THE JEEP TREE

The founder members identified nos.1-3 as major energy problems affecting the nature and suggested to make improvement on each. Nos. 1-5 are the solutions JEEP promotes.

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We all know the effects of envi-

ronmental degradation caused

mainly by our human actions. As

JEEP celebrates 30 years of

working towards environmental

conservation, we can agree that

amidst challenges, JEEP has im-

pacted on livelihoods of thou-

sands of people across Uganda

and beyond.

What I call a commendable job is

the daily running, managing and

sustaining of JEEP by Ugandans.

And above all, the foundation of

JEEP by fellow Ugandans, who

saw the need for environmental

conservation back in 1983. It is

from this initiative JEEP still

works to transform communities

through energy development,

usage and natural resources man-

agement.

My appreciation goes to the do-

nors, partners, the board man-

agement, staff, JEEP ambassa-

dors in Sweden, Denmark and

Germany, JEEP members, vol-

unteers, friends, family and well

wishers. I thank you for the re-

lentless efforts to keep JEEP

burning.

The achievements during these

30 years of existence are enour-

mous but to mention a few:-

The change from traditional un-

economical stoves to lorenas,

rockets and charcoal stoves that

save energy has so far been tre-

mendous.

Tree planting in many districts

of Uganda is a great landmark

to the national greening cam-

paign

JEEP going solar practically in

2007 has made a great differ-

ence in communities' livelihood

and JEEP's awareness pro-

grammes on solar usage has

opened people’s eyes to see

alternatives.

JEEP owns a home at Kyanja 11

KM from Kampala which is

now an active training center

for all ages. The technologies

demonstrated at the centre and

the clean environment in gen-

eral has made JEEP popular

The current staff capacity de-

velopment programme with the

support of the Nordic Folke-

center for Renewable Energy

(Project Fund / DANIDA) and

the Danish Government at large

has enabled JEEP to aim higher

in its activities.

There has been substantial pro-

gress towards realizing the stra-

tegic objectives of JEEP as

demonstrated in various pro-

grammes that JEEP participates

in. We believe that the future is

bright and we will focus on fur-

ther networking with more

local and international NGOs

and agencies. We will ensure

that JEEP becomes an effective

lobbying and advocacy organiza-

tion, able to mobilize local lead-

ers and government ministries,

members of parliament to im-

plement environmental policies.

One of the biggest challenges

has been to inform and convince

the key ministries, departments

and other high level parties of

government to engage them-

selves into the formulation and

implementation of government

policies and programmes con-

cerning environment conserva-

tion in Uganda. We thus en-

courage Uganda at large to be

sensitive to all kinds of environ-

mental degradation.

Thank you for being part of a

good environmental cause.

JEEP's 30 years' Journey By Ruth Kiwanuka

CEO JEEP

Ruth Kiwanuka

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STAFF AND THEIR TITLES

SSEBINA KEVINE Training manager/ Debuty CEO

MUTUMBA FREDRIC Assistant information officer

NASSALI EDNA Community trainer

MIRIAM CARTHELET Volunteer

NTENGE EDRISA Trainee

KUTEESA MOSES Driver/electrician

MAYANJA EVA Service officer

NSUBUGA CONFRIO General technician

NANTEZA ALICE Volunteer

TURYAMUHEBWA RACHEAL Recource mobilizer/ documentation officer

MUGABI ESAU Center Custodian

BAKAYAYITA THOMAS KENTOS Biodiversity officer

MUGANGA PAUL Accountant

KIBUUKA ANDREW Information officer

MUKASA MARTIN Engeneer

ANNIKA WIERICHS Volunteer

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CONGRATURATORY MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD

Chairperson Dr. Maria Bawubya on behalf of the Board

On behalf of Joint Energy and

Environment Projects (JEEP)

Board Members, I wish to con-

gratulate JEEP members, staff,

volunteers, and all well-wishers

of JEEP on its 30th year’s anni-

versary. Being in existence for

30 years, highlights JEEP’s rele-

vancy, and determination to be

a proactive and visible actor on

environment issues. This is of

great achievement, given the

challenges national civil society

organizations face.

By staying loyal to its vision of

seeing Uganda an environmen-

tally safe, clean habitat for the

present and future generations;

and focusing religiously on its

mission of stopping environ-

mental destruction; providing

efficient and sustainable man-

agement of natural resources, by

creating public awareness and

facilitating grass roots commu-

nity participation in energy and

environmental conservation,

JEEP has been able to position

itself among the national NGOs

addressing topical environment

and development issues with

implications on the very exis-

tence of humanity. This passion-

ate commitment to environment

issues has enabled JEEP to regis-

ter the following results among

others, over the 30 years:

Purchasing and establishing

its own home, which also has

a training center on environ-

ment;

Creating awareness’ on

environment conservation

to over 10 million people

in 83 districts out of 121

districts;

Constructing wood sav-

ing institutional stoves in

50 education and health

institutions;

In partnership with En-

ergy North Utility Com-

pany in Denmark for two &

half years now, JEEP has

implemented Lighting Af-

rica Project which is di-

Current Board Members

JEEP weekly staff meeting in the office building

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Tree Planting

rected at saving income, and

saving people from the dan-

gerous fumes of kerosene

(paraffin oil) lamps by dis-

tributing solar lanterns at

subsidized prices. In this to-

ken, a total of 12,500 solar

lamps have been distributed

in the districts of Kalangala,

Mukono, Arua, Tororo,

Amuria, Lira, Mayuge, Lu-

wero, Mpigi and Mbarara. In

addition, through another

project, JEEP has identified

22 micro entrepreneurs who

have distributed 272 solar

lamps in Buikwe and Na-

kasongola districts;

In partnership with the

Nordic Folkecenter for Re-

newable Energy, Denmark,

JEEP has implemented a So-

lar and Tree Planting Pro-

ject in seven districts.

