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Njuri High School biogas project: an alternative source of renewable energy

This proposal aims to provide a practical solution to the fuel problem in Njuri Boys Secondary School through installation of a biogas plant within the institution to provide cooking and lighting energy.
Njuri Boys High School is a Boarding school established 40 years ago with a population of 800 Boys, 41 teaching staff and 28 non-teaching staff .The school is located on 30 acre piece of land. The school depends on firewood fuel as the main source of cooking fuel. The reduction in fire wood consumption due to the use of the biogas plant means that the school can reduce this expense signification hence investing in other school development activities.
This project was arrived at after the school Board of Governors discovered they were spending a lot of money in purchasing firewood. The school buys four lorry of firewood for each term translating to 25 tons of firewood which is equivalent to 50 mature trees.
The school will install biogas digester in the school to provide fuel for the school and also serve as a demonstration or pilot training projects for other schools in the region. The other economic benefit that will be generated by this project will be reduction of uncontrolled forest cutting and thereby mitigating the risks of climate change.

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

NJURI HIGH SCHOOL

Country:

Kenya

Area Of Work:

Climate Change Mitigation

Operational Phase:

OP5 – Y4 (Jul 14 – Jun 15)

Grant Amount:

US$ 21,046.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

Project Number:

KEN/SGP/OP5/FSP/CC/14/09

Start Date:

9/2014

End Date:

5/2015

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Notable Community Participation

In any school development project such as this biogas technology, parents, students, teachers and other stake holders including the local people are informed of the school intention to implement the project to ensure their participation. Part of the community contribution must be sourced from the parents, local community and other agencies such as the sponsoring agency. It?s very imperative to involve these stakeholders from the early stages of project planning to ensure participation and involvement in the project implementation The community is anticipated to participate in conservation efforts through initiating woodlots in their farms

Capacity - Building Component

In biogas technology projects such as this one, local technician from the community will be involved who will be guided by experts from the technical team of the contractor. Most of the manual work will be sourced from the community. This approach will enable the team to train and to transfer knowledge to the local technicians. The newly learned and developed skills will serve the technicians and their communities as well as guarantee full participation by the community. The project will train two technicians for operation and maintenance of the project after the project is complete and handed to the school

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Participation of the members of the parents and community around the school was put into consideration since they would promote the sustainability of the project by providing financial , social and for future environmental benefits after donor withdrawal

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

The school wishes to keep every vital and available resources regarding biogas construction, proposal writing experience, preparation experience, benefit associated with biogas, comparisons on energy expenditures after biogas installation among other important information one would require. The school will make simple booklet on biogas technology and a video clip on the same which shall be disseminated to sister schools. The school will organize a regional biogas for school technology workshop for the school heads to share the leant experiences and to facilitated widespread dissemination of the biogas technology. The school will make simple booklet on biogas technology and a video clip on the same which shall be disseminated to sister schools and the general public to learn about the technology. Finally the school shall elect a billboard on Embu- Meru highway indicating existence of the biogas project in the school and the financial i.e. UNDP-GEF/SGP

Gender Focus

Women and female headed households in rural areas are typically the poorest in many parts of the world. Biogas programmes can reduce their expenditures for fuel wood and other traditional cooking fuels. Use of biogas plants can reduce the time and labour of women and girls in collecting fuel wood and other biomass fuels , freeing them economically productive activities. Construction and installation of biogas plants creates employment and additional income. Women would be considered for simple manual work such as trenching and carrying materials to the site. Additionally one of the technicians to be trained for the operation and maintenance will be a woman. Use of bio-slury on the school garden will improve agricultural production and food availability for the students and especially vegetables which are good for the students health. The school will also use biogas to heat water for the students hence improving the sanitary condition of the students.

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