TEDx stands for an independently organized TED-event. This year, a TEDx was organized in Dar Es Salaam and I was very happy to be nominated to speech! My TED-talk is about the inevitable global energy crisis and how to take action yourself in anticipation to this crisis. I really would have liked to give the URL to… Read more »
Dar Es Salaam has a special hospital for people with a disability. The full name of the organization (NGO) behind this hospital is Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Tanzania (CCBRT). We are very pleased that they bought the wind turbine which resulted from the training with the students of the Yombo Vocational Training Center, who have… Read more »
We did it! The students from the Yombo Vocational Training Center have to live with a disability. But this doesn’t mean that they are disabled in general, or even worse: ‘un-able’ in general. That’s what we have proven with this outstanding performance. In the past two weeks students, teachers and instructors from ‘I Love Windpower’… Read more »
After one week of hard working, most parts of the turbine are nearly ready. It was a very exciting first week of the training, with a lot of motivated students which have all different kinds of a disability. However, they have one thing in common: perseverance! We agreed upon teaching all students in the second… Read more »
For a couple of months we are doing fund raising via 1%-club. This Dutch NGO attracts people to donate just a small amount of money, time, and effort into the developing world. Although it is called 1%-club, it is not mandatory to donate 1% of your salary; every contribution is valued. At the moment the… Read more »