Sector Directory

Organization

Youth Association for Rural Development

Mission

We build the capacity of communities for socio-economic development and solicit support for improved infrastructure and technologies for better living conditions, focusing on disadvantaged people in the Buikwe District.

Organizational Expertise

Adoption / Behavior Change, Capacity Building, Climate/Environment, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Institutional Cooking, Marketing

Technologies & Fuels

Solar, Wood

Clean Cooking Activities

Since 1995, YARD has been working with rural smallholder farmers in Uganda to train them on the usage, maintenance, and manufacture of improved mud stoves both at household and institutional levels. This is because the materials for making such stoves are locally available to farmers and they can easily access them without spending more money. Therefore this helps to minimize household expenditure, while improving the health of people and controlling accidents within homes especially among young children. YARD has also worked in partnership with other organizations to increase access to clean energy among the rural communities such as charcoal cookstoves and small solar lamps. This has built our capacity in promoting clean energy products and also building the capacity of rural people to maintain and use such clean products.

Partnership

YARD has trained artisans that can easily train beneficiaries to construct clean cookstoves for farmers. In addition, we have the capacity to market clean energy products due to the fact that we work in large rural areas. With such experience, we can also share experiences through exchange visits and documentation of case stories that have benefited from the clean energy movement. Distribution of clean energy products can also be done by YARD as one of our activities within this partnership.

Regions Operating In

Sub-Saharan Africa

Country Based In

Uganda

Address

Church Road

Kampala, Central Uganda 109, Lugazi

Website

https://www.yarduganda.wix.com/yarduganda

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Mr. Lunaana Luke

Title: Coordinator

Email: yarduganda@yahoo.com

Phone: 0773116664

Secondary Point of Contact

Name: Ms. Sifuna Edith

Title: Programme Officer

Email: edithsifuna@ymail.com

Phone: 0774296478