Final Report of USAID SARI Energy Program

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ContentsForward. 03

Introduction.. 04

ProjectAreaMap.. 05OutlineoftheProject.. 06

ActivitiesoftheProject 07

BasicDiscussionwithStakeholders.. 07

BasicDiscussionwithCommunity 08

SchoolAwarenessProgram 09

ConstructionBuddhistCentreBiogasUnit. 10

ConstructionMagalleBiogasUnit 11

Construction

Sangamitta

School

Biogas

Unit

..

12

ConstructionMainagodaBiogasUnit.. 13

ConstructionWaluwattaDomesticBiogasUnit. 14

ConstructionTotagamuwaCommunityBiogasUnit. 15

ConstructionSahanaMagalleBiogasUnit... 16

ConstructionHareeshaHotelBiogasUnit... 17

RepairMinuwangodaCommunityBiogasUnit. 18

MakeGalleBioEnergyCityConcept 18 19

ProgramaboutValueandBenefitsofBiogas.. 20

ProgramaboutEnergyProblemandSolutions... 21

ProgramaboutWasteSortingandMaintainofBiogas.. 22

ProgramaboutLesson,LearntandBestPractices.. 23

ExperienceExchangeProgram.. 24 25

AwarenessMaterialsoftheProgram 26

MonitoringProcessoftheProgram.. 27

FollowedStrategiesoftheProgram.. 27 28

ChallengesoftheProgram. 29

LessonLearntoftheProgram 30

EffectiveoftheProgram. 31

NextPhaseoftheProgram. 32

VoteofThanksforStakeholders 32 33

PartnershipsoftheProgram... 33 34


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Forward

GallecityisthecapitalcityoftheSouthernProvince.Itsareais1,652km2(638sqmi),in

which 35km2 (14sqmi) iswater and 1,617km2 (624sqmi) is land.GalleDistrict is

boundedontheNorthbyBentharaRiver,SouthandWestbytheIndianOceanandEast

byMataraandRatnapuraDistricts.TopographyofGalleDistrictisverymuchdissent.

This area consists of rainforests,which is thewater catchments area formost of the

rivers and lakes flows acrossGalleDistrict. SinharajaForestReserve is one of them.

Galle district lies in a temperate climatic zone. Annual rain fall is between 2000

2500mm. The river Gin RiverGin Ganga starts from Gongala Hill of Hiniduma

patthuwaandinitslongjourneyof113km(70mi).

HELPOisoneofleadingorganizationofthedistrictthat implementsmanyprograms

in ground level. Organization implemented many renewable energy programs in

Hospital level, community,domestic,private sector.During this timewegot agreat

opportunitytoworkwithUSAIDSARIENERGYPROGRAM.TheSouthAsiaRegional

InitiativeforEnergy(SARI/Energy)programwas launched in2000 topromoteenergy

securitythroughincreasedtrade,investmentandaccesstocleansourcesofpowerand

fuel. Since then, SARI/Energy has reached out tomore than 4000participants in the

regiononcleanenergytrade,energyefficiency,ruralenergysupply,energyregulation,

energystatistics,andprivatesectorinvolvement.

WiththeirsupportwecouldabletoimplementverysuccessprograminGallecity.We

providedtheenvironmentfriendlyrenewableenergysourceamongthegrassrootlevel

community.Under thisprogramwecouldable to implementmanyactivitiesand the

effect of theprogram.HELPO constructed sevenbiogasunits and twobiogasunits

constructed under the loanbasis. Even through this program could able to take an

innovativestepthat is implementjoinprogramwithGalleMCandmainstakeholders

ofthecity.TheprogramnamedMakeGalleGreenBioEnergyCitythereasonfor it

manyorganizationimplementedmanyrenewableenergyprogramsandbiogasunitsin

thecity.Sowedecidedtonamethiscityasbioenergycitybecauseeverymajorsectorof

the city is using the renewable energy likeHospital, Forces Camps, Private Sector,

ReligiousCenters,Community,andGovernmentInstitutions.

On this timewewould like to thanks for the all stakeholders of the programwho

involvedwithus to implement thissuccessprogram.Ontheotherhandthisprogram

wasaPublicPrivatePartnershipRenewableEnergyProgram.Theprogram isthejoin

programofallstakeholders that iswhy thisprogram issuccessonesagainwewould

liketothankstodonorsandotherstakeholders.


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IntroductionSriLankaisfacingahugewasteproblemsincelastfewdecades.Thegovernmentalsois

implementingmany programs. But the problem is gettingbig every day.With the

financialsupportofUSAIDSARIEnergyProgramweimplementedsuccessprograminGalleDistrict.HELPO introduced communitybased renewableenergyprogramand

conductedmanyawarenessprograms.

Under thisprogramweconstructedvarious typesofbiogasunit.Thefirstbiogasunit

we constructed inKaluwella InternationalBuddhistCentre.The firstbiogasunitwe

havestartedinthemiddleofthecityonBuddhistCentrethisprogramwasacofinance

programwithBuddhistcentretheyhaveagreedtoprovidetheaccommodationandthe

foods even they dig thewhole for construct thebiogas unit. The reasonswe have

establish the unit in Buddhist centre has hugewaste problem and they usedmuch

energyfortheirneeds.

Their energy need ismuch so they needed a good solution.The second program is

connectedbiogaswithToilets,kitchenwastewater,Organic foods that iscommunity

biogas.Hotelandhousesaregettingbenefits from thebiogas.Evenweconstructeda

biogas unit for dump slaughterhousewaste not even that people are started using

biogasnow.Noteventhatweconstructedabiogasunitwithfiberglassthatcanmove

easilythatbiogasunitisunderloanbasis.

Conducting awareness programs are ofmain activities of the program.Community

leaders,Journalists,schoolchildren,religiousleaders,privatesector,governmentsector

and many people and officers we could able to aware under many themes. Now

peoples attitudehasbeen changedabout thewaste and the renewableenergy.Now

peoplehaveinteresttousetherenewableenergysourcesbecauseofthebenefitsforthe

environment and for themselves. Now people request thebiogas under loanbasis

becausetheyrealizethisisaneconomicviableprogramandcosteffective.

Oneofthebestoutputoftheprogramiswegotanopportunitytoimplementthiskind

ofprogram inTrincomaleecitybecauseof theSARIENERGYProgram.Weexpect to

implement sameprogram inTrincomalee citybecausewehave implementedagreat

concept name Make Galle Green Bio Energy City with the chair of the Galle

MunicipalCouncilandconstructedmanybiogasunitsinvarioussectorsandintroduce

therenewableenergytomanysectors.Thatistheprogramweexpecttoimplementin

othercityunderthecitytocitycooperationprogram.


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ProjectAreaMap

BuddhistCentreBio asUnit

Communit Bio asUnits

Bio asProvidedLoanBasis

Bio asunitofSchool

Re airedDomesticBio asUnit


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Outlineoftheproject

The project implemented areas are

totallydifferent each other.Onebiogas

unitconstructed insideof theReligious

centrewhichhasahugewasteproblem

and the secondbiogasunit constructed

inHotelwhichhasawasteproblemand

energy problem. Third location had

slaughterhouse waste problem

including the energy problem for the

beneficiarybecause theyhad toexpend

muchmoney for it.Onebiogas unit is

Schoolandthatisoneofmodelprogramwe implementedbecauseweneeded to

experiment aboutbiogasunit at school

with high scale of students. The other

two biogas units are domestic biogas

units.One is innovationwithmadeby

the Fiberglass and other is repair

domesticbiogas.

Wehadtofacemanychallengesduring

implement theprogramand sometimeswe had to upgrade out biogas

constructiontechnologyduetothehigh

watertableofthegroundandwehadto

faceheavyrainseasonsmanytimesdue

to the Climate Change but we could

abletoachieveouraim.

