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Renewable Energy for Traditional Medicine

The process of traditional medicine production involves drying of raw materials which requires heat from various sources such as fire-wood, charcoal ,fossil fuel and electricity from grid. The burning of these fuels gives out the green house gas which tends to cause climatic variance and successively adversely affects human livelihood. Moreover at present, the use of fossil fuels costs a lot since its price is comparatively high thus tending to make the process financially unviable.

In order to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas accumulation and ensure a low production cost ,one of the favourable option is to develop the use of renewable energy especially solar energy in place of burning wood and fossil fuels.

Established in 1995, the project aims to fight against the spread of the fatal HIV-aids in northern Thailand. Besides, it also provides services in other areas such as body heating, physical therapy and medicine supply. It is operational in 5 districts of Chiangmai.

Project goals or objectives (including GEF problem-area addressed by projects):

1.To use solar heat in the process of producing traditional medicine, substituting fire-wood and charcoal
2.To use solar heat to dry the traditional medicine , substituting electricity and natural gas

Activities to be carried out under project:

1.Conducting study tours to projects which are successful in the same activities
2.Preparing sites for and building the followings:
-3 solar heaters for community services
-3 solar ovens
-3 solar driers

Project participants and/or beneficiaries:

1.Traditional Physicians Group
2.Tambol Administrative Organizations in the project location
3.Temples in the project location
4.Public Health Office at tambol, district and provincial level

Anticipated results of project:

1.The consumption of fire-wood and charcoal is reduced as follows:
- Fire-wood: 24 trucks/year/Baht:500/truck = Baht: 12,000:
- Charcoal: 2 sites = Baht: 6,000:
2.The consumption of electricity and natural gas is reduced as follows:
- Natural gas / year for 3 sites = Baht: 21,600:
- Electricity / year for 3 sites = Baht: 21,600:

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Holistic Health Care Project / Northnet Foundation, Chiangma

Country:

Thailand

Area Of Work:

Climate Change Mitigation

Operational Phase:

Phase 2

Grant Amount:

US$ 10,693.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 6,280.86

Project Number:

THA/00/G28

Start Date:

3/2000

End Date:

2/2001

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Project Results

1.There were 10 facilities in three centres for providing health service to 55 persons per month.
2.The monthly savings in term of money could be estimated as follows:
- cost of fire-woods/charcoal = Baht: 5,750:
- cost of electricity = Baht: 1,300:

Participatory Evaluation:

The evaluation was made on February 27, 2001.

Methods:

1. Organizing meeting for all participants to brainstorm and gather data & information on the use of equipment and the management of the project
2. Collecting data & information produced by the three centres (project locations)
3. Representative presenting the data & information obtained in 1 and 2 , problems & issues as well as future goal of the centres.
4. Summarizing the evaluation of the three centres.
5. Presentation of the result of the summarization

Note: The project activities were replicated in Chiangmai Province through other participation of surrounding communities and in Udornthani Province who learned from success & failure of this project.

Participants: There were 15 stakeholders from the following groups:

1. Representatives from village level, tambol level and district level
2. Project officers

Impact:

1. Dissemination of Renewable Activities

The monthly meeting of the traditional physicians networks to evaluate the renewable equipment in the centre has prompt the acknowledgement of the customers who come for services. Especially, the customers paid interest in applying the solar boiler to produce chemical-free insecticide to be used in their farmland.

2. Capacity-Building on Renewable Energy Activities

Through the coordination with the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture Development , the grantee has targeted the group of tambol agricultural officers for the activities. 37 officers had undergone the monthly training process on renewable energy for environmentally-friendly insecticide and the production of charcoal by high-efficiency process.

3. Plantation Activities

Following training on high-efficient charcoal production and renewable energy for chemical-free insecticide, 50 community members had launched the plantation of fast-growing tree and trees of medicinal value. The total number of planted trees was 500.

Even though the project activities have been providing health services to target populations, the more profound effect has been presented in the processes of participation in environment protection. These processes ranged from participatory initiation of activities and subsequent project management. The activities for dissemination to other group such as agricultural group would continue. GEF/SGP support had contributed to the expedition of dissemination and communication.

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