Director,
T.E.(Terry)
Manning,
Schoener 50,
1771 ED
Wieringerwerf,
The Netherlands.
Tel:
0031-227-604128
Homepage:
http://www.flowman.nl
E-mail:
(nameatendofline)@xs4all.nl : bakensverzet
Incorporating
innovative social, financial, economic, local administrative and productive
structures, numerous renewable energy applications, with an important role for
women in poverty alleviation in rural and poor urban environments.
"Money is not
the key that opens the gates of the market but the bolt that bars them"
Gesell, Silvio The
Natural Economic Order
Revised English
edition, Peter Owen, London 1958, page 228
Edition 11: 27
September 2006
The project requires the supply of many water tanks, water containers,
well-linings, san-plats, toilet seats, and support structures. Many of these
are traditionally made from concrete, using materials that have to be paid for
in formal currency and are usually not available locally. Concrete and cement
are environmentally unfriendly and are difficult to dispose of after use.
Concrete water tanks can cost up to Euro 4000 per tank. Concrete products are
also subject to production faults and cannot always be repaired when damage
damaged. They are heavy and difficult to transport.
A practical alternative to concrete, is to use
a new-age gypsum composite product. Gypsum composite production units can be
established wherever there are local deposits of cheap gypsum (CaSO4 + H2O) or
anhydrite (CaSO4 + 1/2 H2O) which are very common, occurring naturally in most
parts of the world. They can be used to make cheap, ecological, hygienic tanks,
well-linings, toilets and other products. Gypsum composite technology is a
state-of-the-art technology originating in the Netherlands. It can easily be
transferred to project areas where cheap gypsum and anhydrite deposits are
present . The gypsum composite production units can make a major contribution
to the regional economy after the project has been completed as well as
manufacturing the products needed for the project itself. They are permanent industrial assets. They
will be used to make various load-bearing structures and other building
materials. Gypsum composites can even be used to weather-proof the mud walls of
locally built houses and as a substitute for construction timber, reducing
de-forestation.
Gypsum composites will also be used to make
high efficiency stoves. The stoves can stand temperatures of up to 500 degrees
C. They will recycle heat from smoke circulated around the pot. The stoves can
be safely carried by hand with boiling water in the pot and fire in the stove.
Although they will work with any sort of fuel, mini-briquettes made from
bio-mass will be produced locally under the project.
Gypsum composites may also be used to make solar cookers under
the LETS systems in applications where daytime cooking is not in contrast with
local customs.
The modest cost of production units for items
made from gypsum composites will be funded within the project by interest-free
green loans repayable, usually over a period of 3-5 years. The initial casting
moulds for items made from gypsum can cost up to Euro 7000. These costs will
restrict the initial range of products any single production unit can make. The
top priority will be to service the needs of the project itself. Additional
copies of the initial moulds are, however, very cheap to make.
The entire system for the production of items
made from gypsum composites, the management of the deposits of raw materials,
the construction of the factories, the production and installation on the items
manufactured will be organised during a series of Moraisian workshops for which
a separate allowance has been made in the budget.
While the workshops will work out the details,
it is foreseeable that the production of items made from gypsum composites be
highly labour intensive calling for minimum capital outlay. The products can be
made manually without the need for any machinery, where preferred with a
professional finish typical of western-manufactured products.
For more information refer to:
Information
on gypsum composite technology.
Production of items from gypsum
composites.
PRODUCTION UNITS FOR ITEMS
MADE FROM GYPSUM COMPOSITES
Usually three or four
Moraisian organisational workshops will be held, one for each production unit.
Indicative participation
(all workshops together)
The Moraisian trainers.
The project coordinator.
The general consultant.
Consultant gypsum composites.
At least one representative of the ONG.
Representative of the Ministry of Health.
Representative of the Rural Development ministry.
At least 5 observers (possible coordinators for future projects).
200 persons (men and women), indicated during meetings held at Tank Commission
level, interested in participating in the activities of the factories. Where
opportune, according to local political structures and traditions, up to 25% of
the people could be indicated by the local chiefs.
Duration of each workshop:
about six weeks.
The Workshops will be
expected to produce the following structures:
a) Definition of the social
form of the production units
- statutes
- rules
- professional and administrative structures
- financial aspects
- relationship with the local LETS systems
b) A structure for the
supply of materials
- geological research for gypsum and/or anhydrite deposits
- locations of gypsum/anhydrite quarries, permits
- activities preparatory to exploitation
- logistics
- coordination of materials depots with the factories
c) Definition of the items
to be made (tanks, toilets, stoves, solar cookers etc)
- coordination with the other production units (specialisation)
- contacts with families
- definition of requirements : articles and specifications
- definition of requirements : design, productive capacity
- definition of the necessary procedures
- preparation of moulds
- tests
- decision on priorities to be given to the various items
d) A structure for the
factories
- land and necessary structures
- design of factories
- construction of factories
- purchase of necessary equipment
e) A production structure
- organisation of the production
- commercial organisation
f) A structure for the installation
of the items produced
- Relationship factory-installers
- Preparation of the installers
- Installation
- Siting of boreholes/wells
- After sales backup and service
g) A structure for
communications
- Vertical, at project level (project coordinator, factory manager, factory
commissions, installers, end users)
- Horizontal, between production units
- With the local money LETS systems
- Commercial, radio, website
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