gold standard local stakeholder consultation report - MyClimate

GOLD STANDARD LOCAL STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION REPORT 

A. Project Description 

1. Project eligibility under Gold Standard 

2. Current project status 

CONTENTS 

B. Design of Stakeholder Consultation Process 

1. Description of physical meeting(s) 

i. Agenda 

ii. Non-technical summary 

iii. Invitation tracking table 

iv. Text of individual invitations 

v. Text of public invitations 

2. Description of other consultation methods used 

C. Consultation Process 

1. Participants’ in physical meeting(s) 

i. List 

ii. Evaluation forms 

2. Pictures from physical meeting(s) 

3. Outcome of consultation process 

i. Minutes of physical meeting(s) 

ii. Minutes of other consultations 

iii. Assessment of all comments 

iv. Revisit sustainable development assessment 

v. Summary of changes to project design based on comments 

D. Sustainable Development Assessment 

1. Own sustainable development assessment 

i. ‘Do no harm’ assessment 

ii. Sustainable development matrix 

2. Stakeholders blind sustainable development matrix 

3. Consolidated sustainable development matrix 

E. Discussion on Sustainability Monitoring Plan 

F. Description of Stakeholder Feedback Round 

Annex 1. Original participants list 

Annex 2. Original feedback forms

Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report 

SECTION A. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 

A. 1. Project eligibility under the Gold Standard 

[See Toolkit 1.2 and Toolkit Annex C] 

The proposed project activity meets the Gold Standard eligibility criteria as follows: 

The project is the distribution of efficient biomass cook stoves to rural households in Kenya, and 

therefore classifies as an End-use Energy Efficiency Improvement project. 

The project surpasses the threshold of 180Gwh (thermal) for small-scale projects and thus the 

project classifies as a large scale. 

The project is located in Kenya, which has ratified the Kyoto protocol and is listed as a Non-Annex I 

country with no cap on GHG emissions. 

Transfer of credits ownership is guaranteed from stove user to project owner by the signed Stove 

Purchase and Sale Agreement and a VERPA between Tembea Youth Center for Sustainable 

Development and myclimate. 

No ODA money is used to finance this project. 

The proposed project activity has not been announced previously without mentioning that it will be 

conducted as a carbon offset project. 

The project reduces CO2, CH4 and N20 emissions by reducing the consumption of non-renewable 

firewood for cooking. 

The project implementation did not start before the local stakeholder meeting and therefore the 

project classifies for the regular project cycle. 

A. 2. Current project status 

Project status: 

• Identification of stove design January to February 2009 

• Adaptation of stove design March to May 2009 

• A MoU has been signed between Tembea and myclimate on 23.04.2009, followed by a 

term sheet on 28.04.2010. 

• Identification of trainers of trainers for artisans in July 2009 

• First stoves were constructed in August 2009 

• Preliminary kitchen survey was conducted in September 2009 

Gold Standard Passport version 2.1 July 2009 

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• Stakeholder consultation meeting was conducted on 05.05.2010. 

• Project started with implementation in October 2010. 


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SECTION B. DESIGN OF STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION PROCESS 

B. 1. Design of physical meeting(s) 

i. Agenda 

[See Toolkit 2.6.1 and Toolkit Annex J] 

05 May 2010 

Time Activity 

10:00-11:00 Opening 

11:00-11:45am Explanation of the project 

11:45-1:05pm Questions for clarification about project explanation 

1:05pm-2:30pm Sustainable development exercise 

2:30pm-3:15pm Discussion on monitoring sustainable development 

3:15pm-3:30pm Closure of the meeting 

ii. Non-technical summary 

[See Toolkit 2.6 and Toolkit Annex J] 

Energy Efficient Cook Stoves for Siaya Communities, Kenya 

The project aims to construct energy efficient cook stoves for rural communities in the former Siaya district 1 in 

Nyanza Province, Kenya. 

