Lukani Phase I

SPP completed in early 2016 a solar powered water system serving the dispensary and neighboring residents in Lukani village. The system continues to provide safe and clean water to dispensary patients from the village (about 15-18/day) and also to the community of about 200 citizens who surround the dispensary. The water is sourced from a deep borehole drilled near the dispensary to a depth of about 100 meters. Funding was supplied by the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (and hence by all of the American people!), the Winter Wheat Foundation in Lakeville, MN and St Stephen the Martyr Lutheran Church in White Bear Lake, MN. Village leaders including village chairman Nailo Nyaupumbwe as well as the Village Executive Officer Nicodemus Kagine accepted the project on behalf of Lukani village.

The Lukani system was designed originally starting in January 2014 by a University of Minnesota student group as part of the “Design for Life” class in the College of Science and Engineering (CSE). A big shout out to the members of that team: Alyssa Hennen, Kali Johnson, Adam Luthin Kelsey Schroeder. This class, now entering its eighth year, provides upper level engineering students at the U of M with an opportunity to apply their skills in a real world setting in rural Tanzanian villages.