By Mabwe Lucien | Project Leader
Our Glenn Paige Nonkilling School Boat remains our own unique source of revenue. It is a set of a large 30 ton hardwood boat driven by a 55 horsepower outboard engine. Donated by a donor in 2014, the boat transports people and goods to Lake Tanganyika between different points in the Republic of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United Republic of Tanzania.
In contact with water, several wooden planks are worn and are being replaced. A slow work by the search for the best wood (Muninga) coming from Tanzania and for lack of sufficient funds.
To have funds to meet the School's operating needs, we rent a boat to third parties to which we attach our 45 horsepower Yamaha engine. A sailor says "Tunakodi mtumbwi ungine kwa kungoja wetu umalizike, walimu wawe wanapata mshahara wao". This Kiswahili sentence means in English :” We rent a boat while waiting for ours to be restored so teachers continue to receive their wages”.
We recall that this project consists of raising funds to buy a new powerful 75 horsepower engine able of pulling our boat efficiently. It remains a modest amount to complete.
We warmly thank our donors and help us make our boat more profitable and efficient.
Thank you a lot.
No more killing
Nonkiling Culture Crosses All Lines
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