As in many rural regions in developing countries the supply of modern energy carriers such as electricity and 

fossil fuels is very limited and expensive. In Siaya district only 1.4% of the population use electricity for 

lighting and only 0.1% for cooking purpose. To meet their basic energy needs households rely on locally 

available biomass fuels such as firewood and also occasionally charcoal: almost 90% of households use 

firewood for cooking and 9% use charcoal for preparing their meals. Households in Siaya district traditionally 

cook on open fires consisting of 3 stones, in this way burning large amounts of fuel wood in a very inefficient 

way. This has severe impacts at the social (e.g. health) and environmental levels (e.g. deforestation, CO2emissions). 

This project aims to mitigate these impacts by introducing energy efficient cook stoves to Siaya 

communities in Kenya. 

The efficient cook stove is a biomass rocket stove designed for burning wood and consisting of two cooking 

units that can be separately fired. The stove is fixed and installed in households. This efficient cook stove 

brings multiple benefits to the stove users: it reduces firewood consumption by approximately 40-50%, thus 

reducing the burden of firewood collection on women and children or relieving the household’s budget for fuel 

purchase; moreover, through the cleaner and more efficient combustion harmful smoke emissions are 

reduced and indoor air quality is considerably improved; the reduction in firewood consumption helps to 

1 The former Siaya district was split to Ugenya, Ugunja, Gem and Siaya districts. 


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conserve forest vegetation and to reduce CO2-emissions, which are responsible for climate change. 

The efficient cook stoves are constructed using locally available materials, such as mud, bricks and sawdust. 

Local artisans are identified in the villages and trained in stove construction and household mobilization. An 

innovative village based group savings and loaning will be integrated to enhance affordability and access to 

efficient cook stoves through soft loans. Moreover, regular energy education and demonstrations will be 

conducted to enhance awareness, adoption and utility. 

The project is developed as a carbon offset project by the Swiss non-profit foundation myclimate (Zurich, 

Switzerland) and is coordinated and implemented by the Kenyan Tembea Youth Centre for Sustainable 

Development (Ugunja, Kenya). The project is financed through the mechanism of carbon credits and will be 

certified under the Gold Standard Foundation. Project implementation will start in June/July 2010 with the 

construction of the first 1,500 efficient stoves until the end of the year. After that, it is planned to complete 

annually 7,200 stoves adding up to over 40,000 stoves over the project lifetime of 7 years. 

Further information about the project will be presented at the meeting or is available on request. 

Non-technical summary in Dholuo (local language) 

Chenroni en mar gero jiko ne jodala mai’egwenge machon majo Siaya district ei Province ma Nyanza Kenya. 

Gwenge mania pinje magerore tinde tiogi mach mar stima gi mauta ma tinde tin kendo bei be tek. Ei Siaya, 

kende atamalo 1.5 % mag ji matiogi stima kuom neon, kendo 0.1% mar tedo kuom yudo mach mar tiogo pile 

tije ot jiogeno kuom gimoramora manyalo moko mach eyo mayot kaka yien gi makaa; chiegni 90% ei ute 

jitiogi yien kuom tedo, 9% tiogi makaa kuom loso chiemo. Ute mangeny ei siaya district tedo oko gi kite adek 

mamiyo gitiyo gi yien mangeny eyomarach makello tuo gi ketho aluorawa kuom ketho yien makelo yamo 

maber. Chenro ni dwa konyo magi te kaa okello kendo manyien mar tedo kaka stove ne jo siaya district ei 

kenyaber jiko ni en olosegi chieth thieng eyo machal gi rocket matiyo gi yien kendo udi ariyo mopogore. Jiko 

ni egero e ot, ber jiko ni kelo ber mangeny kuom ngamatiyo kode jiko ni duoko chien tiyo gi yien kuom 40 – 

50% kendo duoko chien jo mamine gi nyithindo kuom manyo yien kamo be okonyo kuomduoko tije mang’eny 

ei e ute gi kaka nyiewo mafuta mar tedo. 

