Energy & Climate Change

Project details: - Project name: Connecting Energy Savings Solutions in housing for better Natural Resources Management and job creation - Duration: 2 Years - Location: Kabul and Badakhshan provinces - Implementers: Geres and RMO - Overall objective: To contribute to better forest resource management and job creation in vulnerable communities of Afghanistan by addressing the consumption of timber fuel Highlighted outputs: - 70 houses equipped with ESS through demonstration policy, 45 families directly benefited. - 939 houses equipped with ESS through dissemination policy, 6171 people benefited 2920 men and 3251 women - 171 artisans received full training; 96 of them actively engaged at ESS disseminations consequently, 96 families directly benefited - 16782 people received direct awareness “Connecting Energy Savings Solutions in housing for better Natural Resources Management and job creation” project has been implemented in the provinces of Kabul and Badakhshan. The project targeted 3 districts of Kabul and 2 districts of Badakhshan province. The districts are selected based on eligibility to Energy Saing Solutions, access, logistic and HR mean of the project and security measures. The project successfully meets its pre identified goal and objectives and reached all its indicators.

Kabul Green Homes Project: The project “Scaling up Green Homes in Kabul towards Sustainable Energy Consumption and Low Emission Development” simply called Kabul Green Homes Project (KGHP), started as soon as early 2016 thanks to lesson learned of the previous regional project of Geres called “AFG- TAJ” project. The project KGHP is funded by the European Union vis SWITCH Asia program and c funded by French Agency for Development (AFD). KGHP implemented by a continuum of one international NGO: Geres and two national NGOs: Rural Movement Organization (RMO) and Afghanistan Micro finance Association (AMA). The project aim was to support Large-scale market driven production of approved Energy Saving Solutions and their sustainable consumption by private households in Kabul and beyond contribute to i) economic growth, ii) poverty reduction, and iii) climate change mitigation. To reach these goals the project was designed with two specific objectives - ESS are accessible and affordable to different segments of Kabul’s housing market, and produced by collectively organized and qualified SMEs endorsed and promoted by financial institutions - Dialogue with national and international institutions of Central Asia contributes to a favourable environment for scaling up ESSs and replicating in similar contexts The consortium of an international and two national NGOs, in collaboration and support of Kabul municipality and involvement of NEPA and MoEW strongly involved on success of the project. From 2017 to 2021 the project's aimed at encouraging the adoption of 'green' technologies and sustainable energy consumption patterns in the housing sector of Kabul thanks to a market approach involving of professional actors engaged in the Energy Saving Solutions (ESS) value chain (craftsmen, wholesalers, suppliers…) and in front of them households’ or customers willing to invest in ESS technologies at their house level. Highlighted outcomes: - Economic Growth: although the project activities strongly affected by COVID 19 restrictions, security issues and political instability, but still the trained artisans / SMEs reported 21% increase on income and 70% more employment at their SMEs, meanwhile the ESS users reported xxxx % money savings, thanks to heating/ cooking fuel reduction - Poverty reduction: Overall, 4756 houses have been equipped with ESS, for which 2,184 metric ton of heating biomass fuel (wood, coal, sawdust…) are saved per year. Consequently 31,200,000 Afn saved per year. In average targeted households benefit at least two winters with their ESS, so minimum of 62,400,000 Afn (693,333 EUR) already saved thanks to energy saving solutions. Those fuel savings have contributed to increase on the long term the disposable income of households, allowing them to satisfy better their other basic needs (food, health, education, etc.) - Climate Change Mitigations: During project implementation three winter monitoring campaigns applied, which noted an average reduction of 39% biomass fuel and 1.3 ton of CO2 per houses equipped with ESS per year, the total CO2 saved per year are therefore recorded 6,153 metric ton. More details: (click here) we will add external evaluations report Highlighted outputs: - 133 artisans/ SMEs trained and engaged at ESS disseminations - 4,756 houses equipped with energy saving solutions - 720,032 people (150,549 directly and 569,483 indirectly) informed about project and its technologies - The first association for artisans / SMEs created and governed - 1,221 houses equipped with ESS via green loan approach, 5000 packages of housing loan is distributed

Project details: - Project name: Connecting Energy Savings Solutions in housing for improved livelihoods and enhanced job opportunity - Duration: 7 months - Location: Kabul districts (13, 14 and 16) - Implementers: Geres and RMO The project " Connecting Energy Savings Solutions in housing for improved livelihoods and enhanced job opportunity" has been designed to contribute to ensure heating and cooking means, reducing costs thereof and improve living conditions of the targeted populations. The project target 375 most vulnerable households of targeted districts to be equipped with Energy Saving Solutions via at least 30 trained artisans and the support of community representatives. The project also supports large awareness campaign to inform at least 5500 through direct awareness campaign. By end of the project, 418 houses are equipped with ESS verses 370 planned, of which 71 of them are women headed households. A baseline and end use assessment are performed for 171 houses out of 418 equipped with ESS who report more comfort and fuel saving. 33 artisans are trained and supported for additional income and job opportunity, with 28 of them reported increase of income and better job opportunity. In addition, by the end of the project, around 6.066 people out of which 3.776 of them are women, received direct awareness of ESS benefit, the project and how to access ESS.

Project details: - Project name: Energy and Food Production Solutions for Peri-urban Afghanistan - Duration: 26 months started April 2024 - Location: Kabul Province (two municipality and two provincial districts) - Implementers: Rural Movement Organization - Overall objective: The resilience of urban and peri urban population against economic, climatic and ecological crises is strengthened in selected project areas. - Specific Objective: To provide Energy Saving Solutions (ESS) and Food Process and Production (FPP) solutions to vulnerable households of 4 Districts of Kabul Province enabling their access to clean energy and healthier food. ESS and FPP aim at supporting the target population towards access to better quality living conditions and food security thanks to the promotion, manufacturing and dissemination of innovative approved energy saving technologies by local artisans: improved cooking stoves, tandoor cap, improved Digdan, solar cooker, solar verandas, greenhouses, solar dryers. These technologies on one site significantly reduce the heating and cooking fuel consumptions and on other hand bring more comfort and improve health and livelihoods of the users. RMO assessments show, over 90 % heating and over 30% cooking fuel used by Kabyl peri urban communities are biomass fuel (wood, coal, sawdust, animal dung etc), moreover very poor categories burn old tires, plastic items, old shoes… to heat their houses, these items warning kabul and global environment and challenge the health of users. By Introducing ESS and Equipping houses with it, we expect the fuel consumption will be significantly reduced and people enjoy better indoor and outdoor air quality. Relevant Output Indicators: - Number of artisans trained: from 0 to 56 - Number of households equipped with ESS: from 0 to 920 - Number of women implementing FPP: from 0 to 260 - Number of women received training and support on business development and marketing increased: from 0 to 45 - Number of women received training and support on kitchen garden and greenhouses management are increased: from 0 to 15 Highlighted outputs by end 2025: - 58 artisans for ESS manufacturing and installations: (103%) - 666 houses equipped with ESS:(72.3 %) - 180 women trained and supported for: (69.23 %) - 20 women received training and support on business development and marketing: (44.4 %) - 10 women received training and support on kitchen garden or greenhouses management: (67%) The project “Energy and Food Production Solutions for Peri-urban Afghanistan” is expected to strongly contribute on climate change mitigations, local economy development/poverty reduction and women empowerment.