HELPO decided to start innovation

stepswith this financial support of the

USAID SARI Program. We developedtheconceptandnamedtheGallecityas

aBioEnergycity through thisprogram

wecouldabletoconstructmanybiogas

unitsmany sectors of the city.One of

other innovation activity is construct

fiberglassbiogasunitthatcanmoveable

easy on the other hand another

innovation is provide thebiogas units

underloanbases.

The program is a co finance program

withHELPO and thebeneficiaries. In

this way we developed a new

mechanism to implement the program

that is Partnership program because

beneficiaries contributed to the biogas

unitsinkindwaybecauseweneededto

get thecommunity involvement for the

programinveryactivewaybecausethis

istheirprogramandtheyshouldgetthe

responsible to implement this program

continue.

Through the Make Galle Bio Energy

City committeemeetingwe could able

tochangemanygovernmentinstitutions

views about the renewable energy and

waste management. The committee

memberscouldabletoseetheresultsof

the program and its effect for the

governmentaswellasotherssectorsof

thecity.Thebestinvolvementisprivate

sectorinvolvementtorenewableenergy

through this program. HELPO

constructed many biogas units in

various hotels of the area with this

trend.Nowmanyhotels are request to

construct the biogas as a renewableenergy sourcebecause dayby day LP

and other energy sources prices are

increasing.Thisisagoodopportunityto

move renewableenergysources for the

communityandprivatesector.


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ActivitiesoftheProgram

BasicDiscussionwithstakeholdersHELPO decided to conduct a

meetingtoallstakeholdersaboutthe

new program that expects to

implement inGalleCity anddecide

to conduct this program with

involve of many institutions and

stakeholders.Evenwehadagoal to

aware the major institutions about

ourSARIProgramand itsgoalsandbenefitsforthecity.We invitedmanypeoplefor

participate for this program in Galle Municipal Council. For this program manyinstitutionswere participated and theymuch interest about this program and they

express many ideas about this program. Participated people were appreciated this

programandourefforttoMakeGalleGreenBioEnergyCityconcept.

Manyparticipated stakeholderspresent

their views and ideas about the

program.EspeciallyHon.Mayorofcity

explainedabout thewasteproblemcity

and energy cost of city.Also hemuch

appreciates about theprogrambecause

city hasmany recycling programs and

this ismuch added advantage for the

city.Noteven thatparticipatedCentral

EnvironmentAuthority officer strongly

recommend about the monitoring

committee.

Thechairmanoftheorganizationexplained

whatwe are expecting to do through this

program.We explained thatwe expect to

establish amonitoring committeewith the

chair of theHon.Mayor of theGalle city

and involvementof theother stakeholders

ofthecity.Noteventhatexplainedexpects

to construct 05 biogas units and conduct

manyawarenessprogramsundermanythemes.AlsoweawaretheparticipantsabouttheimportantoftheprogramforthecitywithmanysectorslikeMunicipalcanreduce

thewasteamountandexpensestheyexpendformanagethewasteevenbenefitsofthe

healthsituation.


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BasicDiscussionwithgrassrootlevelCommunityWeintroducecommunitybasedbiogasunitsasone

of sustain solution for energy problem andwaste

problem and that was effective program forcommunity. We have a great opportunity for

implement program with USAID SARI Energy

programandthatiscommunitybasisalso. Ourfirst

focalpointisthegrassrootlevelcommunityandwe

have organized 05 programs for aware the

communityabout thisprogramand itsbenefits for

themandforenvironment.Oneofobjectiveistogettheactivecommunityinvolvement

to thisprogram.We invitedmany communitybasedorganization for thisawareness

meetingalsowehaveinvitedtoourpeoplemovementbranchesalsowehadagoalto

give thisopportunitymanycommunitybasedorganizationandget theirsupportalso

forthisprogram.

Belowmentionplacesweconductthebasicdiscussionwithcommunity

Waluwatta Siyambalaghawatta /Lunuvilawatta Mahaliyawatta Magalle Minuwangoda

Oneofmaineffectof theprogram ismanypeople

agreed to provide their lands for construct the

biogas unit after conduct those awareness

programs.Theyrealize the importantof thebiogas

units.The secondmajor effect is there is aperson

who came toMinuwangodaAreaprogramandhe

hasabiogasunitandheisdoinganimalhusbandry.

Buton that time itdidntworkandhewashate to

biogasunitbecausehecouldabletogetbenefitfrom

theunitinfewdays.Andtheconstructedpeopledidntgiveanyinstructionsforhowtousethisunit.Butafterparticipatethisprogramhecouldabletosolvehisproblemabout

his knowledge. Sowe able to find a solution for renovated this programwith the

participationofthecommunity.Atthismomentwehavestartedtorenovatethisbiogas

unitwithinthenextfewweeksexpecttofinishthisbiogasunit.


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SchoolAwarenessProgramaboutBiogasanditsbenefitsHELPO could able identify about new

opportunity to conduct Renewable Energy

program inside of the School. Sangamitta GirlsCollege isoneofmainschool inSriLankaand it

hashuge students.While on ourjourneywe are

aware theSchools tooandweconstructedbiogas

unit for school already because they were

suffering from seriouswasteproblem anddidnt

have solutionbutwe could solve that problem.

Afterconstruction thebiogasunitweconductedawarenessprograms for themabout

various topics ofwastemanagement.We conduct thiswith the support of our own

contribution. The first program topicwaswhat are Biogas unit andwhat themajor

benefits of it are for environmentally and Energy. We decided to conduct one

awarenessprogramforthestudentsaswellasfortheteachersoftheSchool.

Topicwas value andbenefits of thebiogas.During thatprogram alsowediscussed

belowmentiontopics.

Whywastebecomeproblem Whatisthebadeffectsofbadwastemanagementprocess Organicfertilizeranditsbenefits Whatarethebenefitsofbiogasandhowwastebecomesaresource Importantofproperwastemanagementandproperwastesortingsystem

During this session we explained about the first

biogasunitwhich is located inKarapitiyaHospital

and explain aboutwhywe establish that on that

hospital and why it runs continually and also

explained about the important of waste sorting.

Why this hospital should implement thisprogram

in successway andwhat are thebenefits you can

achieve while you are implementing this biogas

unit.After that explained evenMajor hospital cansuccessfully implement this program and School can implement this program too.

Under this programwe explained them aboutwhat is the international standard of

wastesortingsystemand itsbenefits.Evenweexplain thatbadeffectof the irregular

wastedumpingandburningofpolytheneandplasticincludingthePOPGas.Alsowe

highlymotivated the children thatbiogas isgood alternative solution for the energy

problem.


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ConstructionBuddhistCentreBiogasUnitBuddhistcenter is located inmiddleof theGalleCity.For

onedaymore than thousandofpeoplevisit to thisplace.

Therearemanyclassesforstudentsandnurseryandmanymore social services.Foronedaywaste collection ishuge

andMunicipalCouncildoesnt collect thewasteproperly.

The InternationalBuddhistCentrehad to facehugewaste

problem.Under theUSAID /SARIENERGYProgramwe

could able to construct abiogas unit in this temple they

usedtheLPGasbeforemakefoods.Eventhereisnoproper

wastesegregationprocessintemple.

GalleBuddhistcentrebiogasunithandedoverandtheyare

gettingbenefits from that.Hon.GalleMayorMr.Methsiride Silva andMr. ChathuraWelivitiya Chairman / Chief

Executive HELPO and committee members and

government officers and peoplewere participated to this

occasion.Thetemplehasbeenstoppedtheusingfirewood

and LP Gas they havemorebiogas for their needs. The

templecouldabletosavemoremoneyfromthebiogasand

theirwaste problem also solved.Now temple started the

waste segregation and they dont have awaste problem.

Nowwastebecameresourceforthem.

