Today marks the end of our first week at RUET university, what an experience it has been so far. We have had 30 adacha (tea with ginger), 20 selfies, and squished more 100 mosquito's.
Life here at the ruet campus is rather laid back, between the hot weather and the call to prayer we have managed to... get the permissions to use their workshops, source our main materials, get the frame constructed out of bamboo and utilise local materials to construct the housing for the rapid sand filter.
As of yet the manufacturer for the machines has not yet sent the plastic machines and upon going to the villages we noticed that there plastic waste is very minimal; however they do have an abundance of bamboo, hence our choice to focus on using bamboo for the rest of the design.
In other news we have created a new group called Mission Plastic - RUET which was initiated on their independence day with a total of 15 students and quickly grown to above 50 students. It's purpose is to create a community around recycling plastic.
Our aim for the next week, is to complete the design and test the system we have with contaminated water over the week period, as well as create a how to make document which will be shared with the villages and ruet university.