Gender Equality Uganda Project #49050

Briquettes for womens' income, health and climate

by Kulika Uganda

Briquettes for womens' income, health and climate

Project Report | Jan 3, 2023
Kulika_Uganda_Project_7th Progressive Report. Jan

By Magdalene Amujal | Kulika_Uganda_Project_7th Progressive Report. Jan

Interns are taught the briquette making process

Kulika Uganda Project Progress Report

Submission Date: January 3^rd 2023

This report covers the period August – December 2022. It is the 7^th report since initial project funds were received in October 2020.

Training activities

a) Women in eastern Uganda

Of the 100 women engaged in the briquette project in eastern Uganda, 20 women were skilled in making minor mechanical repairs such as removing and fixing crusher blades, adjustment of the mixer to clear the pathways, clean and re-fix the molds for briquette extrusion. The groups have made a total of 673 kgs of briquettes.

Management Committees

Each group selected a committee of 4 members as leaders to oversee the management of the machines. These leaders supervise the location and usage of machines and ensure that all women have equal opportunity to use them to extrude their briquettes, machines are in good working condition and are safe.

b) Women in central Uganda

At least 46 homes have embraced briquette making and use as a source of clean and safe cooking fuel. From the field reports, one group has so far made and used 150 kgs of briquettes. The groups will intensify the growing of maize and soy bean to obtain the raw materials for more briquette making.

c) Intern Students

Fifty-two (52) students (29 females and 23 males) from two Ugandan institutions of higher learning were trained on briquette making and use. The students were trained using manual and motorized machines. Although this was part of the internship training package, students expressed interest to learn briquette making which they could extend to their communities after their training.

d) Kulika Training Centre

The training centre as an incubation centre has continued to train communities in briquette making as well as popularizing the enterprise. During the period, at least 5,025kgs have been made and sold to the nearby communities compared to 3,950kgs of the previous reporting period.

Plan for the coming quarter:

To continue sensitization, women for production and marketing of briquettes.
To train at least 10 new women from the local community on making and using briquettes.
To train student interns on making briquettes and energy saving stoves.

Appreciation and request: The funds received by Kulika has greatly supported the project since 2020, through sensitization meetings and trainings, acquisition of training materials and purchase of equipment.

We continue to appeal for additional support to reach out to more communities in dire need of safe and relatively cheaper alternative fuel energy for cooking.

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Undergoing training - machine maintenance

Women selling briquettes to two buyers.

Women lighting mobile stoves

A lady lights up her briquettes

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Sep 5, 2022
Kulika_Uganda_Project_6h Progressive Report. - 2nd

By Magdalene Amujal | Executive Director

Drying Briquettes

Kulika Uganda Project Progress Report January 4th 2022

This report covers the period May – July 2022.

Training

1. Training Women in Eastern Uganda.

During this period, Kulika Uganda trained 100 women from Eastern Uganda. Specific training included: Practical lessons on making briquettes using manual machines, construction of the production and drying units for briquettes, making and using improved cook stoves. The women come from a region where fuel would is extremely scarce due to environmental degradation.

Benefits from trainings

With the skills learnt, the have managed to make briquettes for domestic use thus saving on time previously spent looking for fuel wood, reduction in tree cutting is beginning to be witnessed, time saving to engage in other productive activities, reduction of susceptibility of children especially girls to bad vices like dropping, early and unwanted pregnancies, rape and defilement since these may be linked to spending hours in bushed in search for fuel wood.

Training to institutions and Youth

22 Youths (14 female & 8 male) from Bethany Land Institute – Luweero District received an induction on making and using briquettes

3 university students underwent training on production and application of briquettes.

one NGO from Eastern Uganda sent a delegation of senior 3 members for and induction on briquette making and use.

Two institutions of higher learning: (Makerere University & Bukalasa Agricultural College requested Kulika to include training on briquette production on the internship program for students to be placed in September2022.

18 Youths (female) from the local community were re-skilled in using manual machines while making briquettes.

Way forward

Training program:

(a) To further the project in eastern Uganda through training women on sustainable generation of carbonization material, tree planting and seek funds to acquire more briquettemachines

(b) We will conducting training towards women, and students who have booked for September – November 2022 trainings.

Continued support for the project: Kulika continues to appeal to all possible partners for grants/donations with an aim of realizing the project budget and support practical learning by offering start up kits to women.

We register our thanks towards all the generous donations extend to Kulika Uganda Briquette Project for Women to date.

Carbonization

Drying unit under construction

Crushing material

Recieving the briquette crushing machines in Ngora

Extruding Briquettes

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May 9, 2022
Kulika_Uganda_Project_5th Progressive Report

By Joseph Lubega | Kulika_Uganda_Project_5th Progressive Report

Kulika Uganda Project Progress Report

January 7^th 2022

This report covers the period January – April 2022.

Training

Training Administrators and Social Workers

During this period, Kulika Uganda trained 44 female religious participants from 44 religious centres across Uganda. The Learners came from each of 44 centres looking after abandoned and vulnerable children under the Administration of the Catholic Church body called Catholic Care for the Children in Uganda (CCCU).

With skills learn, the centre will now benefit from using of very safe and health means of cooking, save environment and equip the children with life sustaining livelihood skills.

Training of Women from Wakiso District

203 female learners were grouped into 5 groups. Each of the groups was training in the making and use of briquettes and handed an extruder.

Look & Learn for Rotarians

Kulika Uganda successful held a look & learn training for 4 Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Sonde (Uganda). Rotary Club of Sonde is jointly working with Kulika to support a training for 100 women in Ngora on Briquettes making and acquisition of briquette making equipment.

Extension Training & Adaptation.

One of the trained women (Lovincer) in Wakiso, shared her wonderful story in making and using briquettes when cooking and brooding chicks as well as training interested learners.

Lovincer needs support in equipment acquisition

Promotion of Briquette Usage. We developed a video featuring how to use briquettes. The Video is being circulated internally as further advances to it are made. It will be made accessible for public viewing and learning in May 2022.

Way forward

Training program:

(a) Together with the Rotary Club of Sonde, Kulika has identified and drawn a training work-plan for at least 100 women in Ngora district – one of the areas adversely affected by deforestation (Eastern Uganda – some 280 km away from Kulika Training Centre). The training will last six months.

(b) We will continue conducting training towards women, within 50 kilometers radius from Kulika Training centre.

Continued support for the project: Kulika continues to request for grants/donations to realize the project budget and support practical learning by offering start up kits to women.

We register our thanks towards all the generous donations extend to Kulika Uganda Briquette Project for Women to date.

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