PARTICIPATORY RURAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

Organization

Mission

DEVELOPING CAPACITIES OF WOMEN AND PROMOTE SMOKELESS FUEL FROM WASTE BIOMASS AND REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS WHILST ENHANCING BETTER LIVELIHOODS THROUGH CONSERVATION AND MICRO ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT IN ZAMBIA

Organizational Expertise

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

Technologies & Fuels

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

Clean Cooking Activities

MORE THAN 97% OF HOUSEHOLDS IN ZAMBIA RELY ON ILLEGALLY AND UNSUSTAINABLE SOURCED BIOMASS (CHARCOAL AND FIRE WOOD) FOR DOMESTIC COOKING AND HEATING ENERGY. THIS HAS RESULTED IN HIGH LEVEL OF DEFORESTATION AND FOREST DEGRADATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THERE IS URGENT NEED TO SUBSTITUTE THE PRODUCTION OF CHARCOAL DUE TO SCARCITY OF TREES FOR CHARCOAL BY PRODUCING CHARCOAL BRIQUETTES FROM AGRICULTURE WASTE AND CHARCOAL DUST AS THIS WILL PROVIDE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OPTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE INCLUDING COOKSTOVES AND IT WILL BRING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND FOR WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN THE VALUE CHAIN THUS YIELDING DIRECT ECONOMIC BENEFITS OVER AND ABOVE THOSE OF CLEAN AIR AND INCREASED ACCESS TO COOKSTOVES AND FUEL SOURCES.

Partnership

THE ORGANISATION WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS PARTNERSHIP THROUGH SUPPORTING THE ALLIANCE'S MISSION AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR GOAL OF ZAMBIA ADOPTING CLEAN COOKING STOVES AND FUELS, ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE ALLIANCE AND WORK TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, GENDER,AND LIVELIHOODS IMPACT OF CLEANING COOKING SOLUTIONS, AND SHARE EXPERIENCES, EXPERTISE, BEST PRACTICES , TOOLS AND RESOURCES.

Regions Operating In

Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Based In

Zambia

Address

P.O.BOX 410014, KASAMA. ZAMBIA

KASAMA, NORTHERN PROVINCE 10101

Primary Point of Contact

Name: KASHIBA ZEBRON

Title: CHAIRMAN

Email: parudec2018@gmail.com

Phone: +260965130488

Secondary Point of Contact

Name: CHANDA KABWE

Title: TREASURER