August 2014
Mark Simpson, Managing Director, CO2balance UK Ltd
Welcome to our August edition of the newsletter and as we say goodbye from our shores to a very successful Commonwealth Games, a games in which many of the countries co2balance operates in competed, we can look forward to the rest of the summer.
For some the summer is the time for rest and holidays, for CO2balance the past month has been very busy with lots of activities on the ground. We had two cookstove project audits in Kenya, one CDM verification visit in Kaptagat and Eldoret and one Gold Standard verification visit in Shimba Hills. The Kenya team worked very hard to make sure the smooth running of the trips, our in-country coordinator and community project officers provided invaluable support in making these site visits a success.
Still in Kenya, the Umeme Women's Improved Cookstove Project is continuing at a steady pace in West Kisumu, focusing now on the local awareness raising through demonstrations as well as broadcasting radio adverts in the project area.
In the meantime our borehole projects in Uganda are also making progress. We held the local stakeholder meeting of 3 new VPAs in Kaliro, Eastern Uganda and launched a participative WASH programme for the clean water projects in Northern Uganda.
Finally, you can read some interesting facts about Eritrea, where the latest project addition to our mPOA Improved Kitchen Regimes is being implemented by our partner organisation, Vita. The Dissemination of Improved Stoves in Zoba Anseba, Eritrea will help bring 8,000 improved cookstoves to households as well as supporting further training programmes locally.
I hope you will enjoy this edition of our newsletter and please do not hesitate to get in touch for further information on any of our projects and services.
Mark
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