BOTSWANA-SOUTHERN DISTRICT-MMATHETHE-BIOGAS ENERGY

BOTSWANA-SOUTHERN DISTRICT-MMATHETHE-BIOGAS ENERGY

(221101) -- MMATHETHE (BOTSWANA), Nov. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Goemeone Kagiso feeds cow dung into a biogas digester at a cattle post settlement called Gatuma located near Mmathethe village, Southern district, Botswana, Sept. 1, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Biogas energy becoming popular in Botswana rural homes" (Photo by Sharon Tshipa/Xinhua)

Biogas energy becoming popular in Botswana rural homes

STORY: Biogas energy becoming popular in Botswana rural homes DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: Gaborone CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cooking and lightening by biogas 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Setswana): GOEMEONE KAGISO, Biogas beneficiary 3. various of cattle and chicken 4. various of feeding digester with cattle dung 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Setswana): GOEMEONE KAGISO, Biogas beneficiary STORYLINE: At a cattle post settlement called Gatuma located near Mmathethe village, south of Botswana, Goemeone and Mpho Kagiso have over the past year embraced biogas energy and are enjoying more than just the financial relief it brings. He and his wife own 15 cattle, five pigs and a wide range of poultry. From these, he collects between five to 40 liters of waste a day that he feeds into his biogas digester. Kagiso is one of the 231 beneficiaries of the Botswana biogas project which was largely made possible by funding from the Global Environment Facility and the United Nations Development Programme

Botswanan woman masons partake in energy transition through biogas project

STORY: Botswanan women masons partake in energy transition through biogas project DATELINE: Oct. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Gaborone CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Atamelang Matale and her colleagues working in the digester pit 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ATAMELANG MATALE, Biogas digester builder 3. various of Atamelang Matale and her colleagues working in the digester pit 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ATAMELANG MATALE, Biogas digester builder 5. shot of a concrete road 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ATAMELANG MATALE, Biogas digester builder 7. shot of a water tap 8. shot of tied wires STORYLINE: At the Betesankwe Village in the Southern District, about 110 km west of Gaborone, Botswana's capital, 29-year-old Atamelang Matale is working on building a new biogas digester in partnership with three colleagues. The new digester, with a size of 30 cubic meters, will be her 20th and so far the largest she has ever built, all using agro-waste, such as cow dung and chicken litter to produce biogas direct

BOTSWANA-SOUTHERN DISTRICT-BETESANKWE-WOMEN MASONS-ENERGY TRANSITION-BIOGAS

BOTSWANA-SOUTHERN DISTRICT-BETESANKWE-WOMEN MASONS-ENERGY TRANSITION-BIOGAS

(221018) -- BETESANKWE (BOTSWANA), Oct. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Atamelang Matale works in a biogas digester pit at Betesankwe Village in the Southern District, Botswana, on Sept. 2, 2022. (Photo by Sharon Tshipa/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Botswanan women masons partake in energy transition through biogas project

BOTSWANA-SOUTHERN DISTRICT-BETESANKWE-WOMEN MASONS-ENERGY TRANSITION-BIOGAS

BOTSWANA-SOUTHERN DISTRICT-BETESANKWE-WOMEN MASONS-ENERGY TRANSITION-BIOGAS

(221018) -- BETESANKWE (BOTSWANA), Oct. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Atamelang Matale works to build a biogas digester at Betesankwe Village in the Southern District, Botswana, on Sept. 2, 2022. (Photo by Sharon Tshipa/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Botswanan women masons partake in energy transition through biogas project