Jiko no oger gi gik ma yudore machiegni kak lo, kite, randa. Jogero jiko ni bende yudore eigwenge mopuonj 

loso jiko e ute ka ute, jo bura man gi kano mar saving gi loan biro bet mondo yudo jiko ni obet tich mayot 

kuom holo. Bende tiegruok kendo rangisi kaka jiko ni tiyo birobet mondo ji obet gi ngeyo kaka itiyokode 

Bura ni olosgi gi riwruokno mar jo Swiss non-profit foundation myclimate ka oriwre kod Tembea Youth Centre 

for Sustainable Development ei ugunja, Kenya. Chenroni biro yudo pesa ka owuok kwom puodhruok mar jo 

golf standard foundation. Obiro chakore idwe mar auchiel kata abirio iga ni ndalo ma abirio golo jike 1,500 

nyaka rumo iga. Bange obiro tieko loso jike 7,200 higa ka higa kwom higni abirio; mamiyowa jike 40,000. 

Puonj mangeny mar bura ni ibiro golo ibura kata inyalo miyo ngata ngata ka dwaro. 


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Category 

Code 

(see list 

above) 

iii. Invitation tracking table 



Organisation (if 

relevant) 

E Gold Standard: 

Local Gold 

Standard Expert, 

Africa & Middle 

East 

F Renewable 

Energy & Energy 

Efficiency 

Institute, Namibia 

F WWF South 

Africa 

F (SACAN 

Facilitator) 

EarthLife Africa 

Johannesburg 

F SouthSouthNorth, 

South Africa 

F Zero: Regional 

Environment 

Organisation, 

Zimbabwe 

F WWF 

International 

F Greenpeace 

International 

F Mercy Corps 

International 

F Helio 

International 

Name of 

invitee 

Means of invitation 


Date of 

invitation 

Nahla Sabet nahla@cdmgoldstandard.org 15.04.2010 Y 

Ndhlukula 

Kudakwashe 

Worthington 

Richard 

kndhlukula@polytechnic.edu.na 15.04.2010 N 

rworthington@wwf.org.za 

(office: +27 11 262 9460, mobile: +27 

(0)82 44 66 392) 

Dora Ledello 185 Smit Street, Braamfontein, 8000 

South Africa 

Telephone: +27 (0)730357208 

Raubenheimer 

Stefan 

Chigwada 

Johannes 

dorahl@ghouse.org.za 

15.04.2010 N 

15.04.2010 N 

stef@southsouthnorth.org 15.04.2010 N 

johannes@zeroregional.com 15.04.2010 N 

Bella Roscher Bella.Roscher@wwf.ch 15.04.2010 N 

Steve Sawyer Steve.Sawyer@diala.Greenpeace.org 15.04.2010 N 

Dorothy 

McIntosh 

Helene 

O'Connor- 

Lajambe 

F REEEP Marianne 

Osterkorn 

C National 

Environment 

Management 

Mr. Avignon 

Mwinzi 

dmcintosh@uk.mercycorps.org 15.04.2010 N 

helio@helio-international.org 15.04.2010 N 

marianne.osterkorn@reeep.org 15.04.2010 N 

dgnema@nema.go.ke, 

ammwinzi@yahoo.com 

28 th April 

2010 

Confirmation 

received? 

Y/N 

N 

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Authority, 

(NEMA)Kenya 

(DNA) 

C NEMA - District 

environment 

D Green Belt 

Movement 


Ms. Anne 

Anyango 

Owino 

Prof. Wangari 

Maathai 

F Yaubula Hayley 

Giachin 

F African Wildlife 

Foundation 

Ms. Isabella A. 

Masinde 

aanyango2000@yahoo.com, 

aowino@nema.go.ke 

gbm@greenbeltmovement.org 

Website contact form 


14 th April 

2010 

14 th April 

2010 

hayley@yaubula.org.au 14 th April 

2010 

imasinde@awfke.org 14 th April 

2010 

F IUCN Grace Mwaura mwauragrace0@gmail.com 14 th April 

2010 

D Rural Water and 

Sanitation 

Organization 

(WATERSAN) 

