Overview 2005
ADES is growing. The construction of a second carpentry workshop is already nearing completion. It is being built in Ejeda, 240 km south of Toliara. The region is one of Madagascar's "poorhouses". It is scheduled to open in February 2006. Pradel, the future director of Ejeda, has been living on the site since December and is landscaping the area. He is planting fruit trees and creating a vegetable garden so that the staff in Ejeda can prepare their own vegetables in the solar cooker every day. ADES also wants to be a role model for healthy nutrition.
Nutrition seems to be a precarious issue, especially this year, after heavy floods, and Regula is very concerned about it. "Because of hunger, the children are tired and flabby. Some of them even sleep at school. They feed on cacti and locusts, some of which are poisoned by insecticides. The harvest has been totally destroyed and the farmers have started to sow again. When the maize was about 15 cm high, whole swarms of locusts (...) came and ate whole bushes and fields. With our future construction, thanks to the great commitment of the Rotarians of the Canton of Zug, we can bring some hope back to this region."
In July, ADES hands over a 90-page business plan to the Malagasy government. Its author, Pierre Kistler, was given time off by his employer and long-time ADES supporter, Otto Frei, especially for this extensive work. It remains to be seen what impact the paper will have on decision-makers at the UN, EU, USAID, etc. and whether financial resources will flow for further planned centres in the South as well as for projects for the use of solar energy.
Photos 2005
2005_07_17 Charcoal sale
2005_07_20 Ejeda01 Trip to Ejeda
2005_07_20 Ejeda02 Trip to Ejeda
2005_07_20 Ejeda03 Trip to Ejeda
2005_07_20 Ejeda04_Digging the Well_Equipe
2005_07_20 Ejeda05 Building site
2005_07_20 Ejeda06 Under construction
2005_07_20 Ejeda07 under construction
2005_07_20 Ejeda08 Construction WC Shower
2005_07_20 Ejeda09 Construction
2005_07_20 Ejeda10 Construction
2005_07_20 Ejeda11 Construction
2005_07_20 Ejeda12 Construction
2005_07_21 Ejeda_charcoal1
2005_07_21 Ejeda_charcoal2
2005_07_21 Ejeda_transfer of meds from CH to local doctor1
2005_07_21 Ejeda_Transfer of medication from CH to local doctor2
2005_07_21 Ejeda_Transfer of medication from CH to local doctor3
2005_07_21 Ejeda_Transfer of medication from CH to local doctor4
2005_07_23 Tuléar4_Oven model ADES
2005_07_23 Tuléar1
2005_07_23 Tuléar2
2005_07_23 Tuléar3_Common Stove
2005_09 Zootage01_Masoala
2005_09 Zootage02_Masoala
2005_09 Zootage03_Masoala
2005_09 Zootage04_Masoala
2005_09 Zootage05_Masoala
2005_09 Zootage06_Masoala
2005_11 Action_Container gift in Basel1
2005_11 Action_Container gift in Basel2
2005_11 Action_Container gift in Basel3
2005_11 Action_Container gift in Basel4
2005_12 Ejeda01_Workshop and local technique
2005_12 Ejeda02_Carpentry, bungalow, house directeur
2005_12 Ejeda03_House of the responsible person
2005_12 Ejeda04_Locale technique, solar panels
2005_12 Ejeda05_Daily comes a barrel of water
2005_12 Ejeda06_Daily comes a barrel of water
2005_12 Ejeda07_Guardian's house and family
2005_12 Ejeda08_Guardian's house and family
2005_12 Tuléar1_Parabolic model created under SOLTEC guidance
2005_12 Tuléar2_finished parabolic models
