Enable access to modern energy to as many Bolivians as possible. We work in 4 lines of work: 1) Energy for illumunitation - grid densification, mobile solar appliances/lamps 2) Energy for cooking - biomass stoves for households and institution, connection and installation of natural gas appliances for schools 3) Energy for social infrastructure (schools, health centers) - photovoltaic systems, solar water heating, connection and installation of natural gas appliances for schools 4) Energy for productive use - crop transformation, micro irrigation, biogas.
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Our Focus
At least 570,000 beneficiaries from 2006-2010 in Bolivia: rural poor communities at the state and national level.
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
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Strategy A: strenghtening SMEs with semi-industrial stove production, linking with microfinance. Strategy B: Complement existing government or NGO programs with stoves, e.g. housing and health programs. Strategy C: Create a market for local stove installers, paid by families.
Implementation of a stove design and testing laboratory together with the UMSS university of Cochabamba.
Water boiling test and controlled cooking test with IAP measurement impact analysis, interviews, observation sheets.
Relevant Publications or Studies
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Our Contribution to the Partnership
Share information about stove design, M&E, results and impacts.
