ICS Project to empower youth and reduce the effects of climate change

PROJECT TITLE : To reduce the effects of cli+mate chang through th implementation of renewable energy project. Project description: MASO conducted a baseline survey in Rukwa region especially in Sumbawanga District while planning for this project. The Survey shows that, Out of 813 households surveyed 771, i.e. 95% use firewood as the main source of energy for cooking, 45 use charcoals for cooking and 16 households use both firewood and charcoal. The survey reveals that 85% of households which use traditional stoves do not pay for firewood but collect them. At least 94% interviewed people says that the supply of energy and especially cooking energy is less enough for their diary needs. It is evident that the use of firewood and open stoves put higher pressure on forest degradation and hence contributes to the effects of climate change. Sumbawanga is among of three districts in Rukwa region suffered by the disaster caused by the hurricane especially at Pito ward in two villages Tamasenga and Malagano two years frequently, which caused by environmental destruction due to cutting of trees for charcoal and firewood. MASO has come up with an idea or a project to empower young people between the ages of 18-35 in the villages of Tamasenga and Malagano in Pito ward to make Improved Cook stove (ICS) which use less charcoal and is affordable, and this ICS will be sold to the community at an affordable price. This intervention will reduce deforestation and enhance ecosystem restoration to the higher extent while promote youth and the communities’ economic growth. Project Activities Below are the project activities:- • Train 12 young women aged 18-35 and 8 young Boys respectively on delivery of Market Intelligence (MI) • Train 12 young women aged 18-35 and 8 young Boys respectively as youth artisans • Train 12 young women aged 18-35 and 8 young Boys respectively on local supply chain • Provide responsive and entrepreneur led supports in promotion and marketing; • Distribute ICS to the local market • Monitoring and valuation; Objective of the project: The main objectives of this project are:- • To contribute to the National Strategy on the conservation of the Biological Diversity by national biodiversity strategy and action plan. (NBSAP 2030) Specific Objectives • To contribute to reduce deforestation • To contribute facilitate the conservation of natural resources for our future generations • To contribute ensure the protection of biodiversity • To contribute implement sustainable development Project Outcome /Output: Outputs of the project are:- • Twenty (20) youth (being 12 female and 8 male) trained on improved cook stoves. • At least 320 improved Cook stove (ICS) produced and distributed to the community. • Sixty (60) stakeholders and local leaders involved and are participating in the implementation of the project. Outcomes of the project • Illegal activities such as charcoal burning, and illegal logging reduced. • Pressure of natural resources encroachment reduced • Twenty youth are economically empowered through ICS business. Work plan In order to deliver all the results as proposed in this project, the project will implement the following activities and time frame:-  Train 12 young women aged 18-35 and 8 young Boys respectively on delivery of Market Intelligence (MI) to strengthen the demand side dynamics in local renewable energy markets; this will be done at the first two weeks of the first month of the project implementation (15th-31st December 2023)  Train 12 young women aged 18-35 and 8 young Boys respectively as youth artisans in production, costing, design refinement and marketing methods; this will be done between 5th -12th February 2024  Train 12 young women aged 18-35 and 8 young Boys respectively on local supply chain relation building and onsite ICS enterprise coaching; This will be done between 15th -22nd February 2024  Provide responsive and entrepreneur led supports in promotion and marketing; this will be don as from January to November 2024.  Distribute ICS to the local market as a means of reducing deforestation and carbon offsetting; this will be done as from the first week of February 2024 to November 2024 and beyond the project funding period.  Monitoring and valuation; this will be don as from the beginning of the project to the end (December 2023 through November 2024) Project Budget No Activity Budget (in US$) 1 Train 12 young women aged 18-35 and 8 young Boys respectively on delivery of Market Intelligence (MI) 1200 2 Train 12 young women aged 18-35 and 8 young Boys respectively as youth artisans on making ICS 1500 3 Train 12 young women aged 18-35 and 8 young Boys respectively on local supply chain 1200 4 Provide responsive and entrepreneur led supports in promotion and marketing; 600 5 Distribute ICS to the local market 100 6 Monitoring and valuation; 400 7 Total 5000