Environment Upgradation Through Community Participation
The proposed project is designed to contribute to increasing energy efficiency and decreasing fuel consumption for internal and external household use, training at the community, local and regional level as means to small scale enterprise development and exchange of experience between NGOs and community groups through printed information and reciprocal visits to the demonstration sites in 15 selected villages of Union Council and Taluka Karo Chhan District Thatta, Sindh.
The project objectives are to:
· Replicate by installing the field tested (AKPBS) sustainable fuel-efficient models aiming to contribute towards the reduction of fuel costs and deforestation in the area;
· Organize training and awareness for the local artisans, community activists, NGOs, local government departments and relevant professionals in technical, social and economical aspects of the product intervention regarding sustainable healthy environment;
· Promote women development and gender equity; and
· Monitor, evaluate, document and disseminate the field experiences.
Activities to be carried out under project:
Generally, activities will be carried out to demonstrate technologies and practices for addressing relevant environmental problems (particularly inefficient energy use) by installing energy efficient products and environmentally friendly technologies, capacity building at community level of individuals, CBOs and relevant NGOs, and by sharing of experience through exchange visits, networking and other promotional activities
Specifically, following is a listing of major activities proposed to be carried out to achieve the project objectives:
1. Identify target villages, and relevant stakeholders including communities;
2. Conduct extensive baseline survey of the villages;
3. Discuss and agree terms of partners with the communities for installation of sustainable fuel-efficient models;
4. Impart trainings to entrepreneurs, staff and artisans;
5. Convene regular meetings with relevant stakeholders for effective coordination for the implementation of project objectives;
6. Organize awareness raising program and demand generation;
7. Facilitate for integration of women in the project implementation process;
8. Monitor project activities on regular basis
9. Third party evaluation of achievements and impact of the project
10. Document the progress of the activities
11. Disseminate the written material for mass awareness
Anticipated Output of Project
Relevant key results to be achieved through the project interventions would be:
· Well tested models of low cost like and low maintenance energy efficient products particularly helpful to women, directly addressing socio-economic and environmental problems.
· Improved energy efficiency directly reducing consumption of fire woods and timber requirement for cooking and heating, reduced health problems and incidences associated with poor living conditions, increased disposable household income, increased gender equity; reduced work load of women; increased spare time for women for leisure, and improved social status of the poor communities by adding value to their living conditions
· Decreased depletion of surrounding biomass, decreased green house gases emissions and improved in-door air quality
· Learning from the demonstration and its value of project interventions would be beneficial in improving and replicating the products and technologies for further implementation in other rural communities of Sindh province.
The project objectives are to:
· Replicate by installing the field tested (AKPBS) sustainable fuel-efficient models aiming to contribute towards the reduction of fuel costs and deforestation in the area;
· Organize training and awareness for the local artisans, community activists, NGOs, local government departments and relevant professionals in technical, social and economical aspects of the product intervention regarding sustainable healthy environment;
· Promote women development and gender equity; and
· Monitor, evaluate, document and disseminate the field experiences.
Activities to be carried out under project:
Generally, activities will be carried out to demonstrate technologies and practices for addressing relevant environmental problems (particularly inefficient energy use) by installing energy efficient products and environmentally friendly technologies, capacity building at community level of individuals, CBOs and relevant NGOs, and by sharing of experience through exchange visits, networking and other promotional activities
Specifically, following is a listing of major activities proposed to be carried out to achieve the project objectives:
1. Identify target villages, and relevant stakeholders including communities;
2. Conduct extensive baseline survey of the villages;
3. Discuss and agree terms of partners with the communities for installation of sustainable fuel-efficient models;
4. Impart trainings to entrepreneurs, staff and artisans;
5. Convene regular meetings with relevant stakeholders for effective coordination for the implementation of project objectives;
6. Organize awareness raising program and demand generation;
7. Facilitate for integration of women in the project implementation process;
8. Monitor project activities on regular basis
9. Third party evaluation of achievements and impact of the project
10. Document the progress of the activities
11. Disseminate the written material for mass awareness
Anticipated Output of Project
Relevant key results to be achieved through the project interventions would be:
· Well tested models of low cost like and low maintenance energy efficient products particularly helpful to women, directly addressing socio-economic and environmental problems.
