MSc Project Casamance

Introduction

In September 2006, five Civil Engineering students with different water specialisations from Delft University of Technology will set out on a multi-disciplinary development project in the Casamance region, Senegal. In collaboration with IDEE Casamance we will do research on the Casamance river and its ecosystem. Our objective is to improve agriculture and fishery concerning the river in a sustainable way for both the people and the ecosystem. A more detailed description of the problem and our project plan can be found under "Project".

The website is available in Dutch and French as well, just navigate to NL or FR in the top right corner. Many posts and travel reports are only available in Dutch.

It all comes to an end. The final report is finished and will be presented the 5th of December in room 3.98 at the Civil Engineering Building. You're all welcome to attend the presentation and drinks afterwards. For those without time or possiblity to travel to Delft; you can download the report here

After two months in Ziguinchor, this project about hypersalinity in the Casamance is almost finished. Yesterday was the presentation in French and tomorrow we will depart for a short trip through the east of Senegal. More>>>

With some delay due to electricity problems the progress report has been finished, in which a plan is presented for the remaining weeks. You can download it here. The posts section has a new update as well, so please read on!

The first week was mainly used for exploring the city, not in the last place by gathering information at several institutes in Ziguinchor. Of course everything took a bit more time because of the communication problems (everybody speaks only French). It also took much time to be referred to other institutes on and on.
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On Thursday August 31st we leave the airport of Schiphol and head to Dakar. We arrive perfect in time on the airport of Dakar, although we had little delay Casablanca. The first two nights we stay in the 'Via Via guesthouse' in the small city of Yoff.
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A new post in dutch from Dakar! Pictures and more post will be here soon.
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Next Thursday we will fly to Dakar. After a couple of days there, we will travel to Ziguinchor for the start of our project. Now we are very busy with the last preparations for our departure, yesterday was the last meeting with our supervisors.
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Sponsoring has had a good start with allready 4 four companies donating money for our project! Four more to go!
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The first pictures of the Casamance regio can be found at the "pictures" tab. Soon our own pictures will be available here as well!
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