The people of the temple use the biogas for their daily

needsand through thisbiogasunitwe couldable togive

very songmessage toothers.Even thisbecamea learning

center and many people aware about alternative energy

sourcesand itsbenefits.GalleMCdoesntgotocollectthe

wastenowand thatcostalso reducedby thisbiogasunit.

Now temple also using the renewable energy for their

needsandthisisagoodmodeltoo.Evennowtheyhavea

goodwastemanagementbehaviorbecausenow theyhave

startedtoseparatethewasteproperway.Monk

is

interesting

about

thebiogas


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ConstructMagalleCommunityBiogasUnitThe biogas unit of the Magalle is very special

becausewehaveconnectedthetoiletsandonehotel.

Evenweuse the kitchenwastewater of thehotel.The area is alsohighlywastegeneration area.The

people have limited space todump thewaste and

population ishigh.Themajorityuse the firewood

as an energy source. They need quick and good.

Thereisfishwastetoobecausethereisanearbyfish

shop and all waste comes to Municipal Council.

MorningandEveningtheycollectthewaste.

Even

people

suffer

from

the

waste

because

no

properplace todump thewaste.Hotels and small

restaurants connected thekitchenwastewater and

otherwaste to the canal sowithin shortperiod all

drainsystemblock.Themethanegasemissiontoair

ishighandthemajorityofthewasteisorganicand

that canuse to another energy source.Energy city

committee got the request to construct thebiogas

unit inMagalleArea.ThishotelusemuchLPGas

beforebutwith this they couldable to reduce that

amountandnow theyareusingbiogas formaking

foods.

HELPOofficersdonea surveyandanalyzebefore

installabiogasunit.Alsoweidentifiedthatthereis

apossible to connect the toilets andkitchenwaste

water, fishwasteandotherhousehold levelwaste

too. We have design the biogas unit for this all

waste.Inbeginningtimepeopledidntagreeorlike

toconnectthetoiletsbecausetheythoughtthatthis

is not good to cook with toilet waste. We have

organized a awareness program about value and benefits of the biogas. HELPO

graduallyexplainedthemaboutthebenefitsandinformedthatthereisnoharmtouse

theseweragewaste.Thentheythoughtthatthebiogasisgoodandeffective.Nowthey

realizethathowwastebecamearesourceforthemandhowtoaddavaluetothewaste.

Eventheyrealizeabouttheimportanceofusingalternativeenergysources.


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ConstructSangamittaSchoolBiogasUnitHELPO decides to start the renewable energy

programinSchoolandthisisthefirstbiogasunit

that we constructed inside of the School. Theschool is so special because this is the biggest

school children study school in Asia. The daily

waste collection ismuch andMunicipalCouncil

doesnt collect thewaste properly. The students

weresufferedfromthewasteproblem.

Insideof theschool theyhavestarted theorganic

cultivation and they have started a good waste

management program. Under our concept we

have decided to implement this program in thisschool. Even the school uses the LPGas for the

canteen of the school and there is a big

opportunity that is this isagoodmodel toothers

schoolsevenschooluseLPGasfortheirneedsbut

throughthisunit.

Now school hasbeen started to cultivationwith

thebioslurry.Thestudentsareveryinterestingto

those activitiesbecause this is one of innovative

thingsandtheycangetpracticallessonsaboutthewastemanagementandrenewableenergysources

and they are one of key stakeholders that we

addressed under this programbecause theywill

careabouttheworldtomorrow.

Under the support of USAID / SARI ENERGY

programwehaveconstructedasmallbiogasunit

in School.Now they have a proper place dump

thewaste.Nowschoolusesthebiogasforcanteen.

Noworganicwasteproblemissolvedinsideoftheschool.Nowweexpect to introduce this toother

schoolsbecausethisissuccessprogramwithmany

benefits. The children started a tree planting

program and organic cultivation program inside

oftheschoolwithusingtheorganicfertilizer.


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ConstructMainagodaCommunityBiogasUnit

This area is one of place that highly waste

generation. Even there are many slaughterhouses.

Peopleofslaughterhousesdonthaveaproperplace

todumpthewasteandtheydumpthewastetonear

canal. Thatwas huge environment issue and near

peoplecouldnotabletoliveinthatareathatwasbe

came a natural disaster but the people who has

slaughterhouses dont have solution.On the other

handthewastegenerationamountisverybiginthis

area.Most of people use fire wood as an energy

source. The peoplewho supply the firewood cut

manytreeswithintheweek.Ontheotherhandthisbecameahugeproblemtoo.

Under the SARI Energy program we constructed

community biogas unit in that area. Now people

dump the slaughterhousewaste to thisbiogasunit.

Nowproblemsolvedandpeoplewhousethebiogas

noneedtousetheLPGasorfirewood.Thebiggest

thing is no slaughterhouse waste problem now.

Through thisprogramwecouldable to solvehuge

environment problembecause some of people leftthe homebecause of thiswaste problem. Through

ourPHIofficersandcommunitymemberswegota

request to construct abiogas unit in this area.We

havedoneasurvey tomeasureaboutpossibility to

constructthebiogasunit.

Nowpeople arehappy about thisnew solutionbecause thisprogram is sustainable.

Nowpeoplehaveaproperplacetodumpthewasteandtheydonthaveaproblemof

energy.Nowpeople requestbiogasunitsasanalternativeenergysource.Theyhada

hugeproblemofenergybutnowhaveanalternativesolution.Weexpecttohandoverthebiogasunittothepeople.Thelandalsodonatedbythepeopleofthearea.

For thepeopleof theareawehaveconductedanawarenessprogramabout thevalue

andbenefits of thebiogas. Through this they could able to increase the knowledge.

Theyawareabouttheprogramandwegotmanyrequestsforconstructthebiogasunits

inhouseholdlevel.


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ConstructionWaluwattaDomesticBiogasunit

Walauwaththa, is located near theGalle town.

Under USAID SARI program HELPO had

providedthedomesticbiogasunittothisvillage.

Withourpreviousexperiencesofdomesticlevel

HELPO involved to implement abiogas unit,

that unit is fiberglass biogas unit with the

capacityof6m3and50kgsofwastewithwater.

Thebiogasunitprovidedunder loanbasis and

they are getting benefits from the biogas unit

nowtheyputthewastetobiogasunitandwaste

is not a problem to them. The beneficiary is

happyabout thisunitbecauseshedoesntneedmuch space to install thebiogas unit and she

expects to start thecultivation from theorganic

fertilizer ofbiogas. Not even that she already

started to repay the loan installment and

according to her statement now she can save

muchmoney that sheexpended toLPGasand

fire wood. The step we have taken is little

differentbecause thisbiogasunit is totally loan

basisafter install thisbiogasunitwecouldabletogotmany requests like thisbiogasunit.The

organization expects to use that fund as a

revolvingfundtoexpandtheprograminfuture.

This villagehas very little space and it isvery

populatedsothiskindofbiogasunitisperfectly

matchedtothecommunityneed.Theotherthing

ispeoplecanrecover thecostwithinveryshort

periodandafter that they canhave theprofits.

Under theSARIEnergyprogramwecouldableto implement very success program in many

places of the district. And the program was

much effective to reduce the waste from the

generating place. The all programs are

communitybasedand implemented the though

thecommunitynetworkoftheHELPO.

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ConstructTotagamuwaCommunityBiogasUnit

Thisisanotherbiogasunitthatweprovidedunder

loanbase.Theownerexpectstosellthebiogasfor

thepeopleand repay the loan.This isothergood

model to study that how people contribute to

others and for protects the environment with a

profitablemargin.Thelandownerhasmanycattle

andheexpectstousethecowdungandurinewith

otherorganicwasteoftheareaasrowmaterialfor

thebiogas.Theowneragreedtogetthisbiogasunit

underloanbasis.

