The Charcoal Project

Call for Comments – Potential Grant Competition for Fuel-Efficient Cookstove Distribution in Kenya

This is a Public Service Announcement brought to you by the good people at Winrock and USAID:

The United States Agency for International Development and Winrock International are soliciting Expressions of Interest (“EOIs”) in support of a possible 18-month, $1 million USD (maximum) grant award (or awards).

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Postcard from Rubaare: A man, a problem, a solution.

In researching the fuel briquette solutions, we discovered there were multiple options available and no decision tree on how to choose between them.  The Charcoal Project team spent the first six months researching and talking to developers, implementers, manufacturers and others with experience in the field.

Our research eventually led us to Isaac Owor, founder of EnviroCoal, a fuel-briquette manufacturer based in the capital, Kampala.

 

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