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D-lab Haiti
Team Leader
Jamy Drouillard,
drouilla@mit.edu
Past Projects
(D-lab 2002-2003 & 2003-2004)
Sugarcane
Charcoal
During D-lab
2002-2003, members of the class were working on developing ways
to transform waste into briquettes suitable for cooking purposes.
After several failures, they discovered that the best approach was
to transform the waste into charcoal. The bulk of the effort for
the D-lab team was then targeted at developing a means by which
to transform sugarcane waste, or bagasse, into cooking charcoal.
In Haiti, the sugarcane charcoal project may help to alleviate several
problems, including a lack of solid fuel sources (Haiti is 98% deforested)
and the health problems associated with inhaling smoke from wood
fires. This past year, members of the India group in D-lab 2003-2004
have worked at adapting the process for use with paddy straw, which
is similar to hay, and they too have been largely successful (after,
of course, the requisite failures).
Solar Electrification
of Schools
Computer
Center Installation
Regional
Partners
Peace Corps
Volunteers
Dan Brockman
Related Links
CIA
World Factbook, Haiti:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ha.html
US State Department
Notes on Haiti:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1982.htm
The
CDC website with recommendations for travellers to Haiti:
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/caribean.htm
The
US Dept. of State travel site with advice and information for travellers
to Haiti:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/haiti.html
History-Economics-Politics
Presentation: [pdf]
[ps]
Good links on
Haiti, History, Politics, etc.:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/httoc.html
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/index.html
Kreyol Dictionary
http://www.kreyol.com
Creole Language
Notes:
- Notes on
Haitian Creole [pdf]
[ps]
- Creole Alphabet
[pdf]
[ps]
and [mp3]
- Notes on
Creole Grammar [pdf]
[ps]
Sugarcane Charcoal
In-depth Description on the Design for Developing Countries site:
http://web.mit.edu/d-lab/ddc/www/
Sugarcane Charcoal
Manual: [MS
Word File]
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