We

implemented

one

biogas

unit

in

Thotagamuwa

area the capacity of the unit is 22m3 and the

beneficiaryhascattleintheirpremises.Hegotthis

biogasunitunder loanbasisandheexpectstosell

thebiogasforothers.Constructionofbiogasunitin

thisareawasahugechallengewiththehighwater

table. We had to follow very special and safe

technical process in construction time.We made

thebiogas unit above from the ground level and

thenwehadtodiptheconstructeditemstoholewe

dig.We could not able to construction inbelowfromgroundwith thehighwater level.Butfinally

our effort success and could able to finish the

biogas unit.With the heavy rains ourworks has

beendelayedanditwasnoteasyworktoconstruct

thebiogasunit.

Now heprovides thebiogas for other houses and getsmoney from them and he is

repayingthe loan.This isanotherconceptweexpecttopromote infuturebecausethe

ownerhasgood income from thewastecontinue.Afterrepaying the loanhecangets

thenetprofitfromthebiogasunit.Noteventhatgrassroot levelcommunityalsocangettheenergysourceverylowcostthanthemarketprice.Theorganizationexpectsto

introducethistofarmersbecausecowdung isverygoodrowmaterialtogeneratethe

methanegas.


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ConstructionSahanaMagalleRestaurantBiogasUnitAfter construction many biogas units in

community level within Galle city many

people and private sector requested biogasunits for answer for many problems. Some

requested this for energy problem and some

requested this for waste problem. Sahana

Magalle Restaurant is one of place that

requested after seeing the communitybiogas

unitofMagalle.Ontheotherhandtheyagreed

togetthisbiogasundertheloanbasis.Evenwe

have installed one fiberglass biogas unit in

their restaurant.With the financial supportof

theUSAIDSARIEnergyprogramweinstalled

another fiberglass biogas unit in Magalle

Restaurant.

This is agood innovative action takenby the

private sector for loan basis. Now they are

usingrenewableenergysourcetomakefoods.

Earlytimetheyhadtospendmuchmoneyfor

the LP Gas. Even their waste was much

disaster for the environment now they are

gettingbenefits from thewastenowand they

are earning from the throwing waste now.

MonthlytheycouldabletoearnRs.6,500from

thisbiogasunit.HELPO expects expand this

programtootherhotelsandrestaurantsofthe

cityandweexpecttoreducetheLPGasusage

withintheGallecity.

Restaurant appointed one unit for thebiogas

unitand theyfeed tobiogasunitatspecific timeand theywellawareaboutmaintain

and operation of the biogas. We provided the biogas unit under loan basis. The

restaurant management has been understood about the economic value and

economically viable. Now they are repaying the loanmonthlybasis even they are

payingtheloanwiththesavingsbyreducingtheLPGasusage.


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ConstructionHareeshaHotelBiogasUnit

The organization has been provided another

biogas unit under loan basis to the Hotel

Hareesha. The hotel had a hugewaste problem

andtheyweresufferingfromtheenergyproblem.

Webelievethis ismuchgreatopportunityfor the

organizationandtopromotetherenewableenergy

sources among the hotel sector because in our

country they use much LP Gas for their daily

works. Involvement of this hotel to biogas is a

good signbecause through this we can expand

this message and spread the message to many

places.

HareeshaHotel isoneofveryattractiveandbest

hotels which nestled in the Galle district and

surroundingwithaforestaddsmoreattractionto

the hotel. People,who are engaging various life

styles, come to this hotel for spending their

leisure,vacation,holdingpartiesandetc.Among

them not only local peoplebut also tourists are.

Theywelcome their guests and guests arebeing

treatedwellbytheirgreathospitality.Theysupplyfoodsandforcookingmealstheyhavetospendin

hugescaleofmoneyontheirenergyneeds,asthe

energypowertheyuseLPGas.Whilehavinggood

solutionforwasteproblemtheyexpecttohavean

alternative energy for their energy problem.

Actually waste was a huge problem to them

previous time so that they tried toget ridof thewasteproblemand they searcheda

properwaytosolvethishugeproblem

ThroughthisprogramtheycansaveaboutRs.35,000/= 40,000/=ontheirbiogasusageandtheyareabletohaveotherbenefitstoo.Organiccultivationcanbestartedbyusing

organic fertilizerwhich comes out as sideproductivity of thisprocess.Through this

programtroublesomewastebecomesprofitablesourcetothemandtheirattitudeshave

changed in positively. They can conserve to the environmentby reducingmethane

emissiontotheair.Thisisgoodandinnovativeactionoftheprivatesectortoconserve

theenvironment


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RepairMinuwangodaCommunityBiogasUnitThis is a community biogas unit located

Minuwangoda area. The owner of the land has

cows and animal husbandry is his main income.Early timeotherorganization constructed abiogas

tohimbutthatdidntworkmuchtime.Wegotthe

requesttorenovatethisbiogasunitandwegotthis

request through the Galle Bio Energy City

committeebecauseheparticipatedone community

awarenessmeetingwhichweconduced.

Thisplace is locatednear the roadandcanal theallwastegoes to thiscanal.On the

other hand this is a huge environment issue. Under the USAID support we have

renovated thebiogas unit.Now this functionwell and he can dump the all animalwastetothisbiogasunit.Thisisagooddemonstrationforourenergycityprogramand

thebeneficiary isgettingbenefits from thebiogas.Environmentproblem issolvedby

thebiogasunit.

MakeGalleBioEnergyCityConceptMakeGalleGreenBioEnergyCityconcept isone

ofmainmechanismwe implemented through the

stakeholders.The chair of the committee isHon.GalleMayor. Wegot the involvement of the all

major stakeholder of the city for the committee

like, Prison, Police, Hospital, Chamber of

commerce, Community, UDA, CEA, NGO,

Schools,MunicipalCouncil,Religiousleadersand

Navy.ThereasonwenamedGalleasEnergycity

becausemanyoforganizationsandgovernmentinstitutionsimplementedmanybiogas

programswithinthecityandmostofmajorplacesofthecityareusingtherenewable

energy.AsamodelcitytostudywenamedthisasanEnergyCity

Throughthisweneededtochangetheviewsandpolicyofthebiogasandenvironment

and our effortbecame successbecause through discussion could able to change the

ideasandtheirviewsnoteventhatthisprogrambecameacommonprogramandevery

membermonitorabouttheprogramintheirside.MunicipalCouncilagreedtoinclude

to new regulations of issue approval for building with the checking the waste

managementprocessorwastewatertreatmentprocess.


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We believe that is a huge impact of our program

because their policy has been changed and this

committee is a good model to public private

partnership. On the other hand this committee is a

goodmonitoringmechanism.Notonlymonitoring the

biogasunitwehavedone through thiscommittee.We

could able to organized tree planting program and

cleaning program through this committee. HELPO

alsoprovided thepantsandplantcover toprotect the

plant.Withinmanyplaces of theGalle citywe could

abletomakegreenery.

Even school children were participating for the

programandNavy,Police;Prisongavetheirofficersto

success this program. Through thiswe could able to

give a strongmessage that is toprotect the trees and

userenewableenergysourcebecausewediscussabout

this topic in large level and many citizen were participated and we aware many

institutionsaboutthistopic.Finallyabletoplantthetreesidentifiedplaceswithsupport

andactive involvementof theallstakeholders.Asa firststepweplanted the trees in

CoastalRoadofthecityandoneSchool.

Ontheotherhandthecommitteemeetingbecameaverygoodplatformtodiscusmany

environmentproblemsofthecitybecauseeverystakeholdergatherforthemeetingand

they can get answer for their problems. Through thiswe could able to solvemany

problemsofthecitybecauseeverystakeholdercanexpresstheirideasandissuesabout

thecityandcouldable tofindquicksolutions to theenvironmentproblems.Thebest

thing is able to change thepolicy of local authority aboutwastemanagement.Even

theirwastemanagementandrecyclingprocesshasbeenincreasedanddevelopinlarge

scale.