Mr. Francis 

Asuna 

fasunah@yahoo.com, 

watersan3000@yahoo.com 

14 th April 

2010 

D Nature Kenya office@naturekenya.org 14 th April 

2010 

D UCRC Mr. Aggrey 

Omondi 

ucrckenya@gmail.com, 

aggrey.omondi@gmail.com 

F ILRI Philip Osano mcosano@yahoo.com , 

philip.osano@mail.mcgill.ca 

14 th April 

2010 

14 th April 

2010 

D KENVO David Kuria keenvo@yahoo.com 14 th April 

2010 

D KEFRI Mr. Mukolwe 

Michael 

D WKCDD/FMP Ms. Rose 

Koboge 

tmanager@kefri.org, 

michaelmukolwe@yahoo.com 

D KARI/WKIEMP Wilson Aore wwaore@wkiemp.org, 

wwaore@yahoo.com 

D UCAHA Mr. Bernard 

Adalla 

D UNDP/DBSC 

Siaya 

D National 

Coordinating 

Agency on 

Population and 

Development – 

(NCAPD) 

Ms. Bianca 

Ocholla 

Mr. Oduor 

Onyango 

14 th April 

2010 

kobogedova@yahoo.com 14 th April 

2010 

ucaha81@yahoo.com, 

andylins2004@yahoo.com 

ochollah@gmail.com , 

apudayb@yahoo.com 

info@ncapd-kenya.org 

+254722790457 

14 th April 

2010 

14 th April 

2010 

14 th April 

2010 

14 th April 

2010 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

N 

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F Artist Project 

Earth - UK 

B Member of 

Parliament, 

Ugenya 

Constituency 

B Siaya county 

Council 

B Town Council of 

Ugunja 

B Town Council of 

Ukwala 

B Kisumu Medical 

Education Trust 

(KMET) 


Ms. Lorna 

Horwath 

Hon. James 

Aggrey 

Orengo 

lorna@apeuk.org 14 th April 

2010 

ministerlands@ardhi.go.ke 

Letter 


14 th April 

2010 

Town Clerk, Letter 14 th April 

2010 

Town Clerk Letter 14 th April 

2010 

Town Clerk Letter 14 th April 

2010 

Ms. Monica 

Oguttu 

D OSIENALA Dr. Obiero 

Ong’anga 

D ECOFINDER Mr. Leonard 

Akwany 

D Community 

Initiative Action 

Group (CIAG – 

Kenya) 

D Matibabu 

Foundation 

Mr. Chris 

Owala 

Mr. Dan 

Ogolla 

info@kmet.co.ke 14 th April 

2010 

osienala@osienala.org 14 th April 

2010 

ecofinder@yahoo.com 14 th April 

2010 

ciag-kenya@hotmail.com 14 th April 

2010 

danogola@hotmail.com 14 th April 

2010 

D AYICC-KENYA George Auko georgeauko@gmail.com 14 th April 

2010 

D AYICC-Kenya Job Nyangoko 

Orina 

D AYICC Ms. Sylvia 

Wachira 

F WWF-Kenya Kimunya 

Mugo 

F ACTIS Dr. Roger 

Baud 

F Sustainability 

Institute 

D Youth Alive! 

Kenya 

Ms. Jess 

Schulschenk 

Mr. James 

Muraguri 

D KENTEL Mr. Cleopa 

Otieno 

nyangoka101@yahoo.com 14 th April 

2010 

sylviawachira@gmail.com, 

sylviawachira@yahoo.com 

14 th April 

2010 

KMugo@wwfesarpo.org 14 th April 

2010 

roger.baud@sl.ethz.ch 14 th April 

2010 

Jess@sustainabilityinstitute.net 14 th April 

2010 

muraguri@youthalivekenya.org 14 th April 

2010 

timonson@googlemail.com 14 th April 

2010 

B DC Ugenya Ms. Caroline Letter/Telephone 27 th April Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

Y 

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B DC Siaya Mr. Boaz 

Cherutich 

D Africa Now Mr. Haron 

Emukhule 

D EU/GTZ 

Ecological 

Sanitation 

promotion 

D Eco Sanity 

Services 

D Kenya Land 

Alliance 


Onchoka 2010 

Mr. Johaness 

Orodi 

Letter/Telephone 27 th April 

2010 

hemukule@africanow.org, 

emukuleharon@yahoo.com 

johannes.odhiambo@gtz-wsrp.or.ke, 

johannes.odhiambo@gtz-wsrp.or.ke 


14 th April 

2010 

14 th April 

2010 

Watako David david.nrmn@gmail.com, 14 th April 

2010 

Ms. Rose 

Ong’ech 

D RECONCILE Mr. Ken Peter 

Otieno 

F CARE 

International in 

Kenya 

Mr. Joseph 

Makanda 

D KWAHO Mr. Arysterico 

E. Mahinda 

D CMEDA Ms. 

