Projects 2009:

Case 1: Energy Saving Instruments for Nova (Pretoria, South Africa)

The Nova Institute is  a non-govermental organisation with the mission of creating a healthy household culture in Southern Africa. The Nova mission is to develop and promote smart solutions (e.g. models, products, technologies) to improve the quality of life of low-income households.
 
The Nova Institute is involved with a number of projects all pertaining to the household environment.
Read more about the Energy Saving Instruments for Nova!

Case 2: Ubuntu Plakkies, helping HIV-infected people (Durban, South Africa)

Ubuntu is a limited company under South African law. The company  is 100% owned by a foundation under South African law. The Foundation Board members are the Rector Magnificus of the Technical University of Delft (TU Delft) in the Netherlands and a director of Kids Rights. The foundation will  invest the profits from Ubuntu into projects for children in local townships. It is the intention of the Foundation to transfer the leadership  within 3 years fully into  African hands.
Students of TU Delft, together with the Dutch Foundation Kids Rights and businesses sponsors will set- up two factories: one in Durban and one in Bronkhorst Spruit.

Read more about Imtech's involvement in Ubuntu Plakkies! 

Pilot project 2008:

Imtech and World Mobile Plants convert used cooking oil into bio diesel in South Africa (Soweto)

On 18 October, a multidisciplinary development team from technical services provider Imtech will be making all the preparations needed for what is to become a large-scale production of environment-friendly bio diesel from used cooking oil in the near future. This project is an initiative of World Mobile Plants, founded by Carlo Bakker, a Dutch CSR entrepreneur in South Africa.

The SSDC team have worked on these cases in South Africa from 3 - 18 October 2008. Read more about converting used cooking oil into bio diesel!