Murang'a Improved Cookstove Project

The project is based in the Aberdare Highlands Region of Kenya, where households struggle with scarce wood supply and high wood fuel prices. The cold climate demands a stove for both heating and cooking, and the stove is specifically manufactured to meet the needs of the rural population through increased efficiency and significant reduction in harmful emissions. Smoke from the burnt fuel is converted into a flammable gas which produces a clean, smokeless flame, and bio-char is created from the original fuel which burns for longer and can also be used for organic farming after use. 

Demonstrations and sales at tea plantations and women's groups have supported rural women to improve their livelihoods through purchasing this high-quality cookstove. The project uses carbon finance to subsidise the stove and enable its affordability for people most at need.  

Project Impacts and Benefits

SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy: 371 active improved cooking stove units have been sold. This increases the efficiency of households’ cooking practices, reducing the consumption of firewood in comparison to the baseline level, helping to address local deforestation.

SDG 5 - Gender Equality: 42% reduction in hours spent collecting firewood amounting to an average of 1.34 hours saved collecting firewood per day. This has reduced the burden on women, men and children involved in collecting fuel in the communities

SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being: 17% reduction in household air pollution from households’ new stoves leads to improvements in household health.

SDG 13 - Climate Action: 1,091 tonnes of CO2 emission reductions per year have resulted from the project implementation.

Certification documents for this project are available in the Gold Standard Impact Registry

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N.B.  Individual vintages cannot be selected for purchase. Purchases will include credits from the vintage range stated.