Install a water treatment system and solar panels at the Hospital.
Narrative
Manna Energy Limited built a water treatment system that provides safe drinking water for 400 patients and 120 hospital staff at the Mugonero Hospital. The system uses locally available materials to create a water treatment system powered by sunlight and gravity. Water passes through a gravity-fed gravel filter, a gravity-fed sand filter, and then around an ultraviolet light that kills any remaining pathogens. In Rwanda, where diarrheal diseases are a leading cause of death for children under age five, this project is a major improvement to the quality of life and allows the children to spend more time attending school. Additionally, this project helps adults reduce time spent suffering from water-borne illnesses and devote more time to work and school.
Each liter of water that is treated with Manna’s water treatment systems is a liter of water that no longer needs to be boiled using firewood. With fewer trees being burned as firewood, less carbon will be released to the atmosphere, which directly translates to verifiable emission reductions. By participating in the United Nations’ Clean Development Mechanism, Manna’s projects will earn Certified Emission Reductions (CERs), or carbon credits, enabling a system of sustainable financing for maintenance and expansion
- Impact Assessment (M&E) Phase Project completed on 1 Aug, 2006 Implementation Phase
- Implementation Phase Project started on 1 Jun, 2006 Preparation Phase
Install a water treatment system and solar panels at the Hospital.
Narrative
Manna Energy Limited built a water treatment system that provides safe drinking water for 400 patients and 120 hospital staff at the Mugonero Hospital. The system uses locally available materials to create a water treatment system powered by sunlight and gravity. Water passes through a gravity-fed gravel filter, a gravity-fed sand filter, and then around an ultraviolet light that kills any remaining pathogens. In Rwanda, where diarrheal diseases are a leading cause of death for children under age five, this project is a major improvement to the quality of life and allows the children to spend more time attending school. Additionally, this project helps adults reduce time spent suffering from water-borne illnesses and devote more time to work and school.
Each liter of water that is treated with Manna’s water treatment systems is a liter of water that no longer needs to be boiled using firewood. With fewer trees being burned as firewood, less carbon will be released to the atmosphere, which directly translates to verifiable emission reductions. By participating in the United Nations’ Clean Development Mechanism, Manna’s projects will earn Certified Emission Reductions (CERs), or carbon credits, enabling a system of sustainable financing for maintenance and expansion
Sustainability
Creating and measuring long-term impact
A key element of this project is the integration of economic sustainability through the Clean Development Mechanism. Each liter of water that is treated with Manna Energy Limited’s water treatment system is a liter of water that no longer needs to be boiled with wood, and this directly translates to verifiable emission reductions. The generation and sale of CDM carbon credits from the treatment of drinking water that offsets the demand for water treatment by boiling with non-renewable wood fuel ensures that revenue is generated to operate and maintain the installed system. The sale of these carbon credits allows Manna Energy Limited to earn income for a period of ten years, which will pay for the continued operation and maintenance of the system during that time.
Impact
People Impacted: 540
People Getting Safe Drinking Water: 520
Hospital patients and staff
People Getting Other Benefits: 20
Jobs provided during construction
Maintenance/Operating Costs Annual, in US$: $1000
Creating and measuring long-term impact
A key element of this project is the integration of economic sustainability through the Clean Development Mechanism. Each liter of water that is treated with Manna Energy Limited’s water treatment system is a liter of water that no longer needs to be boiled with wood, and this directly translates to verifiable emission reductions. The generation and sale of CDM carbon credits from the treatment of drinking water that offsets the demand for water treatment by boiling with non-renewable wood fuel ensures that revenue is generated to operate and maintain the installed system. The sale of these carbon credits allows Manna Energy Limited to earn income for a period of ten years, which will pay for the continued operation and maintenance of the system during that time.
Funding
- funded:
- $5,000
- Final Cost:
- $5,000
- $2,500:
- Rotary International Foundation
- $2,500:
- Engineers Without Borders