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Umeme Jua - solar power

For a week the sun provides our house with electricity. We have not only during the 3 generator evening hours of light, but also in the twilight before 19.00 clock and we have after 22 00 clock no longer with the flashlight into the Go to bed. More important than the additional hours of light but now is our consistently-functioning refrigerator. The Leipzig Mission Society has sponsored the installation for a house for our Hospitalfundi Mr. Kuandika the installation was a welcome change to their everyday work. Charles has been active as a henchman. Of course, the installation was associated with quite a lot of dirt, the lines had finally from the roof through the ceiling and Emma was in "their" kitchen of the victims.

for yesterday had very short notice Mr. Matimbwi announced that at the time the solar system of the hospital has designed and installed with later extensions. Mr. Matimbwi is an engineer, studied in Dar and Magdeburg, writing his thesis in Münster, speaks German, so that well, had selected the system for our house in Dar and staying a few days on home leave in Lugala. That was a plus because we have the action of the entire solar system of the hospital system, including explaining the change to generator mode, can. For us it is important to understand these relationships and to know when and which devices have to be issued or. The plant is part of the responsibility of the administrator and had prepared with their temporary failure problems and provided us with meaningless beeps and displays to shame. Unfortunately, its maintenance is not taken seriously enough and a battery string must now be completely replaced prematurely, which is a bitter blow into the office.

The solar energy is sufficient, of course, for the power supply is not sufficient and for a constant supply of medical devices, there is our compact, easy in the evening not only for light but also recharges the batteries. Once a year, diesel is purchased. After the end of the rainy season and to some extent trafficable roads are delivered 10,000 liters.

10,000 liters of diesel

this time because of the unusually long rainy season had meanwhile been in canisters of the gas station to buy diesel in Malinyi because our tank was empty. Last week, has now announced the arrival of the vehicle and as we expected in the tank truck to the hospital tank come, we can hardly believe our eyes - 10,000 liters of diesel in 150 l barrels battered on a TÜV-disabled truck.

The refilling of the 67 drums with a thin tube has taken several hours. The remains were on a self-made hopper into the Tank poured out his cigarette, the driver kindly off a little smoke.

Until the last drop, every barrel emptied

Unfortunately, it is difficult to give employees and patients that the power supply is a very expensive affair. For them, the light is just the way there. In the market to bargain for every bean, so as not to get the best price, but the light eventually cost nothing. In the villages the people have only their evening fire in front of the hut, as one would like to enjoy the convenience of the hospital and the light is still on the wards all night ...