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Organization

Evangelização Geral de Ajuda aos Necessitados-EGAN (Thorough Evangelism For All- Help The Needy)

Mission

EGAN’s mission is to evangelize and contribute to the development of viable and sustainable households and communities in Mozambique by responding to the causes and consequences of human suffering and poverty with commitment to justice and dignity for all. Our programs focuses on helping vulnerable populations earn a steady income and achieve a higher quality of life by strengthening local capacities for disaster preparedness, advocacy and sustainable development. Programs are characterized by inclusive and participatory processes, an integrate

Organizational Expertise

Adoption / Behavior Change, Capacity Building, Climate/Environment, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Health, Heating, Humanitarian/Emergency Response, Institutional Cooking, Lab or Field Testing, Livelihoods, Marketing, Microfinance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Policy Development, Research, Standards, Technology and Fuel R&D

Technologies & Fuels

Biomass (Ag. Residue, Processed Biomass, etc.), Charcoal, Coal, Pellets / Briquettes, Wood

Clean Cooking Activities

EGAN in supportive of the clean cookstoves and charcoal value chain including the regulatory framework for adoption through the following activities:
• Conduct baseline study/ research
• Rapid multiplication and distribution of improved eucalyptus seedlings developed by the forestry research station that are high-yielding, tolerant to drought and resistant to diseases and pests
• Develop an out grower base schemes that make efficient use of commercial structures
• Introduce small scale processing technologies units and new coal products
• Setting up of sustainable woodfuel plantations
• Training in the use of energy efficient carbonization kilns
• Promotion of energy efficient charcoal stoves
• Development of direct substitute fuels
• Regulation, modernization, taxation and professionalization of the charcoal sector
• Link young coal producers and smallholder farmers to processing units to create opportunities for rural populations to fully participate in coal processing
• Engage in social mobilization and education to encourage the production and utilization of coal products
• Awareness campaigns: raising awareness on afforestation and gender equalities
• Improve monitoring and dissemination in the community

Partnership

EGAN in collaboration with ALHOMA, the District Directorates of Forestry and Commerce in Chokwe, research institute and local communities will launch Clean Stove Initiative (CSI) through market value chains approach. The project introduces efficient kilns using carbonization technology for reduction of losses and environmental damage; significantly cut pollutant emissions; greater community involvement in forest management and governance; plantation programs, training for skills development, awareness raising and a market for a new brand of “green charcoal”, and at the same time brings huge health and economic benefits. The project will also promote the use and distribution of energy efficient charcoal stoves. The project will work in close contact with the local communities. Local small-scale farmers associated in cooperatives will assist the sourcing and will become stakeholders, thus earning a respectable share of the value chain. A small-holder farmer model based on agro-forestry practices will be created combining the plantation of trees for future biomass supply with inter-cropping of food produce to assure short-term profit for farmers. The project will offer opportunity for current charcoal producers to shift to more efficient and sustainable kilns, the possibility to adhere to the certified sustainable brand, and will create an additional market for the use of secondary biomass resources such as agro-forestry residues. The project will partner with local distributors such as grocery stores, microfinance institutions and door-to-door sales network to get the cookstoves and fuelwood in the hands of the customers in the remote areas and will create a website for purchase online (e-commerce)

Regions Operating In

Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Based In

Mozambique

Address

Av. Eduardo Mondlane, № 290-45, Chókwè, Gaza province, Mozambique

Chokwe, Gaza Province 290-45

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Mr. Baimba Sisay

Title: Executive Director

Email: tea.needy@yahoo.com

Phone: +258-849492535

Secondary Point of Contact

Name: Ms. Ernest Oleka

Title: Acting Director

Email: egan.needy2006@gmail.com

Phone: +258-821209048