Braais, Hitchhiking, and other Namibian Adventures: Biogas Digester

As promised, here is some more information and pictures of the biogas digester being installed at our school thanks to Anna, a Fulbright engineer, and Grant, the local peace corps volunteer. In short, this biogas digester will be filled with a mixture of water and cow dung that has been brought in by community members and learners. This mixture will then produce methane gas that will be used to fuel a stove to cook maize meal for the learners to eat during school hours. The Ministry of Education supplies the school with the meal for the soft porridge for learners, but being in the middle of the desert, there is never enough fire wood to actually be able to cook any of the food provided. Hopefully, this project will be successful and the learners will be able to eat soft porridge for lunch within the next month or so. It is also my understanding that community members will also gain compost from the digester to use in their fields, so it is truly a beneficial project that I hope will continue on after we leave. Here is the link to Anna's blog for more detailed information! Anna Lenhart's Biogas blog