EAST AFRICAN PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Johnny works with the NGO Rural Community Support Organization (RUCOSUO), formerly IRUSUT, throughout the Simanjiro District of Tanzania providing solar for rural health clinics, schools, entrepreneurs, and community projects.
- SEI alum Lukas Kariongi – Maasai Solar Warrior (blog)
- Terat, Tanzania: A “Smart Village” (5 minute video)
- UN acceptance speech video, Dr. Laura Stachel – We Care Solar (11 minute video)
Rural Community Support Organization (RUCOSUO)
Lukas with Village Elders
The Rural Community Support Organization (RUCOSUO) is a local indigenous community NGO supporting villages in Maasailand, Tanzania. Lukas Kariongi is the Founder and Managing Director. Lukas lives and works in the Maasai villages of Terat and Orkesumet. RUCOSUO’s mission is to improve the economic development of the Maasai community by disseminating information and offering practical vocational training to promote community-based sustainable development.
Download the RUCOSUO Brochure
We Care Solar Training
Johnny with a midwife at a remote rural birthing clinic on Lake Tanganyika as a solar trainer with We Care Solar.
COLLABORATORS
Promoting the economic development of the Maasai community by disseminating information and offering practical vocational training to promote community-based sustainable development.
DONORS
Thank you to the people who are making the Maasai Village Solar Radio Project a reality!
Jessi Caching
Ed Marston
Vince Egan
Andra Kurlis
Duane Mattos
Jules Gallagher
Joan Matranga
Andra Kurlis
Shelby Sachs
Kevin Peterson
Aaron Hopkins
Paige and Shane Smith
Abbott Weiss
Michael Welch
- Corey Shalanski
Krista Dudley
R.B Lehman
Dianne Schevene
Neville Williams
Irene
Patricia Morgan
Orion
William & Patricia Hofto
Shelby Sachs
Nathaniel Bates
GoSun Stove
Melinda Zytaruk
Nikola Milivojevic
Edwin Bifelt
Chad Medcroft
Ken Oatman
Roger Wililams
Jon Becker
Steven Carroll
Hatha Solar
Jay Canode
John Schaeffer
David Berger
Brian Mehalic
Liz Merry
Soozie Lindbloom
Kristin Krueger
Michael Krival
Jessica Ching
Louis Woofenden
Jane Weissman
Debora I Diggins
Joseph Villacci
Andrew
Justine Sanchez
Margaret Wrenn
Dave Bowden – Sustainable Media
Roger Williams
Kathy Swartz
FROM TERAT
Johnny spent February of 2017 in the Village of Terat, Tanzania to work with NGO Managing Director and SEI alum Lukas Kariongi to help develop their community-based solar projects.