-500 copies training guides printed for educating technology end-users on benefits of improved cook stoves, on-farm tree planting, kitchen gardening and human-wildlife conflict management.
? Transfer of clean technology
? Training and capacity building on business processes and management
? Enhanced and improved service
? Improved health of women and children, who typically spend longer hours indoors
? The design ensures no fire/burn hazard for the user and others in the vicinity of the cooking.
? The stove reduces cooking time by 60% when compared with traditional stoves and by 30% when compared with improved cook stoves, potentially freeing up more time for women to engage in other activities.
? The stove is locally produced in Kenya; hence it creates local employment and contributes to the local economy.
? Promoters involved in promotion and selling of cook stoves will earn income from the business.
? Development of skills related to the manufacture, sale and servicing of the clean cook stoves will create business opportunities
Capacity - Building Component
End user training on operation and maintenance is done at buying point by promoters after they were trained by the project staff. 3511 households who have acquired improved cook stoves have been trained on using and operating those stoves.
4 meetings conducted with kitchen staff of the 5 beneficiary schools to train them on operation and maintenance of improved institutional cook stoves
A total of 488 households and 5 institutions of learning received training on environmental conservation and climate change mitigation.
Training guide for educating technology end-users on benefits of improved cook stoves, on-farm tree planting, kitchen gardening, roof catchment rainwater harvesting and human-wildlife conflict management were developed and members of groups educated on benefits of improved cook stoves, on-farm tree planting, kitchen gardening, roof catchment rainwater harvesting and human-wildlife conflict management
Project sustainability
Promotion and distribution of efficient fuel-wood burning stoves was implemented through the local promoters? model in order to build on the social strengths and practices of the community. Local promoters are accorded respect by the community and work from within and not against practices which help the community to actively participate. Local promoters created awareness on how social and economic determinants on usage of efficient fuel-wood burning stoves influence climate change management. Local promoters would rather use simple examples that Ex-Forest squatters can relate to and help them to see how they can make changes in their own lives. In this way, community residents can now understand the climate change impact on community energy outcomes. Solio village promoters connect community residents to information, resources, clean energy enterprises, institutions and government agencies to make community change possible, bridging barriers of fear, language, culture and poverty and engaging communities in social, political, energy, education, and civic systems. Under the ?Climate Change Mitigation Demonstration Project for ex-forests squatters? promoters are able to bring information from the community back to SCODE. SCODE would then genuinely invest the feedback in provision of efficient fuel-wood burning stoves that results in fuel savings and less carbon emissions. Institutions committed to community transformation need to maximize full potential of promoters and ensure that the programs and services developed are actually the ones the community needs.
Planning non gef grant
SCODE is an active member of Clean Cookstoves Association of Kenya (CCAK) the Kenyan focal point of Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GACC); the Association is a non-profit making body with the principal role to facilitate the scaling up of the Clean Cookstoves and fuel?s market in Kenya by convening and co-ordinating the Cookstove sector. SCODE is currently represented by John Maina as the Deputy Chair. SCODE is also represented in Kenya Bureau of standards (Kebs) Appropriate technology technical committee by Wilson Okwako on biomass cook stoves standards review.
Policy Impact
SCODE is an active member of Clean Cookstoves Association of Kenya (CCAK) the Kenyan focal point of Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (GACC); the Association is a non-profit making body with the principal role to facilitate the scaling up of the Clean Cookstoves and fuel?s market in Kenya by convening and co-ordinating the Cookstove sector. SCODE is currently represented by John Maina as the Deputy Chair. SCODE is also represented in Kenya Bureau of standards (Kebs) Appropriate technology technical committee by Wilson Okwako on biomass cook stoves standards review.
Laikipia County Government: The project established a close working relationship with key staff from county government. The County Government staff is involved in promoting and marketing the project products and services to households and rural institutions of learning in Solio ranch. The project has been warmly received by the county government staff since it complements their county government efforts in food security, energy conservation and agro-forestry.
Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government: The project established a close working relationship with the provincial administration offices. Lamuria Division, Baraka Location Senior Chief and Chiefs from Furaha, Rehema, Bahati, Tetu, Muthingira, Baraka and Macadamia have been informed of the project?s products and services. The project intends to intensify the involvement of the administrators at policy and field implementation levels.
Replication of project activities
SCODE stoves design has stimulated the supply side of the market with many Jua Kali artisans doing imitations. Beneficiaries and Target groups reached in the project areas are mainly attracted by the project?s wide variety and quality of Improved Cook Stoves which they say is unprecedented in the market. SCODE has established an effective and extensive marketing strategy (retail distribution chain) that will ensure adequate and timely supply of project?s products and associated services now and in future.
Gender Focus
The gender team has integrated gender in the training modules that have been developed to-date. The project is working with Women Groups and Stakeholders working with women to create awareness and increase adoption of Improved Cook stoves in all the 7 Villages. For example, during training sessions, the participants were divided into mixed groups (male and female) to enable them learn from each other and share their production knowledge and skills. Training sessions were held close to participants? homes to enable women participants to attend. The training schedule was also flexible (1000hrs to 1500hrs) to enable women to attend to their household chores before and after the training.
Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment
The project has been featured in the national daily papers ?The Standard? on 6th November, 2014 pg 22 with a column head ?Settlers in mission to protect Solio ecosystem? by Job Weru of Standard Media Group.
All related project information is shared on the organization website www.scode.co.ke
SCODE successfully conducted village level awareness creation events aimed at informing the public about the project. The events included (i) open group meetings organized through stakeholders. (ii) Market activation events organised by SCODE and project stakeholders that showcased the project?s products to the potential target groups and women as final beneficiaries.
SCODE participated during the International Day of Biological Diversity celebrated on 22nd May, 2015 at Likii Primary in Nanyuki. The event was facilitated by GEF/UNDP Small Grants Programme and the Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF). During the project implementation period SCODE participated in Nanyuki ASK Show.
Notable Community Participation
The project has established a close working relationship with key staff from Laikipia County Government to support vulnerable groups in Solio Ranch. County Officials have so far supported acquisition of 83 ICS to marginalized groups in Bahati location
Project Results
? At least 3511 households acquire, use and effectively maintain improved cook stoves
? Biomass energy consumption per household decreased by at least 40%
? At least 5 schools are using improved institutional cook stoves
Due to the short project implementation period the project implementation team embraced an innovative approach through use of Local Promoters. Promotion and distribution of efficient fuel-wood burning stoves was implemented through the local promoters? model in order to build on the social strengths and practices of the community. Local promoters created awareness on how social and economic determinants on usage of efficient fuel-wood burning stoves influence climate change management.
The success of the project has led to reduced cooking and fuel-wood fetching time by more than 40 percent. The time saved could be spent on other productive activities.
Promotion and marketing of cook stoves has generated job opportunities to 7 local promoters in the Solio villages with 4 local promoters being women.
Improved gender relationship in households. Introduction of improved fuel-wood stoves in households has reduced smoke and made kitchen cleaner thus encouraging husbands to join their wives in the kitchen and discuss family issues.
The cook stoves are more efficient in burning fuel-wood than traditional stoves. Due to their high efficiency, the cook stoves consume less fuel-wood when cooking and heating. Cook stoves users in Solio are now spending less money in purchasing and transporting fuel-wood.
