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Oct

Sidonge four years on…

It’s been Four years since our pilot project in Sidonge, Western Kenya first saw the light of day. During that time we’ve had our fair share of ups and downs, ranging from seeing people’s faces light up with smiles when they turn on their light at home for the first time, KUDURA operators that turned […]

Feb

The Kudura as a triple-win sustainable development solution

The last six months or so I have been writing my bachelor project at the University of Roskilde in Copenhagen, Denmark, and in relation to this I have studied triple-win solutions and RVE.SOL´s Kudura sustainable development solution in particular. This study involved an evaluation of Kudura in terms of its social, economic and environmental impact. […]

Dec

Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!

I recently came across this TED talk video by seasoned and acclaimed AID protagonist, Ernesto Sirolli. He speaks to an ever more popular perspective on AID in developing countries, one also espoused by 16 year World Bank veteran, Bill Easterly. The notion is this: after developed countries have spent ver 2.3 Trillion US$ on aid in […]

Oct

Sustainable development through provision of potable water

This month sees the 11-month anniversary of our Sidonge Pilot project – one that has been very rewarding and full of interesting lessons learned. We set out early 2011 to identify one or more sites in Eastern Africa for deployment of our sustainable development model, looking to validate three key points in proving our solution: […]

Mar

Funyula District Development Committee visits KUDURA site

By: Hannington Odame
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I am pleased forward to you a picture taken by Dorottya of members of the sub-committee of the Samia District Development Committee (sub-DDC) selected to visit our Kudura project 3 days ago. This followed a recent DDC meeting –in which Edmond Ogombe of CABE presented the origin and status report of Kudura/RVE.SOL project in Sidonge. […]

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