
A - Waterpump
About 50 meters into the jungle there is a deep well that starts at point A. This is clean water that is pumped out of the earth. It includes 2 filters at this location.
B - Sitting place covered by trees.
This is the location where you will do the smoke bath and also the interview with mama Aline. It is a waterproof building with a 4 x 3 meter mosquito net.
C - This is the future location of the incinerator.
Here trash will be burned once a month. Because of the health implications, the incinerator has a good filter to reduce harmful particles.
D - Main Temple
This is the location where the ceremonies will take place.
E - Washing lines
Behind the main house, you can dry your clothe
F - Main house
Here you will sleep. There are 4 rooms with 4 x 3 meter mosquito nets. In the future also 2 rooms with air conditioning. It also has a kitchen and a sitting place.
G - Washing machine and water filters
This room is where the washing machine is located and also where the waterline from the well enters. This waterline is connected here with a 3 step filter including a UV filter and carbon filter. The waterpump has a 20 liter reserve plus a 50 meter waterline, that gives enough reserve pressure to fill a couple of water bottles. But a shower will trigger the pump automatically on. The UV light will be on as long as there is power available. Make sure power is on when drinking water as this kills all bacteria.
H - Shower
The shower has UV protected drinkable water and is non-heated, but the water temperature is around 25 degrees. The pump delivers enough pressure for a normal shower.
I - Toilet
The toiletroom will be mosquito proof. Also installed with water, so do not use toilet paper but use water. Flushing also as normal, but you need to turn on the power first in room G.
J - Mosquito free Sitting place
This sitting place is about 4 x 9 meters and is protected by 2 large mosquito nets spanning 3 x 8 meters. This is a place for relaxation, listening to music and have dinner.
K - Chicken House
Because the chickens are very good at eating the furu's (small mosquitoes) we love them, plus they give us eggs and meat. But they also have natural predators, like snakes so they need a protected building to sleep.
L - Generator
In case the powerlines do not give us energy, we have a silent backup generator. Silent, but still making noise, hence we placed it behind the old toilet about 30 meters away from buildings.
M - Future path to the river
This will be the future path to the river where you can relax and cool down. Here you can swim naked and enjoy the nature. Do not swim before 10 AM or after 5 PM because of mosquitoes. This future path will be covered with iboga plants. For now you can use the main road to get to this relaxing spot. There will also be a small structure to put your clothes and towel.
N - Dissumba temple
Here most likely will be the future location of the dissumba temple. A dissumba temple has a different construction compared to a normal Bwiti temple.
O - Drinking water
Tap water. Make sure the power is available for the UV light. If the UV light is broken, an alarm will sound. If you like it cool, you can fill a water bottle and place it in the fridge in the kitchen of Building F.
P - Hog farming
A couple of hogs are enjoying the deep forest in an enclosed area between the river and the village.

A picture taken in january 2024 when the construction of the new house was taking place. Left the main house with the shower and toilet in front and to the right the 2 other houses. No sitting place nor chicken house yet here. Below you can see the progress...
Projects Status
Category | Project | Completed |
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Animals & Wildlife | Chicken coop 20 chickens and 3 cocks. Coop 5x2 meters. Outdoor 5x10 meters 2.2 meters high. Roosting space 3 bars 5 meters. 8 nesting boxes mycozynest. 2 red for brooding. Ventilation top and sides, but not windy. Cement floor, for easy cleansing and put straw on top. 30cm deep in the ground hardware cloth with 1 cm opening, covering the whole coup area. Grow passionfruit over the outdoor run area. Inside grow gotu kola and eremochloa ophiuroides grass. Feed the chickens at dusk inside the coop so they learn to return to the coop. At dawn, open up the coop. | |
Animals & Wildlife | 30L Waterssytem chickens | ✔ |
Anti-mosquito | Horregaas rol grijs 220cm Horrenbouw | ✔ |
Anti-mosquito | Neodymium magnets for mosquito screens | ✔ |