Plantedonetreewithinthe

GalleMunicipalArea

PlantedtreesandHon.GalleMayorplantingaTreeintheGalleCityAreawithotherparticipants


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ConductProgramValueandBenefitsofBiogasTheprogram isaboutValueandBenefitsof thebiogas.

This program has been created for increase the

knowledgeaboutclimatechange.Thevalueandbenefitsof the program is the first program of the project.We

focus thisprogram to thegrassroot levelcommunityof

the project implement area. Even we needed to

encourage the people to use the alternative energy

sourcesbecause they are facing huge energy problem.

Oneofotherobjectiveischangetheattitudesofthepeopleaboutthebiogas.

Throughthisweexplainthepeopleaboutthebenefitsof

thebiogasandwhatequipmentsthatwecanusethrough

the biogas are and how the world use biogas asalternative energy source. Program conducted on

24th.09.2010and30th09.2010 inBuddhistcentrepremises

andManiagodaArea.Mr.Moonamale andDr.Jayasiri

were participated as resource persons. They explained

about the value and benefits of the biogas even they

explainedwhatarethebadeffectsofirregularwastedumpingandburningwaste.First

weneededtoawarethegrassrootlevelcommunityaboutwhywastesbecomeahuge

problemtothemandwhatwillhappengloballyandwhatthebadeffectsofthewaste

are. Through this aware the people about thebad effects of thewaste andwhywe

should implementproperwastemanagementprogram.Evenheexplained themhow

thismethanegaseffectgloballyandhowthiseffectstoclimatechange.

Mr.MoonamaleEnvironmentAnalyze soheexplainedabout thebadeffectsof the

burningwasteandPOPGas.Thissubjecthewasbrieflyexplainedtothem.Thesecond

theme was about how biogas uses international scale. Through this he aware the

participants abouthow foreign countriesusebiogas for transportation, as a fuel, for

agriculture,electricitygenerationaneven forwaste transport.Evenheexplained that

what theequipmentswecanusewith thebiogasare.Heexplainedabout thebiogas

unitinternationalbenefitsandhowtheygettingbenefitsfromthewaste.

Dr.JayasiriLokugeheexplained tothepeopleaboutthehealthbenefitsofthebiogas.

Hedeeplyexplainedthatwhatwillhappenwithwasteandwhatarethediseasesmay

cause forpeoplebywaste.ThenDr.Jayasiri said thatabout the importantofhealthy

peopleandhowtheycanachievethat.


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ConductProgramEnergyProblemandSolutionThis is one of program we have conducted to the

grassrootlevelcommunity.Thetopicoftheprogram

isEnergyProblemandSolutions.Thereasonwehavechosen this program is people dont care about the

WasteEnergySources.Wehavedoneasmallsurvey

with base of the City level. Usually people waste

more energy without any reason. Most of people

dontknowwearefacinganenergyproblembecause

theydidnt feel it theywasteElectricity,GasandotherEnergy source.Weneeded to

awarethemaboutthisandawarethemtostopthiswasteenergysources

Thosetwoprogramsconductedon03rdDecember

and07thDecember2010.Mr.ChathuraWelivitiyaand Mr. Moonamale was conducted the two

programs.Beforetheystarttheprogramtheydid

an assessment about waste the energy sources.

They have asked about simple questions about

energy.Oneisperweekhowmanytimestheyuse

theElectric Iron,Howmany times theyopen the

refrigerator.Evenhowmanybulbstheyusewithoutanyworksorpurposearefewof

questionstheyaskedfromthepeoplerelatedtoenergyproblem.

Finallytheyanalyzethedataandmostofpeopleuse much energy sources without any reason

andactuallytheywastetheenergysources.Next

stepwas aware them aboutwherewe arenow

and explained why we should protect this

energy sources andwhat is thebenefits for the

grass root level community. Finally people

agreed theywaste the energy sourceswithout

any reason and they should protect it.On this

time we explained about the important of Renewable energy sources are Biomass

/HydroPower/SolarPower/WindPower.Alsoexplainedaboutwhatarethestepsthat

takenbytheSriLankangovernmenttosavetheenergysourcesandwhatarethefuture

plansof thegovernment toprotect this.Evenheexplained thatgovernmenthasbeen

establishedaseparateinstitutenameSustainableEnergyAuthority.


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ConductProgramwastesorting&maintainBiogasunit

This is one of main program need to conduct to

success of thebiogas program in successway. The

biogasbeneficiaries dont have a proper knowledge

about the biogas technology and how to use it in

properway.Thisprogram isa technicalprogram to

the beneficiaries and other members of the CBO

because they also involve to the biogas program.

Under thisprogramweawareabout theproperway

tousethebiogasandhowtomeasurethebiogaspressureandwhatistheproperratio

for mixing the waster with waste are few of main themes we discussed with the

community.Weconductedtwoprogramsfromthistopicforthebeneficiaries.

The starting speech conductedbyMr.Nilaufer and

theprogramstartswithintroducingthemainpartsof

thebiogasunit and its importance. In this secession

weaware thepeoplewhyeverypartneedandhow

eachpartwillusetobiogasgenerationprocess.Next

theme is how to feed thebiogas.How to feed the

biogasunit?What is theproperway for it?What is

theproperratioformixwater?Importantofthewatermixingandwhatarethe items

thatcandumptobiogasunitandwhataretheitemstheycantfeedtobiogasunit.In

thistimealsoweawarethemaboutthebiogasunitfeedingprocess.Awarethemtofeedthebiogasunitwithwater

First he made a chart and explains about the

classification of waste like hazardous and non

hazardous. Even he explains what are the common

wastedisposalsystemanditsbadeffectlikeacidrains,

health impacts,damageaesthetics, irrigatingorderare

fewexamples.Forpreventthisheawarethepeopleand

saidyouare the individualpersonwhoshouldstart it

fromyourhomeandonedaythatwillbeagoodoutput.Startsmallscaleforapropernonorganicwastemanagement.WhilethistimeheawareabouttheThreeRsystems

andhowpeoplecangetbenefitsfromwithincludingtheenvironmentprotection.The

nexttimeheawareabouttheinternationalstandardtowastesegregationincolorwise

and it is important. We strongly recommend to people to minimize the waste

generationplaceandaware to follow thosesteps.Reduce thewastegeneration, reuse

andrecycling.


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ConductProgramLesson,learntandBestPractices

The program started on 15th March 2011 the

program

topic

is

best

practices

lesson

and

learnt

ofbiogas technology.Through thisprogramwe

expected to share our experience andwhatwe

haveimprovedthebiogastechnologyduringthe

past time.We have invitedmany stakeholders

for the program and they are root level

Community, Health department officers,

MunicipalCouncils,Prisons,Schools,Engineers,

Chamber of Commerce, Hoteliers, and NGO

participated to this program and many our

beneficiariesalsoparticipated.

From beginning time we explained how we

changedthebiogasunitconstructionmodelfora

betterandsuitableway.Wehavedevelopedthe

biogas unit structure and new model is very

success and effective. We implemented old

Chinesemodelbiogasunitbutwe found some

faultsofthebiogasandwemixtheIndianmodel

andchinamodelsowehavedevelopedit.

WeconnecttheIndianoutlettochinadomeand

alsowehaveimprovedsometechnologieswhich

are related to this. The other thing is we

construct the biogas unit we followed many

technicalstrategiesoneisconstructthebottomof

domenot likea fat surface and it is likea U

shapeandthatisonetechnicalimprovementwe

havedone.

