Project: Water is life -More knowledge for Malawi
Our long-term cooperation with our project partner in Malawi led us to the funding programme AusbildungWeltweit (Training worldwide) run by the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and to a new approach for us. The funding programme AusbildungWeltweit (www.ausbildung-weltweit.de) enabled our trainees and our partner’s training centre outside the European Union to get to know each other and hence to improve their professional international competence and professional development opportunities. As from April 2019 a trainer for plumbing, heating and air conditioning installation from Rostock will go to our partner’s centre in rural Benga in the Nkhotakota District of Malawi to support the following:
– Installing the water supply and sewage disposal equipment
– Supervising the installation the sanitary installations (pit latrine, compost latrine, flush toilets/toilets with water)
– The installation of an aquaponic system as well as
– Training and informing those responsible for maintenance measures.
The idea to install an aquaponic system was developed by our partner institution in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Research Institute for Marine Biotechnology and Cell Technology (EMB) in Lübeck. Aquaponic is a process that connects the technology of fish breeding using aquaculture technology with the cultivation of crops. In an aquaponic system there is always a combination of a closed system for breeding fish and a hydroponic system for growing plants such as vegetables and herbs. The excrement from the fish serves as nutrition for the plants. The usually happens through an automatic pumping system. The orientation course for the construction of the aquaponic system came from the Fraunhofer Institute on 5.12.2018. By the end of the preparatory afternoon those concerned were convinced that the trainees would be able to carry out the installation process. It is good that scientific knowledge can be converted into something useful in real life.
Abacus e.V.
Kontaktperson: Brit Hartmann
+49(0) 172 390 048 9
brit.hartmann@web.de
Project: Water is life -More knowledge for Malawi
Our long-term cooperation with our project partner in Malawi led us to the funding programme AusbildungWeltweit (Training worldwide) run by the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and to a new approach for us. The funding programme AusbildungWeltweit (www.ausbildung-weltweit.de) enabled our trainees and our partner’s training centre outside the European Union to get to know each other and hence to improve their professional international competence and professional development opportunities. As from April 2019 a trainer for plumbing, heating and air conditioning installation from Rostock will go to our partner’s centre in rural Benga in the Nkhotakota District of Malawi to support the following:
– Installing the water supply and sewage disposal equipment
– Supervising the installation the sanitary installations (pit latrine, compost latrine, flush toilets/toilets with water)
– The installation of an aquaponic system as well as
– Training and informing those responsible for maintenance measures.
The idea to install an aquaponic system was developed by our partner institution in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Research Institute for Marine Biotechnology and Cell Technology (EMB) in Lübeck. Aquaponic is a process that connects the technology of fish breeding using aquaculture technology with the cultivation of crops. In an aquaponic system there is always a combination of a closed system for breeding fish and a hydroponic system for growing plants such as vegetables and herbs. The excrement from the fish serves as nutrition for the plants. The usually happens through an automatic pumping system. The orientation course for the construction of the aquaponic system came from the Fraunhofer Institute on 5.12.2018. By the end of the preparatory afternoon those concerned were convinced that the trainees would be able to carry out the installation process. It is good that scientific knowledge can be converted into something useful in real life.
Abacus e.V.
Kontaktperson: Brit Hartmann
+49(0) 172 390 048 9
brit.hartmann@web.de