Anti-mosquito | 40 batboxes | |
Anti-mosquito | 5 × 15 meter pond for bats next to growing area filled with pickerelweed papyrus and lotus flowers. Tilapia fish and frogs for eating larvae. Pond between growing area and temple | ✔ |
Anti-mosquito | Frogs and Tilapia fish for controlling wrigglers (mosquito larva) | |
Anti-mosquito | Get geckos for the new building (Petshow Royal Canin +241 65 161415) | ✔ |
Anti-mosquito | Mosquito trap | ✔ |
Anti-mosquito | Bat cave (chiroptorium) deep inside the forest | |
Buildings & Infrastructure | Stone House with bathroom and kitchen | ✔ |
Buildings & Infrastructure | Waterproof building for generator | ✔ |
Buildings & Infrastructure | Behind the new building a washing line to put clothes on to dry, so it is not visible | ✔ |
Buildings & Infrastructure | Incinerator or from Gabon environment service or recycling Gabon | |
Buildings & Infrastructure | Car parking with 3 meter roof with Jasmine polyanthum flowers | |
Buildings & Infrastructure | Sitting place in garden lifted 50cm from ground and has a roof and mosquito net that can be rolled up plus a fan on top. 2 LED lights under sitting area. Use granite for tiles. | |
Buildings & Infrastructure | Welcome plate UV protected with light for Mama Aline village and website | ✔ |
Buildings & Infrastructure | 2 Hammocks in sitting area | ✔ |
Buildings & Infrastructure | Gabon map, showing national parks, type of land, provinces and ethnic groups | |
Buildings & Infrastructure | 4 pictures in ALU frame: Pangolin, bat, iboga and frog | ✔ |
Buildings & Infrastructure | Waterproof clock and temperature gauge | ✔ |
Buildings & Infrastructure | Washing machine | ✔ |
Buildings & Infrastructure | Dissumba temple | |
Electric & Power | Diesel generator silent | ✔ |
Electric & Power | Good lights in kitchen and rooms | ✔ |
Electric & Power | Beam lights for under palm trees | |
Electric & Power | Light hanging in tree next to house | ✔ |
Electric & Power | Ceiling fan for sitting area | |
Electric & Power | Silent fridge | |
Electric & Power | Drilling machine | ✔ |
Electric & Power | iPad & good phone | ✔ |
Electric & Power | Flashlight LED 800 lm, 1200 lm, 8000 lm | ✔ |
Electric & Power | Spare US / UK power adapter and phone connector | |
Garden | Clear an area of 150 meters by 450 meters but leave the biggest trees with clusters standing, 9 tree clusters. Dig 1 meter deep and loosen the soil and mix with manure and compost. Use centipede grass as ground cover. | |
Garden | Use 60 cm depth and 1 meter around new trees and a layer of mulch to suppress weed and retain moisture. | |
Garden | Climbing gear | |
Garden | Stingless beehive | |
Garden | 40 by 30 grow area raised 30cm and fensed | ✔ |
Garden | Hibiscus flower fence | ✔ |
Garden | Pathway from village to bathing area with iboga plants | |
Garden | Passionfruit and other climbers, with an overhead Trellis of 40 x 50 meters. 2.5 meter poles with fishing net or similar on top. | |
Garden | Fertilizer | ✔ |
Garden | Garden for Veggies and Herbs: 20 x 20 meter with wall and anti-snail copper fence | |
Garden | Bird protection for new plants nets | |
Kitchen | Ice cube maker | ✔ |
Kitchen | Water boiler | ✔ |
Kitchen | Freezer | ✔ |
Kitchen | Tea items - mugs, hot water container, boxes with forest tea | ✔ |
Kitchen | Closet for kitchen so you can put the pots and pans inside | ✔ |
Kitchen | Stainless steel pepper and salt grinder | ✔ |
Kitchen | Metal straws | ✔ |
Kitchen | Vegetable peeler | ✔ |
Kitchen | Blender for fruit | ✔ |
Kitchen | Grapefruit juice machine | ✔ |
Kitchen | Anti-insect food tent | ✔ |
Kitchen | Place for cleaning dishes | |
Kitchen | High quality knife | ✔ |
Living Areas | WiFi internet | ✔ |
Living Areas | Starlink | |
Living Areas | Brass bell for ringing for dinnertime | ✔ |
Living Areas | 4 double beds without high end | ✔ |
Living Areas | Good solid mirror for bathroom and house | |
Living Areas | Wire for mosquito nets | ✔ |
Miscellaneous | Ngombi training Yvane | ✔ |
Miscellaneous | Bandages medkit | ✔ |
Miscellaneous | Print Bwiti book | |
Miscellaneous | Business cards | |
Miscellaneous | Safety briefing French & English laminated | |
Miscellaneous | Defibrillator waterproof in box in kitchen | |
Miscellaneous | JBL boombox | ✔ |
Miscellaneous | Spare Ngombi and Mungongo | |
Water & Plumbing | Waterpump and waterwell and filters with connecting lines | ✔ |
Water & Plumbing | Reserve filters | |
Water & Plumbing | Bathroom | ✔ |