Not

even

that

we

share

other

things

like

slurry

management

program

slurry

filtering

systemofbiogasunit.Atthemomentwehaveconstructslurryfilterbecausewelearnt

thatisreallynecessarytoprotecttheenvironmentandwaterfromthesedimentofthe

biogas.Anotherthingwesharedabouthowtogeneratetheelectricityfromthebiogas

anditspossibilityforit.Alsowesharethegasstoragefacilitiesinlargeandsmallways.

The other discussed about the sulfur filter of thebiogas including the important of

sulfurfitter.


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ExperienceExchangeProgram

Sharing the experience is much important of the

development process. Under the USAID SARI

Energyprogramwehave organized an experience

exchange program for the grass root level people.

The objective is to share the experience of other

beneficiarieswho use thebiogas already.Most of

people could able to get abiogas unit under the

USAID Energy Program. Through this program

theydiscoverthattherearemanypeopleinthecity

usebiogasfortheirdailyneeds.Oldbiogasbeneficiariesexplainedhowtheyimplement

thisprogramandwhatthechallenges theyhad tofaceare.Also theyexplainedabout

theimportantofanenvironmentfund.Theplacestheyvisitedare

01.KarapitiyaTeachingHospitalBiogasUnit02.GalleMunicipalCouncilBiogasUnit03.DadallaWaluwattaCommunityBiogasUnit04.SirasaMawathaCommunityBiogasUnit05.GalleBuddhistCentreBiogasunit06.BalapitiyaMaduRiverCommunityBiogasunit

Thoseare thevisitedbiogasunitsduring theirvisit

and their final destination was waluwatta

communitybiogasunit.On that occasionwehave

organized a meeting to share what they have

learnedfromthefield.Ineverybiogasunitwehave

organizedaverysmallpresentationformthebiogas

beneficiary.Thetotalparticipantsare62.

The first locationwas Karapitiya Biogas unit and

that is the firstbiogasunit that constructedby the

HELPOontheotherhandthatbiogasisspecialbecausethatisthefirstbiogasunitthat

constructedinsideofthehospitalinAsia.Weconstructedthisbiogasuniton2004and

since thatday it isworkingwithoutanyproblem.Hospitalstaffexplainedhowmuch

theycangetbenefitsfromthebiogasandhowmuchtheycouldabletoreducetheusage

ofLPGas.Evenhospitalstaffexplainedhowtheydumphugeamountofthewasteand

whattheproperprocessisforthat.


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After that they went to see the biogas unit of Galle Municipal Council and they

explained how they are gettingbenefits frombiogas unit. Under this program we

organized tovisitcommunitybiogasunits, institutionalbiogasunitand through that

they canget agood and clear ideaaboutbiogasandhow should theydevelop their

biogasunit.

One of women describe that how they are

implementing this biogas unit and also she

describes about thebenefits of thebiogas unit for

individual person. Even she explained that she

could able to get more benefits from the Bio

fertilizer too and she briefly explained about the

environment fund and its important for a

sustainability of the program and howmuch they

earnedfromtheenvironmentfund.

Thebiogas unitswe have visited are not same and therewere various institutional

biogasunitsandimplementingprocessistotallychangeanddifferentbiogastobiogas

unit. This is a good time to study about the mechanism to participants. They

participated in first time and learnt lot.Communitymembersmuch appreciated this

opportunity.During theexchangeprogram they learntabout thepeoplesmovement

mechanism and their system. New CBO members learnt how to organize and

implementthiskindofprograminasustainway.

Noteven that theywent to see some successcase studiesof thevillages.Thepeoplewho got the financial assistant to develop their business. Now they became very

successfulpersonandtheirbusinessandincomehasbeenincrease.Finallythisprogram

becameaveryeffectiveprogram for thegrass root levelpeople.With thebaseof the

knowledgeoftheexchangeprogram,nowtheyhavestartedwhattheylearnt.

EveryStakeholderisexplainingabouttheworthofthebiogasforthem.


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AwarenessMaterialsofProgram


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BiogasGuidingBookThe organizationpublishedbiogas guidingbook for the grass root level community

becausethereisahugegapaboutguidingbook.Underthisbookweawarehowtouse

biogasunit inproperwayandevenaboutwatermixingratios.Thebookprovidesfor

thebeneficiarywhen they facea technicalprogramcansee thebookandgetaquick

solutionforit.Thebookhasbeendesignedfromthebasiclevel.

This isaverygood tool for thebiogasusersbecause theyknowhow tomaintain the

biogas unit in a properway alsowe have put the CH4 generation capacitieswith

various capacitiesofbiogasunit.Thebookhaswritten inSinhalaLanguagebecause

most of people use this language in country. Thebook shows the people about the

majorpartsofthebiogasunitandhowitseffecttogeneratethebiogasproperly.Thisis

acompletedguidingbookforthebiogasusers.

CoverPageoftheBiogasGuidingBook


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MonitoringProcessofProgram

HELPO followedmanystrategies tomonitor theprogrambecausewedeveloped the

program to city level. The first step was energy city monitoring committee for

monitoring theprogram.Thecommittee represents theeverymajor sectorof thecity

and they personally and institutionally monitor about the program.Monthly they

gather and discuss about the progress and the success of program. They personally

involvetoprogram.PHIOfficersandEnvironmentOfficersarethekeypersonsofthe

monitoringandtheymonitortheprogramcontinue.

Technical monitoring done by the HELPO technical group they have enough

experience for it.From thestarting timeof thebiogasunit theymonitor theprogram

andtheyprovidethenecessaryguidelinestoo.

The othermonitoring system is grass root level communitymonitoringbecauseweimplement thisprogram through theCBO.Whenwecouldnotable to findaCBO in

thatareaweformedtheCBOandweimplementthroughthecommunitynetwork.The

communityalsomonitor theprogramcontinue. .Theyare the firstandmainkey for

monitortheprogramingroundlevel.Nowtheyagreetomonitortheprogrambecause

thisbiogasunit isassert for theirvillageand from thestartingconstruction time they

involvetomonitortheprograminproperway.

FollowedstrategiesofProgram01.Wehave followedmanyproject strategieswhilewe implement theprogram.Wehad tochooseagoodkeypersontocoordinatetheprogram.Withoutthatdelayed

theprogram.Thefirststrategyisgottheinvolvementofkeyperson.

02.Theotherstrategyweusedisdiscussionwiththemunicipalcouncilandwithotherstakeholdersof the citybecause theydidnt realize the importantof theprogram.

Weconductedameetinganddiscuswiththemandexplainedaboutthevalueofthe

program and thebenefits of the program to the city and themunicipal council.

Throughthiswecouldabletomotivatethem.

03.Another strategywe used is implementing the program through the communitynetworkbecause theyalsoget the responsible to implement theprogramand it is

easytogetthecommunityparticipationtoimplementtheprogram.Thecommunity

participationandcontributionisveryhighinthisprogramandthisistheirprogram

nowbecausetheygettingmanybenefitsoftheprogram.


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04..The other strategywaswell communicationwith the all stakeholders. Thatwasmuchuseful to implement theprogram.We aware the all stakeholdersabout the

verystepsoftheprogramandwehadagoodcommunicationwithdonorsandother

stakeholders.

05.The other strategywaswe got the labours from the areabecause people shouldcontribute for thisprogram.Someofpeopleworkvoluntary.Through this action

thisconstructionbecametheironeand there isnoneed tokeepawatcher innight

because they protect the row materials and biogas unit. With the community

supportoftheareacouldabletofinishtheprograminsuccessfulway.

06.Conducting awarenessprograms are one of other strategyweused encourage tocommunity as well as the municipal council officers. They didnt have a good

knowledgeabout theprogramandweaware themstepbystep.Awarenesswasa

good and strong material to success the program. Even we used the exchange

programinlocallyandinternationallyforthesuccessofprogram.Throughthattheycouldabletogetagoodandclearideaabouttheprogramanditsbenefits.

