Organization
United Purpose
Mission
United Purpose is an international development charity with an innovative community led approach to delivering the Sustainable Development Goals and eradicating global poverty and inequality.
Organizational Expertise
Carbon Finance, Health
Other Organizational Expertise
Sustainable livelihoods, water and sanitation, small enterprise development, micro-credit, disaster risk reduction
Technologies & Fuels
Biomass (Ag. Residue, Processed Biomass, etc.), Solar
Other Technologies Fuels
Improved cookstoves
Clean Cooking Activities
Based in Malawi, but with an international remit, the Sustainable Energy Management Unit (SEMU) aims to transition to a social enterprise, providing services within United Purpose, as well as to other organisations, and vulnerable communities. These energy initiatives will meet a fundamental need in communities for improved access to clean household energy for cooking, warmth and lighting, as well as energy provision at public institutions, and have considerable scope for scale up. In Malawi, SEMU is the Secretariat for the National Cookstove Steering Committee and recognised as one of the biggest actors in the cleaner cooking sector. Through its innovative integration of cleaner cookstoves into the Social Cash Transfer programme, it will provide cleaner cooking technologies to over 100,000 ultra-poor and labour constrained households by the end of 2018. We also own and operate our own Gold Standard Programme of Activities, covering clean cooking and safe water supply; the framework is open to any interested organisations on a case-by-case basis. As an INGO we use the carbon revenues for the ongoing operation of the programme, as well as reinvesting all surpluses back into communities through our energy interventions. Carbon credits can be purchased through our fully transparent, not for profit retailer - CarbonUP.
Partnership
Sharing experience of working with fuel efficient stoves in Malawi and throughout our Africa and Asia programme.
Regions Operating In
South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Country Based In
United Kingdom
Address
4th Floor, 14 Cathedral Rd
Cardiff , CF11 9LJ
Website
Primary Point of Contact
Name: Mr. Matthew Thomas
Title: Major Donor funding manager
Email: hannah.pudner@united-purpose.org
Phone: +44 (0)2920 220066
Secondary Point of Contact
Name: Mr. Lloyd Archer
Title:
Email: Lloyd.Archer@united-purpose.org
Phone: +44 (0)2920 220066
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