Previously I talked about what I was doing in Burundi talking about CAWST and the stages of clean water. I want to back up a bit and talk about Burundi for a bit in order to give you a context for the CAWST water filter project in Burundi and why it has to be cheap, … Read more
Three years ago I wrote an blog based on my research around water and making it clean. Coming up in the next several days are a few follow ups on that idea, followed by my first solo attempt at building a cheap filter. If you've been keeping up with me, I'm in Eastern Africa … Read more
I'm in Burundi again nearly a year after I first arrived on the African continent. I'll be here for about a month (till late June), working on a bunch of different things. Primarily I'm here to help Healing and Rebuilding Our Communities (HROC) as a technical consultant for the Frontline SMS implementation they are using for … Read more
I have been sick for a good long while now, some where over a month. I think I cleaned my sinuses with water that was treated, but unpurified which started an infection. Initially I thought it was an allergy attack, but some where around week 2.5 after two visits to the doctors here I gave … Read more
I was revisiting the topic of soap today as I was thinking about the continuing discussion that i’ve had where people argue hand sanitizer are as bad for the Environment as anti-microbial soap and decide that it was worth continuing (and perhaps ending) this conversation. Many of you have likely heard about the superbug or … Read more
You might have noted that I’ve written fewer blog entries lately which I have pondered and decided on a few changes that might help rectify this. I’m going to try a different tack on my blogs. Normally I blog on my travels and the perspectives they bring. As I haven’t really gone anywhere of note … Read more