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Paul Cloesen |
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Interests
Bolivian
Baptist Well Drilling EMAS
rural water supply systems Ø Economic Diversification for
rural communities in Castor
oil (Ricinus communis) Perfume
from White Ginger Lilly (Hedychium coronarium) Ø Oil Palm Elaeis
guineensis; E. oleifera and their interspecific hybrids Biogas
and fertilizer from milling effluent Sustainable
savings & loans schemes for rural micro-enterprises |
CV Photographs (family) |
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RURAL WATER SUPPLY In
Goyena, Sutiaba, León, Nicaragua, the local community’s water supply is
affected by pumping for irrigation of sugarcane fields at the other side of
the road. Drilling deeper wells looked the only feasible short-term
solution. In
the second half of 2004, a pilot project was implemented in Nueva Vida,
Goyena, applying Bolivian
Baptist well drilling technology and EMAS
rural water supply systems. As from March 2005, local people started
drilling on their own, but had difficulty acquiring materials for tubing,
pumps etc. In July, financial support was obtained from AUCS, an
NGO from Tuscany, Italy, which gave the project a firm push in the back, and
by November 2005, there were 22 new wells drilled and several EMAS water
distribution systems installed. In
May 2005, a pilot rainwater harvesting project was started up in El Paraíso,
Malpaisillo. In
January 2006, drilling was started in Abangasca, also Sutiaba teritory,
León. This project aims to build 100 complete familiar water and
sanitation systems, including dry latrines, that do not contaminate the water
table. Projects
were executed with the local “Comité
Si a la Vida, No a la Destrucción del Medio Ambiente”.and are described
on the Comité”s website (Spanish). For more information on the applied
technology, see links below. Interesting links: |
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http://www.geocities.com/leonvida/Leonvida/Goyena.htm http://www.geocities.com/leonvida/Leonvida/Malpaisillo.htm http://www.geocities.com/leonvida/Leonvida/Nuevo.htm Bolivian Baptist water technology
and appropriate simple agricultural implements. EMAS Water and Sanitation systems |
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ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION Castor beans and castor oil –
Ricinus communis o
La Prensa,
Nicaragua, 17-12-2002 (Spanish – Word document) o
General Introduction (Spanish
– Word document) o Vulgarization
document for primary schools (Spanish – Word document) Perfume extraction from Hedychium
coronarium flowers (“White Ginger Lilly”, “Heliotropo”) o Article
(Spanish – Word document) Interesting links: |
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Article in “De
Surinaamse Landbouw”, 1995: Interesting links: |
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Literature
on anaerobic digestion and recycling of plant nutrients from Palm Oil milling
effluent |
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MICROCREDIT Papers prepared
for the Resource Book on Best Practices in Rural Development (IIRR, 2000): Alternative Risk Assessment in Microcredit (PDF) Bridging the Gap between Rural micro-enterprise and the Formal Banking
System (PDF) Interesting links: |
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www.microcreditsummit.org
Portal Site on Microcredit www.grameen.com Grameen
Bank, very successful microcredit system in www.microbanker.com
FAO’s Microbanker programme for microcredit systems |
