TheWaterChannel and the SMART Centre Group are hosting a Webinar on Wednesday the 6th of May with the title: SMART WaSH Solutions in times of Corona.
Henk Holtslag and Reinier Veldman will present on the SMART Approach and how the SMART Centres and SMARTechs can contribute to current situation around Corona.
More information on the website of TheWaterChannel: http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/webinars.
The SMART Centre Group is publishing a brochure labelled ‘Smart Hygiene Solutions’. The brochure contains a number of Solutions that are affordable and can be made with local materials with a focus on use in the household setting.
The solutions can be provided through the entrepreneurs trained at the various SMART Centres. The brochure can be downloaded through the resources page.
The brochure will be updated regularly and your contributions are welcome through info@smartcentregroup.com.
As WASH training centres, the SMART Centres have the ability to offer technologies that can help individuals, businesses and governments to implement the measures to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The Jacana SMART Centre in Zambia and the Drillers Cooperation ‘Eastern Manual Drilling’ have taken the initiative to provide hand washing stations and soap to strategic locations in Chipata. Read all about the initiative on the website of the Jacana SMART Centre.
SHIPO manual tube well drilling has recently been added as one of the ‘technologies for basic needs’ on the Siemens Foundation website. This step is a recognition of the potential of this, and other SMARTechs to contribute to increased access to Water and Sanitation.
See https://www.empowering-people-network.siemens-stiftung.org/ for the information as well as other technologies that empower people.
The CCAP SMART Centre Malawi, in collaboration with the SMART Centre Group, is organizing a short course on low-cost Water and Sanitation Technologies with a focus on Self-supply. The Short Course will take place from Monday 8 June – Friday 12 June 2020.
For more info and registration visit the website of the CCAP SMART Centre in Mzuzu, Malawi: http://www.smartcentremalawi.com/index.php/2020/03/11/short-course-on-self-supply-technologies/
Rotary Club Apeldoorn-‘t Loo has been a long time supporter of the SMART Centre in Malawi through the ‘Walking for Water’ fundraising activities. Recently the Rotary Magazine published a short article on this long term partnership, underlining the need for local production through local businesses.
The full article can be accessed through the website of Rotary Netherlands
Read more to access the article.
The Jacana SMART Centre in Chipata is developing and expanding. Jacana has now developed plans to build its own ‘Jacana Business Centre’ with the aim of creating opportunities for small scale entrepreneurs, so that they can grow economically and create better living conditions for themselves and their communities.
Jacana is currently fundraising and you are invited to participate in this exiting development. The raised funds will be doubled by Wilde Ganzen.
More information can be found on the website of Jacana, https://jacana.help/donate/
Moses Banda, who is trained as a driller by the Jacana SMART Centre in Chipata, Zambia, has invented a ‘Super Slim Solar pump’ on the basis of a fuel pump. All parts are worldwide available in common hardware shops and shops that sell car parts. Cost about $100 including solar panel.
The pump is ideal for very narrow tube wells, starting at 2″ (50mm) casing and bigger. Suitable for wells that produce very little water because it pumps slowly but steady. After 5½ hours an overhead tank of 1000 liter is full.
Moses Banda is trained and guided by Jacana SMART Centre Zambia.
Read more to access the video.
The CCAP SMART Centre in Malawi recently welcomed Gabriela Masfarre and William Maize for a visit to the Centre. Gabriela and William have been travelling around Southern Africa for over 15.000km to document initiatives around water, sanitation, energy and waste management. Based on their visit to the SMART Centre they published a blog on www.15000km.org. See https://15000kmafrica.wordpress.com/2019/10/09/ccap-smart-centre-malawi/ for the full blog.
The SMART Centres in Zambia and Malawi regularly publish a newsletter with updates and exiting developments. Their most recent newsletters can be accessed through the links below:
Jacana SMART Centre – Zambia: Newsletter November
CCAP SMART Centre – Malawi: Newsletter November