Context:
Climate change has brought many challenges in the modern world especially on climate reliant sectors such as agriculture, water, livestock and energy. Rural women and youth are particularly disadvantaged; and this will continue to have detrimental effect on Tanzania?s health, economy, and environment. This project provides rural residents of Miti Mirefu village with a clean, practical and convenient way to meet their cooking and boiling energy challenges. Furthermore, the new energy technology contributes to the mitigation of household air pollution through the use of affordable clean cooking stoves. This will potentially realize long term positive effects on the community?s health and the environment. The project also contributes to poverty alleviation by reducing fuel costs and increasing their daily income through the proposed Income Generating Activities (IGAs). The longer term impact of the project will be the improved conservation efforts through reduced pressure on the nearby resources such as forests or wildlife. This project will entirely be owned and managed by the community themselves and they will be actively involved in monitoring project progress.

About the proponent:
The Sustainable Holistic Development Foundation (SUHODE) is a registered charitable and non-profit Non-Governmental Organization registered by the government of Tanzania under the section 12 (2) of Act No. 24 of 2002. SUHODE was registered on 7th November 2008, with registration number 00NGO/00002631 and a TIN number 108-036-419. The organization is legally registered to operate in Tanzania Mainland in environmental conservation and community development projects.

Project?s primary objective:

The main objective of the proposed project is to introduce affordable cooking stoves and some income generating activities to the vulnerable groups so that the pressure on the forest or wildlife related resources are kept down in the next five years to come.

Project?s purpose:

Enhancing communities? livelihoods through promotion of affordable energy cooking stoves and establishment of Income Generating activities for environmental management and climate change mitigation.

Project specific objectives:

? Provide affordable cooking stoves to vulnerable groups to reduce pressure of cooking on traditional cooking stoves, which use fire wood
? Introduce income generating activities to the vulnerable groups so that they are able to generate income and address income poverty
? Provide continuous training on conservation issues so as to increase community resilience against the effects of Climate Change

Implementation strategies:

The project with support from the village government will form groups that will directly be involved in the project. These groups will be formed by both women and men who are vulnerable. The project will ensure gender consideration in all the project objectives, ensure inclusion and allow total participation of the entire community.