1995-2000 CAMEROON
Banteng Water Supply Project
Phase I: Simon Done, Ben Page.
Phase II: Don Brooks, Jo Crawshaw, Sally MacGill,Helen Richardson
Phase Ill: Sian Bowdler, Ed Hoare, Jamie Watkins.
Phase IV: Jamie Ashe, Steve Chapman, Ancly Kieran.
Phase V: Chris Wardle
PARTNER:
South West Development Agency (SOWEDA) and Chris Ekungwe (Silsoe Graduate).
PROJECT SUMMARY:
Community water supply and sanitation programme, working with
the NGO SOWEDA, in three villages (Banteng, Dih, and Baneh) about 10Okm south
of Bamenda. The project is sponsored by the Overseas Development Administration
(ODA) and Department for International Development (DFID) Joint Funding Scheme.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
Phase I (1995-96)
* Design and construction of five spring boxes and the laying of a 1km pipeline to be connected to reservoir tanks in phase II.
* Establishment of a local water committee to maintain the water system.
Phase II (1996-97)
* Construction of two reservoir tanks and pipelines between the villages of Banteng, Dih, Baneh.
* Construction of six Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines (VIP) in Diln and Baneh to act as demonstrations for further projects.
Phase III(1997-98)
* Further pipe laying and construction of tap stands.
* Training of six new technicians to operate and maintain the water supply system.
* Construction of further demonstration pit latrines.
Phase IV (1998-99)
* Completion of Banteng community water supply project.
* Construction of double vault VIP latrines at both schools and market place.
* The existing water supply Nkiao was extended to Nwelong (740m of pipe) and a tapstand was installed.
* Preparation of water supply design for volunteers in 2000 (funded by the British High Commission for Cameroon).
* Surveying of future pote supply projects to be funded by DFID.
Phase V (1999-2000)
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1995-99 UGANDA
PROJECT:
Kumali Sustainable Agriculture Programme
Phase I: Trevor Nott, Harriet Briggs.
Phase II: Barbara Bray, Will Doughty, Juiiet Hovell.
Phase III: Johen Ter Hoeve, Ed Burnett, Benon Ngobi.
Phase IV: David Slane, Steve Warmsley.
PARTNERS:
Nabulenzi Social Centre for Rural Development (NASCRUD), Sustainable Agriculture
Farmers Association (SAFA), United States Aid for International Development
(USAID), Kulika Trust
PROJECT SUMMARY:
SAFAD was invited to Uganda by an indigenous NGO, Nabulenzi Social Centre for Rural Development (NASCRUD), in 1995. The aim was to establish an agricultural training programme in sustainable land use techniques (agroforestry, soil conservation, post harvest technology) to increase long term production and food security in Kamuli district 100 km Northeast of Kampala.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
Phase I (1995-96)
* Initiated planning of a sustainable agriculture training programme. Over 100 farmers
participated.
* Identification of the factors hindering agricultural productivity in Kamuli District.
* Established and maintained five agricultural demonstration plots.
Phase II (1996-97)
* Initiation of 15 weekfarmer training programme (courses: soil conservation, agroforestry", postharvest technology, bee keeping, rabbit breeding vegetable gardening)
* Establishment of Multi Purpose Tree (MPT) nursery in Nawanyago.
* Demonstration plot of new bean varieties.
Phase Ill (1997-98)
* Extension work to increase farmer involvement and membership in the Farmer Scholar Programme (FSP). 500 new members.
* Improved networking and collaboration with NGO's, Governments and Institutions.
* Training in tree grafting, livestock management and production and selling of improved been seeds.
Phase IV (1998-99)
* Introduction of an agricultural input supply system (shops selling improved seed and fertiliser).
* Training of 160 farmer extension workers responsible for 8,000 farming families.
* Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) survey targeting future areas for extension work.
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1993 BURKINA FASO
PROJECT:
Djibo Province, Northern Burkino Faso.
Team I: Jonathon Thuriey & Pete Waring (Water Engineers)
Team II: Nick Taylor (Range Manager)
Team Ill: Helen Altshul, Helen Johns & James Walton (Land Resources Managers)
PARTNERS:
DED - German Development Organisation. PAE - Projet Agro-Ecologie.
PROJECT SUMMARY :
ThisSAFAD project, with the Water Development Department of Kigesi Province, came
about through an ex-SAFAD volunteer, Tim Fowler.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
Team I:
* Evaluation of the demand for a new water supply project.
