Laboratory
Urban Development
With the war in the North and now encroaching on the center of Mali has stretched the urban communities resources, in areas of sanitation, access to clean water and more.
This Area
This area will contain biographical information, photo, and contact information for the project manager focused on this topic. He/she will be the subject matter expert focusing our activities and providing options for advancing our goals and interest.
"This war does not have to end badly"
Niger River Laboratory
Focus Areas 1 - 5
1
Irrigation
Irrigation is the single biggest transformation possible for residents fo the Niger River basin - present efforts are accomplished by hand - bucket by bucket.
Water is pumped via expensive gasoline engines.
We will crowdsource ideas on how to manufacture devices locally (spiral water pump, powered by a water wheel, or a local pump powered by imported solar panels).
2
Soil Conditioning &
Crop Selection
The soil along the Niger River has been depleted of nutrients and importing chemical fertilizers is impracticable due to the cost and eventual damage to the environment. There is no use of composting and crop selection is extremely limited. Traditional medicines, cosmetics, and superfoods (moringa)
do grow well here. We will fix the soil and grow the plants!