Through this project, solar

panels have been installed in

12 schools and also one so-

lar panel installed at a health

unit. In addition, 23,030

seedlings have been raised

and distributed ;

Creating awareness in

four (4) districts so far, on

use of Top lit Updraft

stoves; and facilitating train-

ing of 41 local artisans, who

have manufactured 815 Top

lift stoves which are already

sold.

The above activities among oth-

ers have earned JEEP admirers

and well-wishers who have sup-

ported her through words of

encouragement, technical guid-

ance, financial and logistical sup-

port.

JEEP Board Members owe

hearty appreciation to many

individuals, organizations and

communities that have been of

assistance to JEEP in one way or

another over the 30 years of its

existence. It is not possible to

mention each of them individu-

ally. However, I would like to

mention just a few, in acknowl-

edgement of their tremendous

assistance at different stages of

JEEP’s “ growth” . These are:

MS F…, Plan International,

Nordic Folke Centre for Re-

newable Energy North, Den-

mark; Food and Agricultural

Organization of United Nations

(FAO, Uganda); The Uganda

Ministry of Energy, Makerere

University Faculty of Technol-

ogy.

Solar lanterns

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JEEP Office building Wood saving institutional stoves in schools

MESSAGE FROM NEMA By Dr. Evelyn Najjemba Lutalo

NEMA congratulates JEEP upon its celebrations of 30 years by Dr.Evelyn Najjemba Lutalo (District Support Officer/NEMA) The National Environment Man-agement Authority (NEMA) congratulates Joint Energy and Environmental Projects (JEEP) on its 30 years of existence and the tremendous achievements in the environment management fraternity. NEMA is the statu-tory body mandated to super-vise, monitor and coordinate all matters of environmental man-agement. This mandate obliges NEMA to implement its vision which focuses on the citizens of Uganda living in a clean, healthy, productive and sustainable devel-opment. The NEMA vision contributes to the National vision which envis-ages a prosperous Ugandan soci-ety. To achieve this, NEMA to-gether with other government institutions work with various stakeholders at local, national and international levels. JEEP is one of the stakeholders NEMA has worked with for more than a decade. The NGO has contributed a lot country-wide towards energy conserva-tion. NEMA partnered with JEEP in 2001 in training of train-ers targeting mainly sub counties and CSO members of staff in all Local Governments of Uganda. These capacity building activities were mainly

focused on: 1.Energy saving techniques and construction of Lorena stoves 2. making of briquettes from domestic waste 3. Domestic hygiene and sanita-tion 4. Tree nursery establishment and tree growing 5. Food cooker and flask making 6. Back yard gardening and maintenance 7. Community extension service delivery Energy saving techniques and construction of Lorena stoves making of briquettes from do-mestic waste Domestic hygiene and sanitation Tree nursery establishment and tree growing Food cooker and flask making Back yard gardening and mainte-nance Community extension service delivery NEMA has documented several success stories where adoption of the mentioned practices have generated better livelihoods in many parts of the country. Fur-thermore, irrespective of the organisation’s human, financial and physical infrastructural chal-lenges, JEEP has participated in all World Environment Day (WED) celebrations organised by NEMA annually. One of the remarkable achieve-ments of JEEP is that its one of the very few National Civil Soci-

ety Organisations with a per-manent address thus increasing stakeholder credibility and ac-cess. Also the organisation has contributed to environmental awareness rising and employ-ment opportunities to many individuals and organisations. Nevertheless, JEEP still has the potential to rise much higher than what has been achieved. Over the years, JEEP has ac-quired a lot of expertise in planning and upholding envi-ronmental projects. The or-ganisation is known to have competences in energy conser-vation, development and dis-semination of alternative en-ergy solutions especially solar energy; and, sustainable agriculture. JEEP has thus gen-erated vital information in the mentioned disciplines and holds a strong knowledge bank on energy and environment suste-nance. Additionally, JEEP is encouraged to engage more stakeholders like the commu-nity and academia to enhance energy conservation efforts for future research and develop-ment. This will increase the institutional visibility in Uganda and beyond. NEMA takes this opportunity to congratulate JEEP upon its achievements in the past 30 years in the field of environ-ment and natural resources management. May you excel further in your future endeav-ours!

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JEEP ACTIVITIES

Solar energy

In 2007 JEEP became a solar demonstration centre where community groups, students and individuals

learn more about solar. Since then, JEEP has gone on to install a number of solar systems and to pro-

vide technical back stopping as well as awareness in the different districts of Uganda. JEEP has part-

nered with Danish Folkecenter for Renewable Energy with a project funded by Danida and has also

partnered with Seniors without Borders in Denmark.