* Study of three villages and interviews with water users.
Team II:
* Survey of the range land and the creation of a strategy to maintain
and improve the resource.
Team Ill:
* Undertaking of a questionnaire to determine soil erosion measures.
* Development of a soil conservation strategy.
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1992 ZAMBIA
PARTNER: Kaloko Trust, Ndola Rural District.
Regrettably, this report is not available.
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1992 UGANDA
PROJECT:
Kigesi Province
TEAM:
Alison Douglas, Gavin Macmillan, Simon Maxwell, Carl Timberlake.
PARTNER:
Water Development Department of Kigesi Province.
PROJECT SUMMARY:
The aim of this project with the Water Development Department of Kigesi Province, was to assess the success of a self-help programme, set up six years ago by the department, to improve water quality, health and sanitation. SAFAD's involvement came about through an ex-SAFAD volunteer, Tim Fowler.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Design and completion of a questionnaire to determine factors significant in affecting perception of a gravity-fed water system.
* Training sessions held to improve the technical skills of the Water Committee.
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1991-94 CAMEROON
PROJECT: Cameroon.
Team I: Fraser Boulton, Jules McKim, Nicky Wyatt, Simon Wilson.
Team II: Debi Barton, John Blithe, Phil Chandler
Team Ill: Suzanne Fuller, Jean McCluskey, Hazel Sawyer, Ben Page and Steve Long.
PARTNER:
S.O.W.E.D.A. (South West Development Authority) and Chris Ekungwe (ex-Silsoe)
PROJECT SUMMARY:
Establish community water supply schemes in the villages of Mbuku, Mwakwe and Dionkong. Train local technicians and strengthen institutions.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
Team I (1991 - 92)
* Installation of 4km of PVC pipe.
* Construction of 16 tapstands.
* Restoration of the SAFAD Nyan village project from 1989.
Team II (1993 - 94)
* Completion of a pipeline to the Bangem Town School.
* Construction of three tapstands at the school in the locality.
* Training of maintenance technicians for the system.
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1990 CAMEROON
PARTNER:
Chris Ekungwe
Regrettably this report is unavailable.
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1989-1991 SWAZILAND
PROJECT: Mafacula
Team I: Haidee Bishop, Andrew Botelle.
Team ll: Jeremy Gallop, Ken Marshall.
Team Ill: Ruth Fairman.
PARTNER:
Water committee of the village of Mafacula. Janinie Ward (University of
South Africa).
PROJECT SUMMARY:
Three teams of SAFAD volunteers worked in Swaziland on various water projects and assisted Janine Ward with fulfilling research for her degree in Social Work.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
Team 1 (1989 - 90)
* Installation of 3 rower pumps.
* Construction of a ferrocement rainwater collection tank.
* Design and completion of a socio-economic water sanitation survey.
* Completion of the foundations for a project demonstration centre.
Team II (1990 - 91)
* Construction of a 10,000 litre water tank at the High School.
* Completion of a VIP latrine block.
* Installation of another rower pump.
Team Ill (1991 - 92)
* Regrettably the achievements from this project are unavailable.
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1989 CAMEROON
PROJECT: Nyan Village
TEAM:
Mark Allison et AI.
PARTNER:
Water committee of the village of Nyan.
PROJECT SUMMARY:
A team of SAFAD volunteers were invited to survey and design a drinking water system in the village of Nyan. The project came about a recommendation from a previous Silsoe student from that area.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Design and construction of a gravity-fed water system including spring protection, a 6,000 litre storage tank, six tapstands and 1.4km of pipeline.
* Construction of demonstration plots and displays of soil conservation techniques to local farmers.
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1988 KENYA
PROJECT: Island Farms
TEAMS:
T. Claydon, J Clare, D Geilinger, J. Karani, N. Taylor, N. Willis, C.Abbot, N. Fishaer, J, Skirrow, A. Thomas.
PROJECT SUMMARY:
Agricultural and domestic water in the area is supplied by a system of canals and tributaries which lack any form of flow control. As a result, there is a shortfall in water supply during the dry season and flooding in the wet season.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Design and construction of a flood control system on the River Githegu.
* Construction of a gabion dam, four canals and a wier to yield constant domestic and irrigation water supply throughout the year.
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1987 KENYA
PROJECTS:
1. Happy Home (Aug'87-Sept'87)
2. Bindura Village (Oct '87 - Jan '88)
3. Rukanga (Oct'87 - Jan '88)
TEAM 1: Duncan Wilson, Ben Kendall.
