Director,
T.E.(Terry)
Manning,
Schoener 50,
1771 ED
Wieringerwerf,
The Netherlands.
Tel:
0031-227-604128
Homepage:
http://www.flowman.nl
E-mail:
(nameatendofline)@xs4all.nl : bakensverzet
and
"Money is not
the key that opens the gates of the market but the bolt that bars them"
Gesell, Silvio The
Natural Economic Order
Revised English
edition, Peter Owen,
“Poverty is created scarcity”
Wahu Kaara, point 8 of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, 58th
annual NGO Conference, United Nations,
The project
requires the supply of many water tanks, water containers, well-linings,
san-plats, toilet seats, and support structures. Many of these are
traditionally made from concrete, using materials that have to be paid for in
formal currency and are usually not available locally. Concrete and cement are
environmentally unfriendly and are difficult to dispose of after use. Concrete
water tanks can cost up to Euro 4000 per tank. Concrete products are also
subject to production faults and cannot always be repaired when damage damaged.
They are heavy and difficult to transport.
A practical alternative to concrete, is to use a new-age gypsum
composite product. Gypsum composite production units can be established
wherever there are local deposits of cheap gypsum (CaSO4 + H2O) or anhydrite
(CaSO4 + 1/2 H2O) which are very common, occurring naturally in most parts of
the world. They can be used to make cheap, ecological, hygienic tanks,
well-linings, toilets and other products. Gypsum composite technology is a state-of-the-art
technology originating in the
Gypsum composites will also be used to make high efficiency stoves. The
stoves can stand temperatures of up to 500 degrees C. They will recycle heat
from smoke circulated around the pot. The stoves can be safely carried by hand
with boiling water in the pot and fire in the stove. Although they will work
with any sort of fuel, mini-briquettes made from bio-mass will be produced
locally under the project.
Gypsum composites may also be
used to make solar cookers under the LETS systems in applications where daytime
cooking is not in contrast with local customs.
The modest cost of production units for items made from gypsum composites
will be funded within the project by interest-free green loans repayable,
usually over a period of 3-5 years. The initial casting moulds for items made
from gypsum can cost up to Euro 7000. These costs will restrict the initial
range of products any single production unit can make. The top priority will be
to service the needs of the project itself. Additional copies of the initial
moulds are, however, very cheap to make.
The entire system for the production of items made from gypsum
composites, the management of the deposits of raw materials, the construction
of the factories, the production and installation on the items manufactured
will be organised during a series of Moraisian workshops for which a separate
allowance has been made in the budget.
While the workshops will work out the details, it is foreseeable that
the production of items made from gypsum composites be highly labour intensive
calling for minimum capital outlay. The products can be made manually without
the need for any machinery, where preferred with a professional finish typical
of western-manufactured products.
For more information refer to:
Information on gypsum composite technology.
Production of items from gypsum composites.
PRODUCTION
UNITS FOR ITEMS MADE FROM GYPSUM COMPOSITES
One Moraisian
organisational workshops will be held.
Indicative
participation:
The Moraisian
trainers.
A member of the project coordination team.
The general consultant.
Consultant gypsum
composites.
At least one representative of the ONG.
Representative of the Ministry of Health.
Representative of the Rural Development ministry.
At least 5 observers (possible coordinators for future projects).
100 persons (men and women), indicated during meetings held at Tank Commission
level, interested in participating in the activities of the factories. Where
opportune, according to local political structures and traditions, up to 25% of
the people could be indicated by the local chiefs.
Duration of the
workshop: about six weeks.
The Workshop will be
expected to produce the following structures:
a) Definition of the
social form of the production units
- statutes
- rules
- professional and administrative structures
- financial aspects
- relationship with the local LETS systems
b) A structure for
the supply of materials
- geological research for gypsum and/or anhydrite deposits
- locations of gypsum/anhydrite quarries, permits
- activities preparatory to exploitation
- logistics
- coordination of materials depots with the factories
c) Definition of the
items to be made (tanks, toilets, stoves, solar cookers etc)
- coordination with the other production units (specialisation)
- contacts with families
- definition of requirements : articles and specifications
- definition of requirements : design, productive capacity
- definition of the necessary procedures
- preparation of moulds
- tests
- decision on priorities to be given to the various items
d) A structure for
the factories
- land and necessary structures
- design of factories
- construction of factories
- purchase of necessary equipment
e) A production
structure
- organisation of the production
- commercial organisation
f) A structure for
the installation of the items produced
- Relationship factory-installers
- Preparation of the installers
- Installation
- Siting of boreholes/wells
- After sales backup and service
g) A structure for
communications
- Vertical, at project level (the project coordination team, factory manager,
factory commissions, installers, end users)
- Horizontal, between production units
- With the local money LETS systems
- Commercial, radio, website
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05.32 Units for the production of
mini-briquettes for high-efficiency stoves.
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05.22 Interest-free cooperative micro-credit
structures.