Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.96.981118093428.20747B-100000@ux1.cyberenet.net> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:51:32 -0500 From: mailto:tuandbob@cyberenet.net Subject: Re: DEVEL-L Digest - 16 Nov 1998 to 17 Nov 1998 To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Automatic digest processor wrote:> For my Master's thesis, I'm designing a micro-hydropower demonstration
> system for an indigenous community in Borneo. The community has
> requested technical assistance in exploring micro-hydro as an
> alternative to the diesel generators presently being used to provide
> electricity to their longhouses. They've asked me to conduct a
> technical training course at their village and then help them get
> materials and install the demo system.
> Can anybody out there give me input on either of the following?:
> 1. TECHNICAL DESIGN. Appropriate designs for micro-hydro systems for
> very small villages in developing countries (emphasizing simplicity,
> very low costs, and local materials)
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> 2. TRAINING COURSE DEVELOPMENT. What kind of approaches might I take
> as a "Western engineer" in transferring micro-hydro
> design/installation/maintenance knowledge to indigenous people, such
> that they can truly own and evaluate that knowledge to use (or not use)
> in their communities?
Check with one of the local agricultural or family planning groups. The have experience in preparing training courses for the groups. You, the local plumber, auto mechanic or electrician can provide the technical input.