Energy
2010
September
Sylvester has completed work on the grinding mill engine. It has been a big job with a complete engine refurbishment.
July
 The Health Centre has been connected to the electricty line. Great to see our maternity and out patients department lit up!
June
The CBO have decided to purchase satellite TV (using there own funds), so John collected the dish and decoder; completed the registration for DsTV; collected the satellite TV installer from Mchinji and fitted the dish etc onto the hall.
Other benefits are that the hall can be used as a community cinema and the revenue from the World Cup should pay for a large percentage of the capital costs of the sat TV installation.





2009 and earlier

The above pictures show general living conditions in a Chimteka village.

All 717 houses in Chimteka use firewood as their source of energy. None of the Chimteka households have access to charcoal, parafin, electricity, gas or other sources of energy.
The government has brought electricity to within 2.5 kms of Chimteka. CCS is planning to bring electricity the remainder of the way to the major buildings in Chimteka
In the meantime the electrification on the project site, using solar electricity, has been installed and is up and running in the Community Hall, Pre-School, Kitchen, Toilets, Church, Chicken Khola and the Head masters office, since early 2009.

This is extended to run an irrigation system for the crops and provide the necessary water to grow vegetables, etc.

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