Grid Company.

He explained that Solar Grid Company was able to loan their solar products under the sponsorship of the village government such as the village chairman and village executive officer (WEO).

“Solar Grid Tanzania Company Limited is a company which was founded in 2014 that sells high quality solar home systems in Tanzania, which was started by young Germany entrepreneurs,” Mwalubandu said.

Mwalubandu said there is need to ensure that the general public is taught on the use of solar power as an option and an environmental friendly source of energy.

He also explained that the project’s focuses mainly on improving energy access, increasing the household income, boosting the availability of biomass energy, clean-safe water and gain environmental knowledge at large.

Alfonsina Lwiva is resident of Chamndindi Village in Nyang’oro, Iringa District whose TAGRODE has constructed her biogas plant at her home.

Lwiva said that she was happy that she has been constructed the biogas by TAGRODE which said help her and her family so much.

She said that the coming the project she used to walk at least five kilometers to look for heavy load of firewood for domestic cooking but now she was no longer doing that.

She biogas plant which uses cattle dung to produce biogas for cooking and bio-slurry as a by-product has lessen the use of firewood as fuel energy for cooking.

Bio-slurry is a by-product of biogas which use as natural fertilizer to grow maize, potatoes, beans and vegetables just to mention a few.

She said besides the using of biogas plant the project has also constructed an improved efficient stove for her which uses very few firewood compared to the traditional three-stoned stoves.

She explained the improved efficient stoves use very little firewood and it is able retain heat for a longtime than the open air three-stoned traditional stoves.

TAGRODE has already managed to construct more than 50 improved efficient stoves in the village but villagers have adapted the idea and they have constructed more 250 stoves, hence less use of firewood and conserve natural forests.

Suza Limbumba is a medical officer in charge at Chamndindi Dispensary, said he was happy that his dispensary has been installed solar power panels and a solar powered TV.

Solar powered TV is used to educate and entertain outpatients while waiting for medical services at the clinic, and during the evenings and weekends villagers flock to the dispensary watch football matches of different premier leagues.

Limbumba said that they were now able to work at night and attend to patients without different despite the other challenges the public clinic faces.

He said that expectant mothers were able to give birth even at night because of the light from solar power.

The medical officer in charge and nurses live nearby the premises of clinic and they can be called at anytime whenever there an emergency.

Chamndindi Village in Nyang’oro Ward has a total of 527 households and 2,317 residents according to the Village Executive Officer (VEO), Haruna Mkakala.

World Wide Fund for Nature Tanzania (WWF-TCO) is implementing a Model Renewable Energy Project at Chamndindi Village in Iringa District of Iringa Region through TAGRODE a non-governmental organization based in Iringa Region.

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