A table showing different solar systems and districts

Energy shop Solar energy in schools

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Districts Light in schools

Solar light and fridge in health centres

Solar central lights in markets

Solar phone charging sy-stems

Lantern charging system

Mukono 2 0 0 0 0

Luweero 2 0 2 1 1

Tororo 4 0 2 2 0

Amuria 0 1 0 0 0

Kapchorwa 1 0 0 1 0

Bufumbo 1 0 0 1 0

Bududa 1 0 0 1 0

Kalangala 2 0 0 1 0

Kole 2 0 0 0 0

Arua 3 1 0 1 0

Kasese 5 0 0 0 0

A table showing number of lamps di-stributed:

Lighting Africa

Joint Energy and Environment Projects (JEEP) in

partnership with Energy North a utility company

from Denmark continues to implement Lighting

Africa project. The project provides solar lanterns

at a subsidized rate with the aim of improving the

livelihood of people especially those living in off

grid areas. By doing this, clean light from solar

energy substitutes the dangerous kerosene lamps.

The project also aims at creating awareness about

solar energy to communities. Beneficiaries are

equipped with basic knowledge about the usability

and maintenance of solar lamps distributed.

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Districts No. of lamps distri-

buted Year

Amuria 200 2012

Amuria 1845 2011

Arua 600 2012

Arua 1000 2011

Bugiri 250 2012

Bugiri 153 2011

Kalangala 300 2011

Lira 180 2012

Luweero 395 2012

Luweero 881 2011

Mbale 220 2012

Mpigi 450 2012

Mpigi 135 2011

Mukono 210 2012

Mukono 544 2011

Nakasongola

& Buikwe 296 2011

Tororo 340 2012

Tororo 327 2011

HOW WELL DO YOU

KNOW JEEP? By Catherine Kärnbo

1. When was JEEP founded?

a. 1986

b. 1983

c. 1988

2. What triggered the founders of JEEP

to start?

a. The drought in Northern Uganda caused by

climate changes

b. The starving people in Somalia due to rebels

attack

c. The terrible drought in Ethiopia that was

caused because of environmental degradation.

3. Who of these is not part of JEEP's

founders (Select two)?

a. The late Sentamu Makumbi

b. Mr Walulya Mukasa

c. Mrs Gertrude Njuba (Hon)

d. Mrs Teddy Muzira

e. Mrs Ruth Kiwanuka

4. What is the name of the solar project

between JEEP and the Danish Energy

North utility company (Energi Nord)?

a. Lights for Africa

b. Lighting Africa

c. Light in Africa

5. What is it that is not currently found

at JEEP folkecenter?

a. Herbal garden

b. Bottle house

c. Wind mill water pump

d. Energy saving stoves

6. Which one of below is not JEEP's ac-

tivity?

a. producing solar lamps

b. environmental awareness

c. tree planting

d. building institutional stoves

Domestic fire wood energy saving Stoves constructed by JEEP 2010 in part-nership with FAO in Apac and Oyam

Sub County

No. of Stoves Constructed

No. of people trained

Total

F M

Apac 820 771 280 1,051

Loro 108 317 249 566

Otwal 108 371 286 657

Minakulu 364 270 187 457

Ngai 420 569 294 863

Aduku 147 172 95 237

Ayer 521 382 4 386

Iceme 14 65 64 129

Chegere 360 266 108 374

Kameka &kagumu 132 24 33 57

Alito 15 44 40 66

Bala 75 131 54 37

Inomo 65 96 64 23

Aber 23 130 75 205

Akalo 203 334 79 413

Acaba 79 193 130 323

Nambieso 80 256 128 374

Total 3402 4391 2170 6218

Energy saving stoves

JEEP started the construction of energy saving stoves in 1993 in rural communities with the aim of re-

ducing the high rate of tree cut down and the related advantages such as: reduced fire accidents, cook-

ing faster, less fuel used, carbon reduction among others. JEEP trains TOT’s (Training of Trainers) in

various districts to extend knowledge concerning energy saving stoves to their fellow citizens in the

area .The districts trained to date include: Luweero, Katakwi, Palisa, Bugiri, Mbaale, Arua, Kampala,

Mpigi, Tororo, Wakiso, Lira, Apac, Oyam, Buduuda, Bufumbo. Kapchorwa, Mukono, Iganga, Kasese

among others

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Training

JEEP offers environmental awareness and training as well as research services to NGOs, CBOs and

other institutions. JEEP has developed the expertise to meet the training and awareness needs of Ugan-

dans.

Table showing the number of people trained in Luwero and Tororo in part-nership with Plan Uganda and in Lira and Katakwi with FAO

District Number of people Trai-ned

Number of Schools

Luwero 3,740 42

Tororo 1,340 26

Lira 6,218

Katakwi 29

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Making a wood saving stove

KASESE CLEAN ENERGY CHAMPION DISTRICT By Turyamuhebwa, Racheal

By 2016, a replicable district model that is climate resilient and powered by efficient harnessing of

renewable energy resources to meet all domestic, social and productive energy needed for human

development is established in Kasese

To achieve the above WWF Uganda is working in partnership with JEEP and other different NGOs,

CBO cultural institutions local leaders and religious leaders.

Why Kasese was chosen to be the champion district.

The interest and the commitment coupled with support from district officials towards programs im-

plementations in the district.

