Thomas SchaelFeb 21 min2022-01-26 Spouts Water Filter Visit - PurifaayaCeramic water filters are made in Kampala, Uganda by the Spouts Company. They produce the Purifaaya filter in 3 models. I had emailed...
Thomas SchaelFeb 21 min2022-01-24 Sodium Hydroxide Soap Making - The Cold Process MethodWood ash soap is a very cheap way to produce soap, but it does not always produce the same quality soap every time. Sometimes the soap is...
Thomas SchaelFeb 21 min2022-01-23 Visited Women’s Group who Earn Their Living Keeping BeesGFI was introduced to many of the women’s projects. A large group of women in the Yumbe area are keeping bees and selling the bees wax...
Thomas SchaelFeb 24 min2022-01-19 - 2022-01-22 Discussion with Women’s Groups in Yumbe1. Discussion and Feasibility Study for establishing a Filter Production Site in Yumbe The women’s groups in Yumbe would like to...
Thomas SchaelFeb 21 min2022-01-18 Trip to Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement in UgandaJust a few kilometers to the north of Yumbe is one of the largest refugee settlements in the world. It is comprised of over 270,000 South...
Thomas SchaelFeb 21 min2022-01-16 Sanitary napkin sewing Many rural girls in African countries drop out of school when they reach the age of menstruation. There are little to no facilities in...
Thomas SchaelFeb 22 min2022-01-13 Arriving in Yumbe, UgandaThe district of Yumbe is a very rural area of Uganda located in the north-western corner of Uganda where South Sudan, Uganda, and the...
jmally1149Jan 161 min2022-01-16 Teaching in UgandaThe Executive Director of Good Foundations International, Jennifer Mally, is in northern Uganda teaching the women of a local community...
jmally1149Jan 85 minNov 28 - Dec 5, 2021 - Last Kenya updateNovember 28th We flew from Nairobi to Kisumu and checked into a hotel in the area. November 29th In the morning of November 29th Kista,...
jmally1149Jan 85 minNov 24-27, 2021 - Kenya TripNovember 24th Our Visit to Kenya Begins… PfP team flew out of the Kigali airport early in the morning on November 24th and arrived in...
jmally1149Jan 83 minNov 21-23, 2021 - Kiln, Congo and many picturesThe PfP filter team, along with the Rwanda team, finished up the kiln building project in the community of Masaka. On the last day of...
jmally1149Jan 82 minThe kiln is coming togetherWe are still working in the village in Rwanda, helping Edward with his filter factory. Today we finished the sides of the kiln and...
jmally1149Jan 81 minNov 15, 2021 - The kiln is half builtAs of today, November 15, the test kiln is half built. The community gathers each day to see our kiln building project and many people...
jmally1149Jan 81 minNov 14, 2021 - Completing the foundationOn Sunday, November 14, we returned to the kiln site and laid the second layer of bricks to complete the foundation. We added the...
jmally1149Jan 81 minNov 13, 2021 - Making test tiles in RwandaOn Saturday, November 13, a group of us made test tiles from 8 different clay deposits around the area. We mixed the different clays with...
jmally1149Jan 81 minNov. 12, 2021 - Our first days back in AfricaWe arrived in Nairobi, Kenya and stayed a few days in quarantine before flying to Kigali, Rwanda. Once in Kigali, we met with Edward...
jmally1149Jan 81 minPotters for Peace Trip to IndiaFebruary 25 – March 10 Workshop on Household Water Treatment and Storage National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj...
jmally1149Jan 82 minWorking hard against the oddsThe entire team is working hard and making steady progress. Unfortunately, we have met some major delays with equipment, mainly the...
jmally1149Jan 81 minA work in progressWith much of the Team out in the field delivering and setting up Bio-sand filters today, much of the day was spent on small prep tasks...
jmally1149Jan 81 minField trip to BisligThe team took advantage of a bottleneck in the clay drying by taking a trip to the site of a future filter project in Bislig. The site...