· Improved energy efficiency directly reducing consumption of fire woods and timber requirement for cooking and heating, reduced health problems and incidences associated with poor living conditions, increased disposable household income, increased gender equity; reduced work load of women; increased spare time for women for leisure, and improved social status of the poor communities by adding value to their living conditions
· Decreased depletion of surrounding biomass, decreased green house gases emissions and improved in-door air quality
· Learning from the demonstration and its value of project interventions would be beneficial in improving and replicating the products and technologies for further implementation in other rural communities of Sindh province.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Sindh Agricultural & Forestry Workers Coordinating Org
Country:
Pakistan
Area Of Work:
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 41,445.89
Co-Financing Cash:
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 38,284.43
Project Number:
PAK/OP3/05/06
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods
1. The Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (IPRSP) recognizes that both income and human poverty are acute. Reduced development expenditures, higher debt service payments and other governance factors have resulted in a rise in the incidence of poverty in the 1990?s. Poverty is most significant in rural are of Sindh Province, with 37 per cent of the population living in poverty. The gender dimensions of human poverty are also acute. The gender gap in literacy has widened from 19 to 26 per cent from 1981 to 2000/01. The poor have poorer access to basic services: 59 per cent of them live in households without a toilet.
2. The primary source of fuel energy in rural areas is wood, which is used for cooking throughout the year and for heating during the winter. Fuel wood is mostly collected from people's own lands, and or from forest in rural areas. With the passage of time wood consumption is increasing while forests are decreasing such situation is being created. In the last decade or so, fuel wood supplies have seriously depleted, and it is becoming apparent that more and more families will have to resort to buying fuel wood or other heating fuels in the future. The cost of fuel wood in the area is currently about Rs.50 per maund/ 40 kg, depending on the season, the type of wood etc. Local use estimates suggest that one maund of fuel wood lasts for barely 2 to 3 days in winter. In summer, fuel wood is used only for cooking and one maund of wood can last up to a week again depending on the family size. Fuel wood collection is primarily carried out by the women of the household, and is a time consuming job, with one woman spending on an average 15 hours a week on fuel wood collection. The stoves used in the households are generally of an open design, which are inefficient in terms of fuel utilization and also have significant health effects for the women who use them in close proximity for up to five hours a day. In winter, and in rainy season when the stoves are used inside closed rooms, the health effects may be even more significant and are manifested in respiratory diseases, skin and eye infections.
3. In almost all the villages, there is no electricity available, therefore, people use kerosene oil for lighting their houses. The prices of oil are increasing day by day. It has been estimated that around Rs.10/- per day are spent on oil. The proposed product ?Fanos?/ Lamp using raw wax will be very cost effective ? around Re.1/- will be spent for a day.
Gender Focus
As users, and generally with prevailing responsibility of maintaining household expenses and household infrastructure (in terms of minor repairs and cleaning), and sometimes with additional responsibility of maintaining housing stock and other related activities, women are the main target, and the main beneficiaries of these interventions.
Women would be encouraged to assist and guide Safwco team for selecting locations for installation of energy efficient products. Women will also be involved in construction and usage of improved household products. Also, informal education to women on domestic health and hygiene with particular focus on indoor smoke related hazards would be imparted. Possibility of establishing women entrepreneurs through specialized training will also be investigated with women of the local communities. Thus, women would be involved in all aspects of programmatic delivery and gender would be a cross cutting issue for all program activities.
The overall scenario makes a substantial impact on women?s life, particularly health, hygiene and indoor comfort conditions in and around the household environment.
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