Kasese is well endowed with numerous water bodies and fertile soils which needs to be protected

Kasese has a lot of industries which use a lot of fire wood hence the need

The growing population of more than 650,000 people a year putting energy on high demand. Among

others were the reasons why the district was chose by 2016.

JEEP stove project

In September 2012 Joint Energy and Environment Projects in partnership with WWF implemented a

project on promoting efficient energy saving cook stoves in Kasese district. JEEP trained 900 TOTs

and each was expected to train 10 other people and make 10 stoves. By December 2012 a target of

9000 stoves were expected to have been constructed, however, 10200 were reported to have been

constructed so far. More reports keep on coming of new stoves being constructed and over 7000

stoves are in use now.

Activities Duration Areas of operation

Tree planting awareness and trainings, environmental con-servation programme and promotion and training com-munities in locally made en-ergy saving stoves in home-steads.

1983 to date Arua , Moyo , Adjumani, Nebbi, Zombo, Koboko, Apac, Gulu, Kole, Lira, Oyam, Alebtong, Bundibugyo, Hoima, Kabarole, Kasese, Masindi, Kamwenge, Kyenjojo, Buliisa, Kiryandongo, Mbarara, Ntungamo Bushenyi, Kabale, Ru-kungiri, Kanungu, Kiruhura, Sironko, Kamuli, Iganga, Jinja, Pallisa, Tororo, Mayuge Bugiri, Busia, Butaleja, Manafwa, Kaliro, Budaka, Namu-tumba, Bududa, Kibuku, Mbale, Ngora, Kapchorwa, Kumi, Soroti, Katakwi, Kaberamaido, Nakapiripirit, Amuria, Ser-ere, Amudat, Kampala, Kayunga, Mukono, Nakasongola, Luweero, Buikwe, Kyankwanzi, Nakaseke, Kalungu, Lwengo, Kalangala Lyantonde, Wakiso, Gomba, Bukomansimbi, Butambala, Masaka, Mpigi, Rakai, Ssembabule, Mityana Mubende

Community Capacity building in Tree Planting and Solar

2007 to date Arua , Kole, Tororo, Amuria, Mukono, Luweero, Kalangala

Dissemination of modern clean and efficient cooking stoves for Uganda

2011 to date Arua , Kasese, Kamuli, Mbale, Kampala, Wakiso, Masaka

Awareness and distribution of solar lamps in off grid areas in Uganda

Arua , Lira, Kole, Mbarara, Kiruhura, Sironko, Kamuli Tororo, Mayuge, Bugiri, Amuria, Mukono, Luweero, Kalan-gala Wakiso, Mpigi, Kaliro, Sironko

Construction of institutional cooking stoves in schools and Institution

1995 to date Arua , Nebbi, Gulu, Apac, Lira, Hoima, , Masindi, Kiryan-dongo, Butambala, Kamuli, Iganga, Jinja, Tororo, Bugiri, Busia, Manafwa, Kaliro, Bududa, Mbale, Kumi, Soroti, Ka-takwi, Kampala, Kayunga, Mukono, Nakasongola, Luweero, Buikwe, Nakaseke, Kalangala,Kigumba, Kasese, Wakiso, Butambala, Masaka, Mpigi, Rakai, Mityana

Installation of solar systems in health centre 2 and rural schools; Solar central market lighting system and phone charging systems in off grid areas

2007 to date Arua , Moyo , Kole, Kasese, Mbale, Sironko, Bududa Kiru-hura, Sironko, Tororo, Mbale, Kayunga, Mukono, Luweero, Kalangala, Amuria

Gender based violence pres-entation, social economic response and coordination in Northern Uganda (Teso & Lango region)

2009 to 2011

Katakwi, Apac, Kole, Oyam, Amuria

Coordination in Northern Uganda (Teso & Lango re-gion)

2009 to 2011

Amuria, Katatwi, Oyamu, Apac and Kole

JEEP´s IMPACT IN COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE YEARS

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JEEP at 30 years: A driving force

for Uganda’s environmental movement

By Kimbowa Richard Director Uganda Coalition

In January 2013, Joint energy

and Environment Projects

(JEEP) will celebrate its 30 years

of existence (1983 – 2013).

JEEP’s legacy on Uganda’s envi-

ronmental movement cannot be

underestimated as it has nurtured

individuals and other NGOs and

NGO networks that are equally

making a useful contribution to

securing sustainable use of

Uganda’s natural resources.

One of the driving forces for

JEEP’s work was the famine that

devastated Ethiopia leaving many

people without food and water.

JEEP’s founders therefore vowed

not to have a similar situation in

Uganda by initiating a set of ac-

tivities to address environmental

degradation especially targeting

communities. These addressed

fuel wood energy use to secure

efficiency at the household level

combined with sustainable agri-

culture interventions to reduce

loss of soil fertility and hence

secure food security where the

activities were initiated.

As a JEEP staff between 1995 to

2003, I reflect on JEEP’s work

to date and the challenges ahead

of Uganda’s environmental man-

agement work generally.

Tree planting: More work

for JEEP

JEEP’s tree planting efforts over

time have inspired communities,

organizations and individuals.

Much as many trees have been

planted, the speed at which

Uganda is losing its forest cover

is alarming. For example,

Uganda's forests cover was esti-

mated at 3,556,000 hectares in

2011, which is 17 percent of the

total land area of the country

(UNDP/NEMA/UNEP, 2009).

