Convenient and reliable, that is how the cooking appliances should perform. In this part of our planet, over 80% of the households and schools are still relying on firewood and charcoal to prepare their daily meals. It is even more discouraging to see traditional 3-stone fires and local inneffiicient stoves being used, when there is an existing supply of locally manufactured energy efficient cook stoves available for purchase, at affordable and realistic prices.

What is stopping people from accessing one of these improved cook stoves, whether for household use (ICS) or institutional use (IICS)

Our successful approach has included an on-going provision of training and information to those involved in the ICS/IICS use, and the provision of free IICS annual maintenance, which has been taking place for the past five years.

Energy efficiency is the “first fuel” - the fuel you do not need to use - and first step towards reducing the costs of mitigating carbon emissions while advancing social and economic development, enhancing energy security and quality of life, and also creating jobs.

Remember to visit the UNFCCC Climate Neutral Now platform to purchase your carbon credits when offsetting your carbon dioxide footprint. In doing so, you are supporting all the activities mentioned above. This project would not be able to exist in the absence of carbon finance.