Good things are happening: We got a donation of one Interlocking Stabilised Soil Brick (ISSB) making machine! This is unbelievable and a real step forwards. With the donation from the foundation in the Netherlands and this donation, we start constructions in an environmental friendly way!.
What is an ISSB press? Well a lot of research has been done, e.g by an Engineer at Makerere University in Uganda. Soil from excavations is mixed with some cement and manually pressed into blocks. These are as strong as the burned bricks but don't need to be fired and therefore no trees need to be cut down and we save our environment.
Tomorrow I will travel to Kampala to collect the press. More info follows!
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How is the press going? Keep us updated! I am very much involved with the training of people in the use of ISSB in the Jinja area (Haileybury Youth Trust), and would be interested to hear your experiences.
ReplyDeleteBen (BenDaniels100@gmail.com)
Hi Ben,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. I am new in this brick making system. I have seen tanks and houses in Luweero, got the idea from Dr. Musaazi at MUK, but never worked with it myself. Now I found a mason in Kabale who knows about the machine and building with the ISSB.
we expected some donation from a private source in the Netherlands, but its delayed and we have not yet started to use the machine. Once we start i will come back to you, but is it possible to get some training from you? either in Jinja or better here in Kabale?