This is a reduction from the 4.9

million hectares in 1990 which

is 24% of Uganda's total land

area (SPGS, 2007).

Forests on private land consti-

tute 64% of Uganda's forest

cover which is a reduction from

70% in 1990. However, we

depend heavily on forests on

private land for fuel wood sup-

ply that is not only rising but is

resulting in depletion of soils as

replenishment is very slow.

Large quantities of wood is con-

sumed by industries like lime,

tobacco, tea, and other small

scale commercial activities like

brick making, bakeries and fish

smoking. In addition, fuel wood

needs by schools, army, and

prisons are also rising and higher

than Uganda is currently pre-

pared for.

Therefore more of JEEP’s work

together with other actors is

needed to secure supply of fuel

wood, timber and other forest

products for Uganda in future,

given the fast growing popula-

tion

From fuel wood efficiency

to solar energy promotion

to address the rural energy

deficit

JEEP’s work on construction of

efficient stoves has been com-

mendable as it can be attributed

to the current awareness and

initiatives to address the rising

prices for firewood and char-

coal. The original JIKO stove

from Kenya made its way in

Uganda with JEEP as one of its

vanguards in Uganda (as part of

its partnership with KENGO in

Tree planting activities

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Kenya) and has since resulted in

more charcoal stove types and

enterprises / businesses

However, Uganda’s rural energy

poverty situation calls for more

solutions - with over 90% of the

people depending on biomass

energy to cook and light. Con-

tinued use of fuel wood can be

projected, but other cleaner so-

lutions need to come into pic-

ture. My firm belief is that bio-

gas, solar energy and affordable

hydro electric power are key for

Uganda to address this looming

environmental challenge.

JEEP’s initiative to establish a

folk centre for energy demon-

strations and training among oth-

ers is therefore commendable as

it provides the much needed op-

tions for Ugandans to make a

choice.

As we join JEEP to celebrate its

30 years of existence, Ugandans

need to reflect on the declining

tree cover and the underlying

factors that cannot enable plant-

ing trees to be at the same pace

with removal. In addition, the

rising population really needs to

energy to cook and light, while

small, medium and large indus-

trial establishments are demand-

ing vast amounts of energy, that

are yet to be met. The question

therefore is: What steps are YOU

taking to relieve the remaining

forest cover being lost from forests

on private land without replace-

ment, and to adequately conserve

the available energy resources?

** Kimbowa Richard worked

with JEEP (1995 – 2003) as

Programme officer (Agriculture

and Forestry).

He now works for Uganda Coa-

lition for Sustainable Develop-

ment, a membership NGO net-

work:

www.ugandacoalition.or.ug

Energy saving stove in a private home

Electricians learn how to maintain solar installations at JEEP 2007

Charcoal stove

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TWO Folkecenters are Partners - How did it happen?

By Lene Høgh

We asked Lene Høgh to tell the

story of her personal involve-

ment:

I am an old friend of Uganda,

since I worked here as a Danish

MS volunteer in 1967 and 68 for

women in rural areas with the

Ministry of Culture and Com-

munity Development.

In 1996 – 97 the present

C.E.O., Mrs. Ruth Kiwanuka,

worked with me in Denmark for

7 months. Everybody at my

school of adult education was

fascinated when she told us how

JEEP created awareness about

deforestation and tree

planting. Mrs. Kiwanuka had

previously in Uganda met a staff

member from the Nordic Folke-

center for Renewable Energy,

she was invited to instruct in

stove making, and she organized

a visit of our school to the Cen-

ter. The idea of building up a

Folkecenter in Uganda was born.

on a regular basis. Before de-

parting from Denmark I again

visited the Nordic Folkecenter,

where Mrs. Jane Kruse, Head

of Information, and I talked

about how to support JEEP

work, and I was asked to hand

over a CD about introduction

of solar in Mali. While visiting

in November 2005 I took part

in the opening of what is now

JEEP Folkecenter, and we

started to discuss solar and the

possibility of the two centers

running projects together fi-

nanced by the Project Fund,

Denmark.

The first one was from October

2007 to September 2009, a

Solar Project, whereby JEEP got

power for office use and ex-

perience with installation and

maintenance of solar systems in

The panels arrive at JEEP 2007

Petta Prim. and Sec. School, Tororo, Assembly Hall , February 2012

When I brought my sons

to Uganda to celebrate

the Millennium with her

and her family and

friends, JEEP intro-

duced us among other

things to the practical

work done by JEEP.

We were also told about

a plot of land and we

used a donation from

some of JEEP´s friends

in Denmark to fence this

land.

From 2005, after retir-

ing from my profes-

sional career, I started

to come back to Uganda

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rural communities outside the

grid. At the Solar Workshop

“Go solar for health and

wealth” at Makerere Univer-

sity, Mr. Preben Maegaard,

Director of the Nordic Folke-

center, presented the topic

“Solar cell status internation-

ally”.

The partnership activity of Ca-

pacity Building – to enable JEEP

as an organization to manage

larger scale projects in future –

ran from January 2009 to De-

cember 2010, and the present

project of Tree Planting & Solar

in 7 districts will finish by De-

cember 2013.

So far all this has resulted in

solar in 35 schools, partly fi-

nanced by Merkur Bank, Den-

mark, a few health clinics, mar-

ket and trading center lights,

energy shops for charging tele-

phones and batteries, and tree

nursery beds as well as trees.

