Our beekeepers returned from honey mission just before Christmas, and now is the right time to look back on their time in Kashitu.
At the turn of November and December, we took part in several Christmas markets and sales held after church services, offering products from Africa. Thanks to the involvement of volunteers, we were able to introduce the Kashitu project to a wider audience, establish personal connections with visitors, and at the same time raise financial support ...
This autumn, a group of three adventurers set out for Kashitu. Radek – an experienced beekeeping teacher – and his two assistants, Sofi and Andrea, met for the first time at Václav Havel Airport in Prague. Even a canceled flight didn't stop their mission. When they finally saw the faces of their teammates for the next three weeks,...
News from Zambia sounds optimistic – work goes on in Kashitu! Sewing machines are running at full speed, solar panels are supplying energy not only to the workshop, and beekeepers are preparing for the next big step. Every day brings a small step towards greater self-sufficiency.
This year, on October 18 and 19, the Maker Faire festival took place in Brno for the fifth time. It is an event supporting the creative and technological community, popularizing modern technologies and a creative approach to problem solving.
After this year's challenging summer in Zambia, a post-return team-building event was held, where participants shared their experiences and feelings from Kashitu and evaluated the past season together. Current volunteers also had the opportunity to meet former volunteers and share their experiences.
As in previous stages of the Kashitu School project, we have once again implemented a proven structural solution for the new building's roof system — nailed timber trusses. These trusses, fabricated from locally sourced wood, are treated with a protective coating made from used motor oil to provide resistance against moisture and, more importantly,...
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After completing the reinforced concrete foundation slab, the construction continued with the next phase – the erection of the external and internal walls. As in previous stages, we used unfired ICEB bricks (Interlocking Compressed Earth Blocks), i.e. pressed blocks equipped with a pair of interlocking joints. Again, for this construction season,...
Every year between September 20 and 26, the ESDN (European Sustainable Development Network), one of the EU initiatives, organizes the Sustainable Development Week festival. During which, discussions, exhibitions, workshops, conferences, and other events are held with the aim of showing our care about the world we live in.
At the end of August, we successfully completed the trusses for the roof – this time without the help of a crane, unlike last year. Everything was done by hand because we didn't assemble the trusses on the ground, but directly on the building itself. Once all the trusses were in place, we attached the tie beams, and electricians joined...
