I couldn’t help but feel proud of the IST students when I walked into the library on Thursday May 10th. I know the students had been working hard to fund raise money to donate solar lights to students less fortunate … Continue reading
Students from the International School of Tanyanika donated 30 solar lanterns to Pwani Primary School in Bahari beach on May 3rd, 2012. The donation was the result of months of hard work fundraising money for the project. The students sold … Continue reading
Dennis Tessier, ARTI Energy Program Director, attended the Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves (GACC) “East Africa Stakeholder Consultation and Strategic Planning Workshop held in Nairobi from the 23rd to the 25th of April. The meeting brought together a wide … Continue reading
Three grade 5 students from the International School of Tanganyika, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, have started a project to raise money to provide solar lamps for Tanzanian students who don’t have access to electricity in their homes. Lynn, Salah and … Continue reading
There is nothing worse than the power going out when you need it most, whether it is at home or work. Power cuts disrupts our daily lives…we cannot get work done, our children cannot study, our food spoils, we miss … Continue reading
ARTI-TZ completed sustainable charcoal briquettes training in Bagamoyo District this past July making the District the first of four in Coast Region to receive intensive training on charcoal kiln fabrication, charring of dry biomass, briquetting and promotion of charcoal briquettes. … Continue reading
5W panel, 5Ah battery, 4x 12 led lights, phone charging, radio adapter Generation 2.5 Available March 2012 What’s New with Gen 2.5? Longer Life Battery: 400 cycles! AGM SLA batteries in the PowaPack kits last more than 3 years depending … Continue reading
The installation of a 2kw solar system at Nkundutsi Secondary School in Kasulu District, Kigoma region was completed on October 14th, 2010. The dissigno Tanzania/ARTI-TZ team completed the installation after 10 days work. The team installed 1kw to provide power … Continue reading
Going on safari in Africa has been a long time dream for Kim and Jason Pineau, but they wanted the experience to be more than just another vacation, they wanted to give something back. In 2009 the couple from Orillia, … Continue reading
The ARTI-TZ/dissigno Team turned on the lights at Gwanumpu Secondary School on Friday October 1st completing the first of two solar installations in Kigoma this month. The project is being financed with World Bank funds through the Rural Energy Agency … Continue reading