Many people have been trained

at JEEP and by JEEP during this

period. A very important fact is

that JEEP now has a lot of ex-

perience with solar.

Apart from Ruth Kiwanuka, 6

other JEEP Board and Staff

Members have spent time at the

Nordic Folkecenter whereby

JEEP has become very visible in

Denmark. Every time JEEP

Staff members come to Den-

mark, it leads to new activities,

such as the Danish utility

company Energy North’s

distribution of Sun King and

Little Sun lamps and the build-

ing of mud stoves in Tanzania.

Also 3 Staff Members from Nor-

dic Folkecenter and volunteers

from our network have been to

JEEP in recent years to share

their experience. The Support

Committee of the Nordic Folke-

center donated some of the

money for the Guest House and

the Training Shade, and I con-

tinue my voluntary work coor-

dinating the relationship, repre-

senting JEEP in Denmark and

officially monitoring the Project

Fund projects in behalf of the

Nordic Folkecenter.

The Nordic Folkecenter is also

celebrating its 30 years Anniver-

sary in 2013. Hopefully the

partnership will continue in the

years to come in order to pro-

mote JEEP´s work and our

common cause. The work of

these two Folkecenters is more

important than ever.

I am very happy to be involved

in these initiatives.

Ajia Health Clinic, Arua December 2008 Danish engineer Niels Ansø

Lady with lantern

JEEP Guest house

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Center for knowledge, research

and innovation By Catherine Kärnbo

JEEP's expertise in mobilizing,

training and creating awareness

in communities surpasses many

in the field of energy and envi-

ronment. JEEP's environmental

work is well known not only in

rural communities in Uganda but

also outside Uganda. JEEP is

known for its commitment to

improving people's lives through

its activities in Uganda. Although

its been an up and down road

with sometimes no continuous

salaries, the staff have been faith-

ful to keep up the professional-

ism within these activities. It is

no doubt many organisations

look out for JEEP as a project

partner.

I got an opportunity to work

with JEEP since 1999 when I

was still a student at Makerere

University. Although I worked

as a volunteer, I got involved in

most of the work since it was

always more work than the peo-

ple. Thereafter, I have been as a

volunteer on and off and later

on as an ambassador for JEEP

wherever I go. The work in-

spires me a lot especially it has

been fun when we discuss new

ideas together with JEEP staff

about how to improve and ex-

pand JEEP's impact.

JEEP is still moving in the

right direction. In recent

years, JEEP has widened its staff

base, knowledge, products and

services. This has increased an

interest from other partners

both in Uganda and abroad.

However these new partner-

ships need to focus on sustain-

ability issues and JEEP should

play a role in streamlining new

strategies of what should be

taken on and not. This will

avoid new partners who just

have selfish reasons.

Future:- What I see as a future

for JEEP is to place a greater

emphasis on the resource cen-

tre such that it will be a source

of knowledge transfer in energy

and environment techniques for

the lay person. To continue to

be a training centre and hope-

fully a research centre were

new innovations flourish espe-

cially for the young people.

Long live and Congratulations

upon the 30 years.

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Soap Making Sack Garden

Bottle House

Collection of rainwater

Garden work

Tree planting is among JEEP’s core activities. Over the years, JEEP has developed expertise to carry

out tree planting and management projects in various parts of Uganda. Some of the activities JEEP has

undertaken in tree planting include;

Tree Nursery establishment

Agroforestry

Woodlot establishment

Orchads

Over the years, JEEP has partnered with various partners to implement tree planting projects; these

include Plan Uganda, Ecovic, Danida, and FAO Uganda among others.

JEEP also provides seedlings and technical expertise on tree planting and management

TREE PLANTING Make it everyone´s hobby

By Ssebina Kevine

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"Plant a tree with only 5000 Ugshs

Support JEEP in planting 10950 trees"

To mark 30 years, JEEP will plant 10950 trees. (one for each day)

including fruit trees, trees which are in danger of extinction and herbal trees

.

JEEP has so far (3rd November 2012) planted 200 trees of the 10950 target.

JEEP Training and Demonstration Center By Confrio, Esau and Ssbina Kevine

The JEEP Folkecenter is a cen-

tral point for training and dem-

onstration. It was established to

increase environmental aware-

ness, provide tree seedlings to

communities and offer environ-

mental conservation training to

institutions and communities.

Located in Kyanja village in

Nakawa division on an anchor-

age of 4.5, it was opened on

14th November 2005 as a per-

manent home for JEEP to act as

training and demonstration cen-

tre in sustainable agriculture,

tree planting, poultry farming

animal husbandry and renew-

able energy.

The centre – Jeep Folke-

center

All activities are planned and

organized. Various demonstra-

tion activities and technologies

are stationed and carried out

here. The site is a host to:

The office premises.

Appropriate Technologies

Composted vegetable garden

and fruit orchards

Herbal garden

Agro forestry and tree nurser-

ies

Guest house - it can accom-

modate 4 people.

Bottle house – built out of

plastic bottles.

Soap house

Livestock

Laborers house –it accommo-

dates 4 laborers.

