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Volunteers face a lot of ICT-related challenges in Africa that don’t exist in the US. Computer equipment tends to fail more frequently here, due to environmental factors like humidity and salt residue, and especially because of unstable voltage. When computer parts do fail, replacements are far less readily available here than at home. But one obstacle to Volunteers’ productivity with modern information and communication tools stands out – the scarcity and relatively high expense of Internet access.

This is a summary of a study that we did for Wind energy here at the park.

It lists most of the steps involved in a project like this. My partner in this was great, props to Lavinia!

The project didnt go through for many reasons so maybe all the steps were not there!

Please read and ask me any questions at all.

Nate

The Following Attachement is the proposal/request/description of the Fog Collection System for the Parque Natural Monte Gordo. The report includes a description of the project a small justification and the materials required.

Please see the design for the system in the appendix of the report.

If you google and do any research on the web you will find tons of good information.

Please let me know if anything is unclear or you have any questions or want more info!

Nate Lee

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proposals, avisos, convites etc for lifeskills classes.

Proposal and application for a youth orientation at the Centro de Emprego/visits to various professionals.

To address the lack of fresh water in Cape Verde, Peace Corps Volunteers along with students and faculty at the Technical School in Assomada are designing and constructing a solar still. The prototype model, built in the Fall of 2007, is a simple concrete and glass system that cost $213 and distilled 2 liters/day.

During the spring and summer of 2008, the scope of the project expanded to include several additional projects including: an improved solar still model, three solar hot water heaters and a glass bottle wall.

The goals of the project are to:

Acampamento de Meninas was a 5 day girls' camp which took place in the Conselho of Sao Miguel on the island of Santiago.  We had sessions on leadership, making decisions, gender roles, HIV/AIDS.  Our logo was "Seu Mente...Sua Corpo...Seu Escolha" which means "your mind...your body...your choice".  15 girls attended and we had 4 youth leaders leading activities.