Students from the New Trier High School Amnesty International Club are partnering with families in Sonalnagar to build 6 biogas plants, small structures that mix cattle dung and water to produce clean cooking gas and organic fertilizer. A family of 4 to 10 people with 25 kg of manure (the amount four animals create) can mix it with 25 liters of water to produce 2 hours of gas in the morning and 2 hours of gas in the evening. Gas runs from the biogas unit into the house where it connects to a small stove.
The families of Sonalnagar are in need of biogas plants — small structures built underground on the side of a house that mix manure from cattle with water to create gas for cooking and heating.
Chantaben and Lalaben are two of siex women whose families have been selected to receive the biogas plants. They were selected based on need (productive time lost collecting wood); family size (between 4 to10 people); access to cattle that produce 25 kilos of manure a day (typically 4 cattle); a plot of land large enough to construct the plant; and a willingness to report on their experience and, if successful, encourage others to participate in the program.
Women in Sonalnagar spend 3 to 4 hours everyday collecting 20-50 lbs of firewood to meet their families' needs for fuel. The current practice of burning wood and kerosene is highly damaging to exposed lungs and a serious fire hazard, especially in the homes with grass roofs that are used in Sonalnagar. Women currently collecting wood are losing critical hours that they could use to earn an income or educate and care for their children.
SEWA and an engineer will visit the selected families to choose a site for their biogas plants. Each site will prepared after which the necessary pits will be dug and masonry work will be completed. The entire process — site selection, material procurement, construction and testing — should take no more than a month.
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About Me: Hey, Our names are Alison, Leyla, Nasreen, and Neha and we all went to New Trier High School. We were all part of a club that organizes an annual concert and in 2009 we decided to donate the proceeds of that concert to 1Well. We got to know Dan and learned about 1Well and the concert was a huge success. Leyla: Freshman at Pomona College Nasreen: Freshman at UMKC Neha: Senior at New Trier High School Alison: Freshman at NYU
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