Appropriate technologies pro-

moted and hosted at JEEP

Folkecenter include:

Solar Technologies ( solar PV,

solar heating, parabolic and

box cookers)

In order to extend JEEP’s advo-

cacy activities to cover solar

energy and sensitize/cooperate

with the authorities of solar en-

ergy, JEEP Folkecenter was up

graded to become a solar energy

centre.

Biogas Technologies ( Floating

drum).

Briquettes making technolo-

gies.

Hay Basket cooker technolo-

gies.

A hay box cooker is a box, bas-

ket or any other container filled

with insulating material such as

hay (dried grass), papers, wood

shavings, wool or dry banana

leaves. After heating the food

up in the usual way, the cook-

ing pot is placed in the hay box

and covered with a pillow or

lid, also filled with insulating

material. The insulation around

the cooking pot stops the heat

from escaping, so the food in

the pot stays hot and keeps on

cooking.

Sarai cooker technologies.

The ARTI Sarai Cooker is a

stainless steel non-pressurised

steam cooker that cooks three

foods at the same time using

only ¼ kilo of charcoal. The

Sarai Cooker uses traditional

charcoal or charcoal briquettes.

Families who typically use one

bag of charcoal every two weeks

can make it last 3 months with

the Sarai Cooker. The Sarai

Cooker comes as a complete set

which includes a charcoal stove,

outside cover, large cooking pot

with lid, 3 smaller inner pots, a

pot holder and lid.

Wood fuel energy saving

stoves e.g. Rocket stove

(Lorena , shield and institu-

tional stoves among others).

Energy Saving Stove Tech-

nologies

JEEP constructs energy saving

stoves for families, schools,

health units, restaurants, prisons

and barracks. The stoves:

Eliminate smoke creating a

healthier kitchen environment

Cook faster and retain heat for

long periods

Save over 60% of firewood

compared to a traditional three

stone fireplace

Prevent accidents from open

fires

Each stove is constructed to

meet the customer’s individual

requirements.

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Rocket Lorena Stove

The Rocket Lorena and

Ddembe stoves are made from

local, free materials such as

soil, clay and water. They can

use up to a third less fuel by

maximizing the heated surface

area and concentrating the heat

and smoke. This drastically re-

duces the smoke, which causes

serious health problems over

prolonged exposure.

Briquettes carbonizing tank

technologies.

Mwoto stove technolo-

gies.

The MWOTO cookstove was

developed within the ‘Promo-

ting Improved Top-Lit Up-

draft (TLUD) Cookstoves in

Uganda” project by CREEC.

It’s one of the Biomass Energy

Initiative for Africa (BEIA) pro-

jects running all over Af-

rica. This stove is a TLUD and

this means that it is lit from

above, and it has high energy

and high efficiency capabilities.

The stove burns efficiently and

cleanly, and that is why it is

recommended for both house-

hold and institutional use.

As a stove made out of steel,

MWOTO has proven itself in

laboratories, pilot studies

and in market places to be very

economical and powerful as a

biomass cookstove. About

80 tinsmiths have been trained

by CREEC to manufacture this

stove in the districts of

Mbale, Arua, Wakiso and

Kawempe, Nakawa, Entebbe

and Kisenyi divisions of Kam-

pala.

Charcoal stove technolo-

gies.

JEEP promotes improved en-

ergy efficient charcoal stoves.

The stoves are insulated with

clay liner which retains heat

hence saving on the amount of

charcoal used. These stoves

include charcoal stoves for

cooking and Barbeques.

Bottle house

Bottle structures are cheap in

terms of materials used i.e.

waste water bottles, very little

cement compared to the brick

structures, less time and no

trees are cut to burn bricks,

hence bottle structures are 4

times stronger than the brick

houses. It is said that a bottle

house can last for 500 years yet

the brick house lasts for 50

years with the African weather.

The size of the bottle house at

the centre is 8x9 ft.

Materials used:

2603 used plastic bottles (1.5L)

and 500(500ml) bottles

Cement & sand

Stones

Litre of light technolo-

gies.

Plastic water bottles are

cleaned, filled with water and

bleach, and tucked snugly into

holes cut into a roof. When

sunlight hits the bottle, the wa-

ter refracts the light and pro-

vides about as much illumination

as a 50-watt light bulb.

Soap making technologies

Sustainable agriculture tech-

nologies.

Tree Nursery establishment

and management.

Tree planting technologies.

Tomato sauce making.

JEEP Folkecenter receives more

than 5000 visitors annually.

These visitors usually include the

general community, civil society

organizations, government offi-

cials, academia, and international

visitors among others. The cen-

tre hosts a range of trainings.

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JEEP community members By Agopa Leuben from Tororo

Over the years, Joint Energy

and Environment Projects

( JEEP) has impacted skills to

thousands of people. This has

not only led to environmental

sustainability but has also

changed people’s lives. Mr.

Agopa Leuben, a teacher by

profession is one of the many

beneficiaries that JEEP has

trained. Leuben says that JEEP

initiated him into tree planting

in 2000. This was with the aid

of the Environment Conserva-

tion Project that was funded by

Plan International.

On 21st October 2000 Agopa

was invited as a member of the

school management committee

of Akadot Primary school Aka-

dot Parish, Mukujju Sub county

in Tororo district to join others

on a tree planting sensitization

workshop.

