Organization
Dorcas Aid Internatiional
Mission
We strive for lasting change for those who live in poverty, are excluded, or caught in a crises.
We empower people to flourish – with access to basic services, restored dignity and resilience, in strong communities, with an eye for the marginalised, without showing favouritism.
We proactively seek to partner with others to increase the long-term impact of our mutual efforts. We are a committed partner who delivers quality and shares expertise.
We see everyone who contributes to our work... https://www.dorcas.org/about-dorcas/vision-mission/
Organizational Expertise
Adoption / Behavior Change, Capacity Building, Climate/Environment, Finance / Investment, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Humanitarian/Emergency Response, Livelihoods, Marketing, Microfinance, Monitoring and Evaluation
Technologies & Fuels
Biomass (Ag. Residue, Processed Biomass, etc.), Crop residues, Pellets / Briquettes, Solar
Clean Cooking Activities
Out interest is through the use of clean energy to contribute to a Resilient Livelihood and increased capacity with communities to adapt to climate change. Through the development and implementation of viable business models for rural area we want to make clean cooking affordable and accessible and reduce the use of charcoal and the associated problems of deforestation and health issues, gas emission and workload for women. Our activities have aim to develop proof of concepts ( in different settings) for small collection centers for biomass and small scale production of pellets; that this is a sustainable solution to bring clean energy to the poorest (in Tanzania). Activities will include: behavior change, market development, develop finance mechanism etc
Partnership
Our organization is interested to participate in this partnership in order to be able to share project results, data and findings with other organizations and with this to contribute to building of improved central data collection and learning. We do co-fund projects/activities we are involved in within our strategic areas.
Regions Operating In
Europe and Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Based In
Netherlands
Address
bedrijfsweg 3
P.O. Box 12
Andijk, Noord-Holland 8212WD
Website
Primary Point of Contact
Name: Mrs. Ester Mgina
Title: Program Knowledge Support
Email: e.mgina@dorcas.nl
Phone: +31615118455
Secondary Point of Contact
Name: Mr. Wim Den Hartog
Title: Institutional Relationships and Partnerships
Email: w.denhartog@dorcas.nl
Phone: +31228 595900
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