07.Theothertechnicalstrategyweusedismadeastaircasebetweendomeandoutlettoincrease thepressureof thebiogas.Whenwastedump to thebiogasunit stepby

stepgoestotheoutlettank.Thatistheoneofwaytoincreasetheefficiencyandthe

pressureof thebiogasunit.Noteven that that strategyalsoaffects to increase the

protectionofthebiogasunit.

08.Providing thebiogasunitsunder loanbasis isoneof our strategieswe followed.Through thiswe could able to establish a revolving fund to expand theprogram

continues.Atthismomentpeoplerealizethebenefitsoftheprogramandtheyready

toget thebiogasunitsunder loanbasis.Forthefirsttimeweprovidedtwobiogas

unitsunderloanbasiswithsmallinterestnowtheyarerepayingtheloan.

09.Fixing the sulfur meter is one of strategy we used to protect the biogas unit.Through the sulfurmeter can filter the sulfur andwater vapour. If doesnt filter

thosethingsbiogascookerwillcorrosivesoonandifbiogas leakthereisamassive

smellsothroughthiswefilteritandprotecttheequipments.

10.Theotherthingisusingthemanometertoprotectthedome.Ifinsidegasgenerationtoo

much

and

no

using

there

is

athreat

to

break

the

dome

but

through

the

mano

metercaneasily release themethanewithoutanydamage todome.This isoneof

safetyvalve toprotect thebiogasunit.On theotherhand can easilymeasure the

biogaspressure.


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ChallengesoftheProgram

Ourfirst issue is toestablish thestrongmonitoringcommitteebeforereach to thatgoalweconductedameeting inGMCofficewithparticipationofallstakeholders

andaware themwhat istheprogramanditsbenefitsforthecityaswellasforthe

environment on that time decided to develop this concept and make a strong

committeefor implement thisprogram insuccesswaybecause thatwedecided to

implementthiswith involvementandcontributionofall importantstakeholdersof

thecityanditishardthingtobringthemallforonegoal.

Thesecond thing is togetattentionandattractionof thepeoplebecausewechosemanyindependentsmallgroupsofthecity.Weconsidergivingthischancetomany

small groups of the city some of people didnt know aboutbiogas unit and its

benefits.Wehadtoawarethemfrombeginninglevelandthatwasmuchhardwork

forus.

Another issue is heavy monsoon to down south during the construction time.Several timeswe had to stop theworksbecause of this reason.After finish the

cementworkswehavetodumpthewarmcowdung togeneratethemethanegas.

Due to theheavyrainwecouldnotable tofindwarmcowdung.Wehad towait

severaldaystofinishtheheavyrain.

After thatwehadcollectedwarmcowdung in smallscaleandwewent tomanyplaces to collect the necessity.Whenwe construct thebiogas unitswe use now

temporarysheetasaroof.Underthatsheetweconstructthebiogasunit.

WhenweinstallthebiogasunitinMagallewehaveplannedtoconnectthetoiletstothisbiogasunit.Sopeoplehadabadattitudeaboutthistheydidnt liketousethe

biogaswithconnectedtoilets.ThenweconductedawarenessprogramaboutValue

andBenefitsof thebiogas.Stepbystepwehaveexplainedabout thebenefitsand

thereisnoharmusingtheseweragetogeneratethebiogas.Afterthatpeopleagreed

toconnectedthetoiletsandusethebiogas.

Oneof issue is lackof spaces inurban areas andpeople requestbiogasunit andthereisnocapabilityforconstructthebiogasunits.Wehavetofindaquicksolution

for this andwe startednew experiment for solve this lack of spaceproblem.We

tested somebiogasunitswith fiberand thatcanuseasaportablebiogasunit for

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LessonlearntoftheProgram The first lesson is how to implement Make Galle Bio Energy City Concept insuccessful way with the involvement of the many stakeholders. Even main

stakeholders are theGovernment institutions and private sector.We have to gettheirattentionandcooperationfortheprogram.

Evenwe learntabout the importantofthe integratedapproachforsolve thewasteproblemandhowthateffectinacitylevelbecausethisisnotonlyourprogramand

wedividedinacitylevelandallparticipantsoftheCommitteegottheresponsible

toimplementandmonitortheprogram.

We learnthow topromote renewableenergy sourceamongvarious sectorsof thecity and how to make a good mechanism through integrated approach. We

implementedthisthroughthisprogramanditisverysuccess.

Theother thingwecould learned is the teamworkand listen toothers ideasanddiscussionbecausewhenwe implementedallactivitieswedidnt try topushour

ideatoaccepttoothers.Thenwesuggestedandallparticipantsarediscussaboutit

andmakefinalizethen.

Theotherlearntthingishowtodevelopourconstructiontechnologywhenweworkinhighwater table land.We had to followvery strong and specific construction

methods to build one biogas unit and through that we developed our biogas

technology.

Theotherleantthingistheimportantofthesharingtheexperienceamongvariouscommunities of the city.When people are seeing thebenefits of thebiogas their

views and attitudes has been changed. Even that is one of success key for

implementingtheprogramwithcommunitybasisandinstitutionalleveltoo.

Thebest leant thing iswecanapply tominimize thewaste throughbiogaswithincitylevelandforprovidethesustainablesolutiontoenergyproblemtoo.Noteven

thatwe realize thatwe canmarket thisproduct invery successway andwe can

implementthisconceptwithinmanyplacesinacitylevel.

The other lesson ishow to change thepeoples attitudebecausewhenwe awarethemwecanusethehumanwasteforgeneratethemethanemostofthemdidntliketothatthenwebroughtthosepeopletobiogasunitthatconnecthumanwasteand

showed them there isnobad smell ofgas andnobad smellof foods thatuse to

preparethatgas.Throughthattheirviewhasbeenchanged.Andthatisoneofkey

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Effectiveoftheprogram

Theeffectiveissohugebecausenowpeopleattitudeschangedaboutthewastebecause

previous thewastewasaproblembutnowwastebecamea resource for them.Now

waste has a value now. On the other hand we could able to introduce good and

sustainablerenewableenergysourceforthegrassrootlevelcommunity.Anothereffect

of the program is HELPO got an opportunity to implement same program in

Trincomalee citywith the successofUSAIDSARIENERGYProgram.Evenwehave

decidedtoconstructfivebiogasunitswithinthisprogrambutwecouldabletofinish09

biogasunitsinvariousplacesandinstitutions.

Now people dont put thewaste in irregularway and people adapt to alternative

energysourceandthatisenvironmentfriendly.Nowthroughthisunitwecanreduce

themethanegasemission toair.This is reallyeffect toGlobalwarmingandClimate

Changeandfortheenergyproblem.ThisisasmallstepthatwehavetakeninSriLanka

levelbuttheeffect is largewhenweconsideraboutthis inGlobalLevel.Nowprivate

sector andgovernment sector alsopromoting this renewable energy source for their

beneficiaries.

Othermajoreffectisotherlocalauthoritiesareinterestingaboutthecommunitybiogas

conceptbecausetheycouldabletorealizetheeffectiveandbenefitsofthebiogasunit.

NowGovernment policy hasbeen changedbecause they knowbiogas is profitable

thinganditiscosteffective.Nowgovernmentdecidedtoexpandthebiogasconceptin

NationalWidealready theyare takingnecessarysteps to introduce this technology to

Prison,Hospitals,andGovernmentInstitutionswiththesupportofGovernment.

