Participatory Rural Initiatives to Environmental Development-Uganda(PRIED-Ug)

Mission

PRIED-UGANDA has a mission to stop environmental destruction and promote efficient management of natural resources by creating public awareness and facilitating grass root community participation in energy and environment conservation programs. Our vision is a green Uganda, environmentally safe and clean habitat for the present and future generations PRED-Ug is promoting construction of improved energy saving stoves both at household level and institutional level to reduce the impact of Indoor Air Pollution which basically affect women and young children in the rural poor in Arua district. The overall goal is to ensure efficient and sustainable use of biomass resources that can not harm the end user by directing smoke outside the kitchen

Organization Type Non-Governmental Organization

Contact Information

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is on the market demand for the improved technologies that suit the end-users of these technologies. We do promote market for these energy saving technologies where we focus Improved mobile energy saving stove in which the demand is higher compared to these ordinary stoves.

Technology standardization for cooking, heating and ventilation:

we focus on new techologies that improve the livelihood of the poor. our technologies are recommended by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, other organisation who deal in environment.

Indoor air pollution exposure and health monitoring:

PRIED-Ug through GTZ/ Energy Advisory Project is currently promoting technologies that are designed to improve efficiency in wood fuel use. On the side of kitchen design, PRIED-Ug is involved in improving kitchens in Oluko sub-county, Arua district. It should however be noted that such projects when spearheaded by civil society are short-lived and may not bring about desired behaviour change. PRIED-Ug has evidence that energy technologies are not only about efficiency and convenience but are to a good extent a culture and thus not easily altered. With this in mind, the battle against IAP must be embraced by the government and all actors in energy development. IAP is an issue of public health and not just environment conservation. The ministry of health must play a substantial role in promotion of technologies that reduce indoor air pollution in proportion to efforts put curbing other life threatening diseases such as Measles, Polio HIV/ AIDS and the like.

Relevant Publications or Studies

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Our Contribution to the Partnership

Our participation will be in form of information exchange, sharing and experiences and skills