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.