The purpose of the workshop

was to teach school communi-

ties to raise and plant trees of

their individual preferences for

the better of the children at

schools and in communities in

general. We were expected to

act as sole models in the in-

tended projects

In 2001, the real training which

involved both school communi-

ties and the entire village com-

munities of Mukuju Sub County

started. We got trained in both

tree nursery bed establishment

and management. We were also

trained in building fuel saving

stoves – (Dembe and Lorena)

At the end of the third year, the

program phased out, leaving

those who are ready to sustain

the program to do so at personal

interest, I opted to go in for fruit

seedlings raising and fruit tree

planting. I went in planting man-

goes, Avocados, Jack fruits as my

major trees for shade, food and

cash. In other words, I have

taken it as a commercial enter-

prise to earn me a living.

Some years later in 2011, JEEP

came back to my community yet

with another project SOLAR

AND TREE PLANTING. In the

whole of Tororo district, I’m

proud to mention that it was

only 2 parishes in my subcounty

of Mukujju with 2 serious peo-

ple who had sustained the ear-

lier project and it was me Agopa

and another young man Obo

Nicholas. One more person was

identified in the neighboring

Kisoko sub county, Gwaragwara

parish.

The work of JEEP has made me

excel in my practical life and

exposed me to various dignitar-

ies and attracted people of all

walks to my compound.

Agopa with mangos

Tree planting

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Successful Cooperation with German NGO

artefact

For three years now, the

German NGO Artefact has

been cooperating with

JEEP by sending young vo-

lunteers to Kampala to

work with us on environ-

mental and energetic is-

sues in Uganda.

Artefact is a non- governmental

organization working on lots of

environmental issues in Germa-

ny.

The artefact compound is loca-

ted in a small town called

Gluecksburg right at the Baltic

Sea in the very northern part of

Germany. While their motto is

“Global learning and local ac-

tion”, their activities range

from seminars broaching the

issue of sustainable solutions for

visitors from many different

countries to sending young

people to East Africa to volun-

teer with NGOs or schools.

Artefact volunteer program

called solivol was first introdu-

ced in 2009. It is facilitated by

the German Federal Ministry

for Economical Cooperation

and Development and aims to

induce intercultural exchange.

Up until now over 10,000 vo-

lunteers have been working in

countries all over Africa, Asia

and Europe.

Volunteers making a diffe-

rence.

Five volunteers so far have wor-

ked with JEEP, and currently

Miriam and Annika are staying

with JEEP until August 2013.

While Miriam has a degree in

environmental and business ad-

ministration, Annika studies

electrical engineering. The past

volunteers were: Georg Heine-

mann (2010-2011), Markus

Espeter (2011-2012) Martin

(2012) Jacques Van Tienhoven,

Peter Striewski and Jesica Grove

Smith.

I love to work with JEEP since I

have been welcomed by Ruth and

my colleagues very warmly. I am

working on both environmental,

energy issues and helping out at

the office with computer work, I

am very glad to be here. I love to

work on such a nice compound,

nature all around me.

Surely, my stay in Uganda will be

a memorable time and I look for-

ward to the field trips too.

Annika Wierichs

It is really great that I can work

with JEEP for one year and gain

new experience in Uganda. At

the moment I work with Paul on

a shop for clean energy products

for the village Wabutungulu. We

want to give the village people a

possibility to use clean energy

products; and we will open the

shop in the beginning from this

year. JEEP does a good and im-

portant work and has a nice and

friendly team.

Miriam Cartheret

During my volunteer year, I had

the chance to support JEEP´s

marketing activities, public rela-

tions providing all kind of sup-

port for meetings, exhibitions,

trainings and other workshops.

In general, my work consisted in

helping to develop the homepa-

ge and the Newsletter. Further-

more, we created new materials

such as solar guidebooks and

flyers for exhibitons. Apart from

that I was involved with the solar

lamp project "Lighting Africa".

JEEP represents for me an un-

forgettable year in Uganda. Af-

ter I finshed my volunteer time

at JEEP my exposure to JEEPs

Solar Lamp program helped me

a lot to find a job in this sector.

Thus, I have remained in East

Africa working nowadays for the

company Barefoot Power in

Rwanda where I am now in

charge of the Rwandan Office

serving Rwanda, Burundi and

Eastern Congo.

www.barefootpower.com

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George

Heinemann

JEEP Products

Order now!

Mwoto Wood stove

Sunking Solar lamp

Sigriri Charcoal stove

Briquettes

PowaPack 5W Home lighting system

Handmade soap From vegetable oils

Fireless Basket cooker

Sunking PRO Solar Lamp

Wood saving institutional stove

Sunking Solar lamp

Sigriri Charcoal stove

Briquettes

Fireless Basket cooker

Content: Page 2: The JEEP tree Page 3: JEEP`s thirty years journey Page 4: Staff and their titles Page 5: Congraturatory message from the board Page 7: Message from NEMA Page 8: JEEP activities. Solar energy Page 9: Lighting Africa, How well do you know JEEP? Page 10: Energy saving stoves Page 11: Training. Kasese Champion district

Page 12: JEEP`s impact on communities Page 13: JEEP at thirty years Page 15: Two Folkecenters are partners Page 17: Center for knowledge, research and innovation Page 18: Tree planting Page 19: Training and Demonstration Center Page 21: JEEP Community Members Page 22: Cooperation with Artefact Page 23: JEEP products

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