Next week will mark the anniversary of the rehabilitation of the first Rwandan boreholes in the frame of the successful partnership of co2balance and Climate Corporation Emission Tradning GmbH. The first 12 boreholes rehabilitated in Gatsibo district has been in operation for nearly a year and have been supplying fresh and clean water to the… Read the full article >
Cookstove LSC in Rwanda
On the 16th of September another successful Local Stakeholder Consultation took place in Gashora, Rwanda which marked the launch of a new cookstove projects in Bugasera sector. The projects will be implemented in the frame of a partnership between co2balance UK Ltd and Climate Corporation Emissions Trading GmbH, while the field activities will be facilitated by… Read the full article >
More Rehabilitated Boreholes
In partnership with our local NGO partner Rwandans4Water, we have finished the rehabilitation further 30 boreholes in Gatsibo district this month. According to the data collected on the field, it means that at least 15,000 more people have now access to clean water, many of them are young children. Borehole users are also involved in… Read the full article >
Progress in Rwanda – Borehole Rehabilitation in Gatsibo
In partnership with our local NGO partner Rwandans4Water, we have finished the rehabilitation further 30 boreholes in Gatsibo district this month. According to the data collected on the field, it means that at least 15,000 more people have now access to clean water, many of them are young children. Borehole users are also involved in… Read the full article >
21,368 stoves distributed in Rwanda
Yesterday we had a meeting with our project partner Climate Corporation from Austria to discuss the progress of our projects in Rwanda. 2014 was a great year for our cookstove and borehole projects in Bugasera and Gatsibo districts in the province of Eastern Rwanda. By the end of this week we will have rolled out… Read the full article >
First Gold Standard credits issued in Rwanda!
Today we had our first issuance of Gold standard credits from our improved cook stove project in Rwanda! This is the first issuance ever in the country and is a big achievement for CO2balance indicating that the company has the skills, the knowledge and the experience to develop carbon offset projects in different countries worldwide…. Read the full article >
Rwanda trip
I am very happy to write about the progress of our borehole project in Rwanda. During last week we visited the rehabilitated boreholes in Gatsibo district and met with the communities who have now access to clean water supply. We have discussed the achievements so far and the scope of further improvement with our local… Read the full article >
Rwandan Boreholes – first photos of the rehabilitation!
Our partner organisation, Rwandans4Water has successfully rehabilitated the first boreholes in Gatsibo district as a part of our Gold Standard Micro-Scale VPA. The work is still on-going but we are happy to be able to share the first photos on our blog! Well done Rwandans4Water!
Cecile’s Story from Rwanda
FAPDR, our local partner NGO in the Rwandan cookstove projects has recently conducted interviews of those beneficiarias who were the first to receive the improved cookstoves in Bugasera. We were interested in their experience using the stoves in the past months, hoping that we can hear some positive feedbacks. The first interviewee was Cecile,18 old, first… Read the full article >
The Impact of CO2balance Cookstoves in Bugasera, Rwanda
In the past weeks we have analysed several monitoring studies conducted for the VPA 1 Bugesera Improved Cook Stoves (GS 1267) project and we were very pleased to receive such positive feedbacks on the project from our stove users. The Kitchen Performance Test aimed to provide a quantified figure of the actual wood saving of… Read the full article >
Rwandan Boreholes
While the CO2balance and Climate Corporation cookstove projects in Rwanda continue to make fantastic progress, we are also working on feasibility studies to be able to start our first Rwandan borehole project! We are working closely together with Rwandans4water, a non-profit organisation registered in Rwanda providing clean water solutions to communities. Rwandans4water was established in 2008… Read the full article >
Over 5,300 stoves distributed in Rwanda!
The CO2balance and Climate Corporation projects in Rwanda continue to make fantastic progress! We have currently distributed a total of 5,368 stoves since the project started, already reaching 3 different Sectors within the Bugesera District. This progress is set to continue, with the next delivery of stoves scheduled to reach the next communities on Tuesday. …. Read the full article >