TEAM 2: Norman Skea, Trevor Tyrreil, Zulkie Morrison, Elizabeth Hycle.
TEAM 3: Catherine Beaumont, Anne Furey, Sally Morgan-Fletcher, John Kelleher, Darren Nicholson.
PARTNERS:
Happy Home Orphanage. Kenya Water for Health Organisation.
PROJECT 1 SUMMARY:
The founder of the Happy Home, Rev. Johanna Mruka-Mgoya, requested guidance in agricultural development.
PROJECT 1 ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Design of a furrow irrigation plot.
* Fencing off of the furrow irrigation plot area to protect it from cattle.
PROJECT 2/3 SUMMARY:
* On arrival in Kenya, the team were informed that they could not continue the '86 Kanjiro project. They decided to split into two teams and concentrate on projects in Bindura and Rukanga.
PROJECT 2 ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Unlocking of the village borehole.
* Drilling and lining of a new borehole for the children's home.
* Construction of VIP latrines at the children's home.
PROJECT 3 ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Agricultural training workshops.
* Construction and demonstration of VIP latrines.
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1987 BURKINO FASO
PROJECT: Nazinga Game Ranch
TEAM: Catherine Beaumont, Kevin Betts, Michael Boase, Laurence Brown, Lesley Gillies, Johanne Martin.
PARTNER:
Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and the African Wildlife Husbandry Development Association (AWHIDA).
PROJECT SUMMARY:
The Nazinga Game Ranch was a pilot wildlife scheme run jointly by The Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the African Wildlife Husbandry Development Association.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Completion of a soil map of the western half of the Game Ranch.
* Soil survey and vegetation sampling at 84 sites.
* Design of a conservation strategy for the game reserve.
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1986 KENYA
PROJECTS:
Kanjira
Team 1 (July '86 - Oct'86)
Kanjira
Team 2 (Oct'86 - Mar'87)
Kanjira
Team 3 (Oct'86 - Mar'87)
Mfangano Island
Team 4 (Jan '87 - Mar'87)
TEAM 1: Dick Devin, Bridget Fluck, Debbie Green, Mike Green, William Hume,
Jenny Recionze
TEAM 2: Emma Bowles, Stuart Pasley, Erica Pilkington, Kate Wyer.
TEAM 3: Tim Brewer, Nigel Edmead, Richard Thompson.
TEAM 4: Julian Cruickshank, Stuart Pasley, fan Ralston
PARTNER:
KWAHO (Kenyan Water for Health Organisation)
PROJECT SUMMARY:
Starting from July 1986, four teams of SAFAD engineers arrived in Kenya to work on various projects in conjunction with KWAHO. Three teams worked in the Kanjira Region on community water supply and soil conservation projects and the other team worked on a water and health project on Mfango Island.
TEAM 1 ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Construction of brushwood dams to control gully development,
* Soil conservation and erosion control demonstrations.
* Supervision and construction of 75m3 ferrocement rainwater harvesting tanks at 7 schools.
* Construction of VIP latrines at each of the schools.
TEAM 2 ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Establishment of twenty tree nurseries with primary schools and women's groups.
* Demonstration of soil conservation techniques to local stakeholders.
TEAM 3 ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Construction of subsurface water tanks in eight local schools.
* Compilation of an instruction manual detailing the construction of the tanks, for use by the builders after the team had left .
TEAM 4 ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Completion of a preliminary survey of water, health, land resources, social structures, attitudes and agricultural needs throughout the Island.
* Design and construction of a 15m' demonstration ferrocement rainwater harvesting tank for ease of replication by local craftsmen.
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1985 TANZANIA
PROJECTS:
Morogoro (Jul '85 - Sept '85),
Mto wa Mbu, Arusha (Nov '85 - Mar '86)
TEAM 1: Morogoro
Shahdad Azimraieyat, Terry Giles, Debbie Marshall, Brendan Noonana.
TEAM 2: Mto wa Mbu
Jon Denton, Nick Snape, Mark Waite, David Waterhouse, Paul Watson.
PARTNERS:
Sakoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro. Tanzania Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Development, Arusha Region.
PROJECT 1 SUMMARY:
The team were invited to carry out an investigation into the feasibility of a micro hydro-electric scheme for the isolated village of Mlimbira.
PROJECT 1 ACHIEVEMENTS:
*Completion of the feasibility study which showed that the scheme was viable in both engineering and economic terms.