Inherewementionsomeothereffectsoftheprogram

1. Popularrenewableenergysourceamongthepeople2. MinimizethewastefromWasteGenerationPlace3. Addavaluetothewasteandwastebecomesaresources4. MinimizetheMethanegasemissiontoair5. DecreasetheEnvironmentPollution andwaterpollution6. Increasetheknowledgeofpeopleaboutwastemanagementandrenewableenergy7. Getthecommunityparticipationtowastemanagement8. DecreasetheLPGasorFirewoodusage&Increaseincomeofbeneficiaryfamilies9. MinimizethePOPgasemissiontoair10.Decreasetheirregularwastedumping&Diseasesaffectfromthewaste.11.Increasetheethnicandinterrelationshipsofthepeople12.DecreasetheMunicipalcostformanagethewaste


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HomeGardeningwithBioFertilizerOne of the best products of the biogas unit is

Organic Compost Manure. This automatically

comesfrom thebiogasunit.This ishighlyeffectivefor cultivation.At thismomentwehaveprinted a

labeland ithasamarketvalue.Theoneoforganic

compostbottle they sellRs.20.00and this isoneof

good income for the village peoples company

branch.Wehaveenough requests for thiscompost

manure from the cultivators. The biogas

beneficiariesalreadystarted thecultivationwithusing theBiofertilizer.Thisfertilizer

canuseformanywaysone iswecanuse thisasamanureandsecondway is topest

controlandthirdwayishormone.

Fromourprogramsweawarethegrassrootlevelcommunityabouttheworthofthebio

fertilizer.Even they canget environment friendly andhealthy foods for theirneeds.

Manybeneficiariesalreadystartedthecultivation.Thepeopleusednewtechnologyto

cultivation and they used waste plastic items. On the other hand this is another

environment friendlyeffect invillage level.Through thisbiogaswecouldnotable to

providethegasformanyfamiliesbutmostofpeopleareusingtheorganicfertilizerfor

cultivation.NowHotelsandotherinstitutionsarelookingtostartthecultivationfrom

the Bio Fertilizer. This system is another good income for the grass root level

communitybecausetheycanreducetheexpensefor thevegetable.Amongthepeople

thissystemisgettingmorepopularbecauseitiseasytouseandveryeffective.

ThegovernmentorganizedHomegardeningcompetitionwithin theGalledistrictand

one of ourbeneficiaries could able to get an award for her garden.Not even that

throughthisprogramwecouldabletoariasthemutualunderstandingandteamwork

amongthemembersbecausetheyhelptoeachotherstostartthehomegarden.

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NextPhaseofProgramThenextphaseoftheprogram is toexpand thisprogram toTrincomaleecitybecause

that isoneofmaincitiesof theEastProvinceof theSriLankaandenrichwithmany

naturalresources.Oneof themainproblemswediscovered iscuttingtreesforenergy

sourceandwasteproblem incity.Thecity isquickdeveloping cityand theirenergy

needsaremuchhigher thanother cities and introduce renewableenergy sourcesare

veryless.Becauseofthereasonswehavedecidedtoimplementthiskindofprogramin

TrincomaleecitywiththesupportofUNEP.

Not even thatwehaveplanned to expand thebiogas technology to othermunicipal

councilsofthecountrybecauseduringthelastfewmonthswecouldabletoimplement

manybiogasunits inmanyplaces.Thisweexpect to implement in community level

becausewehavearequesttoconstructthebiogasunits.Ontheotherhandweexpectto

promote thebiogasunitsunder loanbasiswithinprivatesectorandcommunity level

andwegettingrequestsfrommanyplacesnow.

HELPO established a company for constructbiogasunits.This registeredunder the

CompanyactofSriLankaandwillprovidethetechnicalandotherassistancethatneed.

At this moment we dont have enough technical staff for implement this kind of

programandexpecttoconductmoretechnicalprogramsinlargescale.Alsowehopeto

increasetheknowledgeofthetechnicalstaff.ThenameofthecompanyisHELPOEco

GreenCompany.

Vote

of

Thanks

to

Stakeholders

AsaprojectimplementedorganizationHELPOwishestothanksfortheorganizations

thatfunded for thisprogram.USAIDSouthAsiaRegional Initiative forEnergy (SARI

Energy) Program was funded for the program.Without their funding support we

wouldnotable to implement thisprogram inproperway.Wehighlyappreciate their

cooperationandsupportto implementthisprogram.Evenwewouldliketothanksto

the other stakeholders of the program for supporting to us and encourage us to

implementthisprogram.

Thenwewould liketo thankstoGalleMunicipalcouncilforsupporting tousforthis

programandbeenactivepartoftheprogram.CentralEnvironmentAuthorityisoneof

mainstakeholderthatsupportedtoustosuccessthisprogramandUrbanDevelopment

Authority alsogave the fullof cooperation forus.EvenChamberof commercegave

huge support to promote this concept within the private sector. Finally our best

stakeholder for this program is grass root level community andCBOwhich largely

supportedustomakethisdreamreality.


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HELPOwouldliketogivethesinceregratitudeforbelowmentionorganizationsand

institutionsforsupportingandcooperationforthisprogram

PrisonDepartmentSriLanka MinistryofEnvironmentandNaturalResources SriLanka Navy SriLankaArmy SriLankaPolice MinistryofHealthSriLanka MinistryofEducationandschoolsofGalle MinistryofScienceandTechnology SouthernProvinceDevelopmentAuthority PracticalActionOrganization MinistryofFisheriesCulturalAffairs,FoodsupplyandDistribution,TradeandCooperativeSouthernProvince

PartnershipsoftheProgram

TheSouthAsiaRegionalInitiativeforEnergy(SARI/Energy)programwaslaunchedin

2000 to promote energy security through increased trade, investment and access to

cleansourcesofpowerandfuel.Sincethen,SARI/Energyhasreachedouttomorethan

4000participants in the regionon clean energy trade,energy efficiency, rural energy

supply,energyregulation,energystatistics,andprivatesectorinvolvement.

Countriesintheregionimportovertwothirdsoftheirhydrocarbonresourcesandare

seekingways todiversifysupplysources.Significantuntappedenergyresourcesexist

within the region. Energy sharing and cooperation could dramatically improve the

regional supplydemand scenario and enhance energy security for the individual

countries of South Asia. SARI/Energyworks to promote technical and institutional

frameworks for regional energy planning and infrastructure investment involving

crossborder trade in energy. Promoting regional power exchanges and developing

regional power transmission networks helps provide access to untapped energy

resources,andalsotoassurethereliabilityofenergysupplyandmutualsupporttothe

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ThenetworkofenergysectorprofessionalsinAfghanistan,Bangladesh,Bhutan,India,

Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka created by SARI/Energy, has led to

widespreadsharingofbestpractices,modelsof institutionalreformandrestructuring,

anddocumentedperformance improvement.Theseprofessionalsarehelpingtoput in

place thebuildingblocks formore robust regional trade and sustainable economic

development.

SARI/Energysponsored training,capacitybuilding,andnetworkinghavecontributed

tothewritingofenergysectorrestructuringlawsthroughouttheregion.Theprogram

supports institutional and organizational changes thatmake the sectormoremarket

driven and better equipped to address the needs of underserved consumers. In

addition, the program has identified significant opportunities for catalyzing private

sectorinvestmentsinregionalenergyinfrastructure.

HELP

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(Human

and

Environment

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Progressive

Organization)

NGO(nongovernmentorganization)basedinGalleinSriLankasSouthernProvince.

HELPOwasformedin1993withtheaimsof

helpingpeopletosecuretheirhumanrights; protectingtheenvironmentforthefutureand; strengtheningthecommunitytowardsindependentdevelopmentFollowing theSouthAsian tsunami inDecember2004,HELPObecame involved ina

rangeofprogramstohelpcommunitiesrecoverfromthedisaster.Ourworkaspartof

the reliefefforthas includeddevelopinghousing fordisplacedpeople, reconstructing

community facilities and providing advice, assistance and microfinance to small

businesses.

Our vision is of aworldwith socialjustice and environmentallyfriendly economicdevelopment. Our mission is to support vulnerable communities in Sri Lanka to

identifytheirneedsanddevelopsolutionsthroughpartnershipswithstakeholders.

Documents

Final Report of USAID SARI Energy Program