Transforming Communities through Discipleship, Partnership, Service and Development
After our training in CHE (community health evangelism) in August we began to implement concepts learned. We have been surveying a community in the valley between Niboye and Kagarama. During the last month we have been working with one of the community members and his family by training in Mushroom farming for Thomas and sewing… [Continue Reading]
During the month of August we had the chance to build our relationship and partnership with Project Healthy Children. PHC specializes in micronutrient fortification of foods for the improvement of childhood nutrition. During this past month we were able to meet with PHC lead nutritionist, Laura Rowe as well as PHC Rwandan director. During Miss… [Continue Reading]
During the Months of January and February our team has formed a relationship with the community health center at Ruhuha in the Eastern Province district of Bugasera. With the expertice of our ultrasonographer Lori Kimbrow we have been able to provide prenatal care to women of this sector. During our preparations for this visit we… [Continue Reading]
ATN began a commercial application of the rocket stove development program with the African Bagel Company. Martin Koonce with the help of Robin Smith, developer of the African Bagel Company, built a brick rocket stove for them to use in the cooking process. This allowed them to boil more bagels (a type of bread) more… [Continue Reading]
During the months of November, December and January Lori Kimbrow, and Dr. Brian Robinson have been working with KHI (Kigali Health Institute) on undergraduate education in the departements of Radiology and Laboratory medicine. Together with ATN they are working with this institution to improve the quality of care available to Rwandans. Lori Kimbrow is teaching… [Continue Reading]
Over the past several months, Martin Koonce has developed many different stove models that use charcoal or wood to reduce the amount of fuel needed to cook a family meal. It is well known that the use of charcoal is a primary cause of deforestation and ATN is looking for alternatives in cookstoves as well… [Continue Reading]
We have started a few demonstration projects and one of those is our sack gardens. Like many Rwandans, we are limited with land and so this is one way we are able to grow more on a small plot of land. Included is the write-up we did that gives step-by-step instructions on how to construct… [Continue Reading]
In September, ATN developed a second model for the rocket stove using local bricks and mortar but on a smaller scale in order to test the efficiency against the cook stove that has the clay inset. It retained heat well and used the charcoal efficiently as it was small in size and was able to… [Continue Reading]
During the month of August, ATN began the development phase for efficient cook stoves. The first model developed was one that used bricks and mortar and could burn as fuel either wood, charcoal, or biomass. It was a successful design, although being a fixed stove, upon lighting there was a great deal of smoke for… [Continue Reading]