Farm Tractors for Botswana
Fundraising campaign by
Kenneth Makunga
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US$185.00raised of $5,000.00 goal goal
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Campaign Story
Hi my name is Ken Makunga - founder of Open Source Ecology Botswana.
I recently conducted a survey to try and find out why there isn’t a tractor designed and made in Africa ( to suit Africans needs).
The question I asked was: Do you think Africa has the brain power to design and build a tractor?
The answer was a resounding “YES”
The next question then is why hasn’t this happened. The consensus answer is around lack of practical application and practical skills training from a young age and solving real world problems.
At Open Source Ecology Botswana this is what we are about. Our mission is to solve pressing world problems and we intend to do this using open source hardware, because it is hardware or machines that can change our world. We want to create a non-profit organisation that will have at its centre a microfactory that will design, develop and fabricate over 50 different open-source machines and we want to teach our young and old people how to design and fabricate these open-source machines.
To make our vision a reality, we need your help to raise the initial funding that we need to register the organisation and pay for legal fees as well as pay to develop the website and the business plan we have, to the point where we can apply for government and/or grant funding.
We need your donations, however small, every little bit counts, to kick-start this open-source revolution to industrialise Botswana and then the rest of Africa. It all starts with an idea, a vision. We have taken the first step on this “ journey of a thousand miles”. Help us take the second step to turn this dream into a reality.
Thank you for your kind assistance.
Fundraising Team
- Kenneth Makunga
- Lerato Sedingwe
- Funds Captain Botswana
Donors
- Michael Moalosi
- Donated on Sep 28, 2022
SACRIFICE FOR A GOOD COURSE
- Guest
- Donated on Sep 28, 2022
Thank you so much Joshua Thomas for your Support
Update posted by Kenneth Makunga at 05:30 pmThank you so much for your donation of $100 today. It is well received and we are so grateful. It helps us take another step forward towards bringing OSEB to life.So far we are in the process of registering OSEB as a non-profit organization. One step at a time, we
Thank You Sally Kim for Your Support
Update posted by Kenneth Makunga at 06:19 amThank you Sally Kim for your support. Your organisation Destination Imagination Africa is a natural partner for Open Source Ecology Botswana. Our organisations are both about teaching young Africans to be makers, to think outside the box, to develop Botswana and Africa at large into the Africa we want to
Thank you Cecile Johnson for your Support
Update posted by Kenneth Makunga at 05:33 pmThank you Cecile Johnson for your support of our project. Your donation and your support go a long way to ensuring that Open Source Ecology Botswana (OSEB) is able to deliver on its mandate of providing sustainable solutions for Africa's pressing issues and the first of which is securing food
Thank you Michael Moalosi $100 Contribution
Update posted by Kenneth Makunga at 10:58 amThank you Mike Moalosi for your kind contribution. This brings us a step closer to realising our dream of designing and building an affordable tractor for Africa and ensuring Africa becomes food self-sufficient and secure.
Thank you Lerato for BWP 133 (USD10)
Update posted by Kenneth Makunga at 05:35 amThank you Lerato for your contribution to the cause: building tractors for Botswana. We need the tractors to increase food production and achieve food security.
Thank you Yemi
Update posted by Kenneth Makunga at 01:59 pm
Good day everyone,A heartfelt thank you goes out to Yemi for his donation of $100 kickstarting this fundraising campaign. Thank you so much Yemi.
Donors & Comments
- Cecile Johnson
- Donated on Oct 02, 2022
I am excited to help support this worthwhile project which helps Botswana and Africa move towards her sustainability goals as it relates to food security, ending poverty, increasing stem education and creating opportunities for the people of the continent. Please help support this project.
- Michael Moalosi
- Donated on Sep 28, 2022
SACRIFICE FOR A GOOD COURSE
- Guest
- Donated on Sep 28, 2022
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