D-LabTanzania

D-lab’s Newest Endeavour!!

Tanzania:•Population 37,445,392•Area: 945,087 sq km•Life Expectancy : 46 years•Literacy: 78.2%•Energy: ~ 90% Hydropower•GDP pc (PPP) : $700

Geography

Culture One Language spoken by all:

Kiswahili Ujamaa Scheme united tribes

limited Tribalism Peaceful, Friendly Relatively safe Food is amazing

Community Partners Wheel Chair Workshops -

help design alternate products. Mobility Care KCMC (A hospital/Medical

school) Workshop Usa River Rehabilitation Center Disabled Aids and General

Engineering (DAGE)

Community Partners AHEAD (Adventures in Health,

Education, and Agricultural Development)

Community Partners Other Possible partners

University Of Dar-es-Salaam Loreto-Nyakato Sec. School (Mwanza) TanEdu (NGO in Dar)

Possible Projects Sugar Cane Charcoal“The ban on logging for export [of charcoal]

became effective July 1 2004, following a gazette notice by

Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism Zakia Hamdani Meghji. TRAFFIC, WWF and local groups

including the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group and Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania are hailing the government’s commitment to halting illegal logging in the Eastern Arc Mountains and Coastal

Forests of Tanzania and Kenya biodiversity hotspot.”*http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2005/05/03/38479.html

Possible Projects IT

Extend Model Training Room with TanEdu

Teach students fundamental IT skills.

Enabling easy access for students

Possible Projects IT

Installing computers in high schools in Mwanza

Help Set-up MIT OCW in more higher learning Institutions to facilitate easy and fast access.

Possible Projects Develop products for wheel chair

workshops from current D-lab technology such as Peanut Oil Press Maize Grinder Sugarcane charcoal press

Possible Projects Rural/Urban water supply testing

and purification Energy alternative – Tanzania’s

notorious Blackouts

Useful but not necessary Skills. IT skills:

Computer installation, Network set-up, Teaching basics…

Interest in building and assembling Open minded, and willing to help

develop the project Knowing Kiswahili is a big Bonus