PROJECT 2 SUMMARY:
The volunteers studied the irrigation and land use systems in the region.
PROJECT 2 ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Completion of a topographical survey of the proposed irrigation area and preparation of two irrigation designs.
* Evaluation of the pattern of land use within the area.
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1984 UGANDA
PROJECT:
Uganda, Rbale
TEAM:
Benjamin Kendell, S. Njoroge, Paul Wyatt
PARTNER:
Church of Uganda, Tear Fund
PROJECT SUMMARY:
This community water supply project in Rbale was conceived after a request was made to Richard Carter, who had previously undertaken a water supply project in the area. Tear Fund paid for all the materials used in tank construction.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Construction of two 8,000 litre rainwater harvesting tanks.
* The team had intended to protect some spring sites and install some rower pumps but trouble obtaining government approval meant they were unable to complete this objective.
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1984 NIGERIA
PROJECT: Bauchi State Agricultural
TEAM : Simon Bamford, lan Barnes, Chris Brookes, Stove Burgess, Robert Chapman, Ingrid Eichier.
PARTNERS:
Bauchi State Agricultural Development Programme (BSADP)
PROJECT SUMMARY:
Following the success of the 1983 team, the volunteers carried on with the agricultural development project.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Rehabilitation survey of well problems.
* Pumping tests and assessments of irrigation practises carried out at 60 sample farms.
* Establishment of training programme in petrol pump maintenance.
* Design of a surface irrigation scheme for BSADP's farm at Misau.
* Design and construction of a solar dryer for end of season agricultural surpluses.
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1983 SUDAN
PARTNER: Norwegian Aid Agency
Regrettably, this report is not available
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1978 NIGERIA
PROJECT:
Nigeria
TEAM: Peter Wheeler, Michael Bennet, Robert Anstey,
Christine Clarke, Nicholas Deacon, Colin Andrews, Mark Sheldrick.
PARTNERS:
Universities of Nsukka, lbaclan and Ahmadu Belio, & The International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture in lbadan.
PROJECT SUMMARY:
Several agriculturally based projects were undertaken under the
direction of the universities and Institute of Tropical Agriculture. The projects
aimed to demonstrate various means of simple and low-cost, appropriate technologies
for agriculture.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Testing of a portable rainfall simulator for research and teaching applications.
* Testing of an ultra low volume crop sprayer.
* Analysis of a hand-operated groundnut decorticator project.
* Investigation into the effectiveness of straddle-row weeders.
* Improving hand tools to reduce agricultural drudgery without expensive inputs.
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1976 TANZANIA
PROJECT:
Tanzanian Agricultural Development
TEAM:
Archibald Stewart, Sarah Ormerod, Stephen Burgess, Kenneth Gordon, Isidro
Meza, Nigel Quinn, Trevor Beaumont, Peter Sandercock, Jorge Talbot.
PARTNER:
Department of Agricultural Engineering and Land Planning
PROJECT SUMMARY:
The SAFAD team worked in conjunction with the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
to assist in the transfer of knowledge and to act as a stimulus for further
research and development.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Design and construction of a Cretian Sail type windpump suited to Tanzanian conditions.
* Design and construction of a maize mill.
* Design and testing of a rainfall simulator to demonstrate soil conservation measures.
* Design and testing of a low-cost herbicide sprayer for use by small collective groups.
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1975 MALAWI
PROJECT: Malawi, Bunda College
TEAM:
Robert French, Archibald Shaw Stewart, James Grindley, Graham Johnson, Peter
Burt, Elizabeth Fish, John Waterhouse, David Russel, Steven Burgess.
PARTNER:
Bunda College of Agriculture
PROJECT SUMMARY:
Several agriculturally based projects were undertaken by SAFAD volunteers at the
college. The projects aimed to demonstrate various means of simple and
low-cost, appropriate technologies for agricuituai development.
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS:
* A compact, and easily portable, spinning disc rainfall simulator was constructed to enable students to study erosion processes.
* A low-cost ram pump was built and tested.
* An oxen drawn roller was developed and proved successful in preparing seed-beds.
* A simple low-cost maize sheller was built out of locally available materials.
* A Cretan-Sail type windmill was built to demonstrate to students the possible use of windpower to raise water for irrigation.
* A simple hand-driven winnower was developed.
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1972/73 KENYA
PARTNER: University of Nairobi Agricultural Engineering unit
Regrettably this report is unavailable.