Annemarie 

Ojung’a - 

Ochieng 

F PACJA Mr. Mwenda 

Mithika 

D Kenya Young 

Greens 

D Kenya 

Community 

Development 

Foundation 

D Youth 

Employment 

Systems 

rozejohn@gmail.com, 14 th April 

2010 

kenotieno@reconcile-ea.org, 

gadencentre@yahoo.com, 

peterkenotieno009@gmail.com 

makanda@ksm.care.or.ke, 

josephmakanda@yahoo.com 

a.muhinda@kwaho.org, 

emuhinda@yahoo.com 

cmedaksm@wananchi.com, 

morrison@wananchi.com 

mwemithika@yahoo.com, 

info@pacja.org 

Philip Otieno potieno@kenyayounggreens.org, 

kenyayounggreens@gmail.com, 

office@kenyayounggreens.org 

Mr. Peter 

Wechuli 

Emmanuel 

Denis Ngongo 

D Ujamaa Centre Patrick 

Ochieng 

14 th April 

2010 

14 th April 

2010 

14 th April 

2010 

14 th April 

2010 

14 th April 

2010 

14 th April 

2010 

Peter.Wechuli@kcdfoundation.org, 14 th April 

2010 

emmanuel@yesweb.org 14 th April 

2010 

ochieng@ujamaakenya.com, 

Ujamaa@swiftmombasa.com 

14 th April 

2010 

D ILEG Mr. Makoloo ileg@ilegkenya.org 14 th April 

2010 

D SOPA 

International 

Ambrose 

Ong’wen 

ambrose.ong@yahoo.co.uk 14 th April 

2010 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

N 

N 

Y 

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D Allavida Clement K. 

Nganga 

D Resource 

Management and 

Policy Analysis 

Institute 

D Organization for 

Transformation of 

Initiated 

Technologies 


Prof. Chris 

Ackello-Ogutu 

Charles 

Odiero 

cnganga@allavida.or.ke 14 th April 

2010 

ackello@accesskenya.com 14 th April 

2010 

codiero@yahoo.com 14 th April 

2010 

Please explain how you decided that the above organisations/ individuals are relevant 

stakeholders to your project. Also, please discuss how your invitation methods seek to 

include a broad range of stakeholders (e.g. gender, age, ethnicity). 

The participants were mobilized from a pool representing multi-sectoral interests relevant to the 

project, i.e. line government ministries, such as agriculture, youth, energy, forest and wildlife, 

planning and national development and civil society organizations. Partners and organizations 

actively engaged in environmental and social development programmes were given priority to attend 

the stakeholder’s consultative meeting. The invitation also targeted beneficiary groups of individuals 

especially women. Others were those who we have previously worked with on environmental and 

other projects, who are known for the commendable work on the same or referred to by some 

organizations. The invitation was sensitive to all ages, gender and other considerations. 


Y 

N 

Y 

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iv. Text of individual invitations 




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Re: Invitation to Local Stakeholder Consultation 

Meeting 

We would like to invite you to participate in the local stakeholder consultation meeting for the 

Project "Energy Efficient Cook Stoves for Siaya Communities, Kenya” on May 05, 2010, at the 

Camunya Hotel, Off, Kisumu-Busia Highway, Ugunja Market Centre in Kenya. 

This opportunity for comments and participation is an element of the VER Gold Standard 

procedure. 

Please find attached the call for local stakeholder consultation including a non-technical 

summary of the project activity in English. 

We are happy to receive your comments on this project activity. Looking forward to meeting 

you on this day. 

Yours Faithfully 

Buoga Jared Omondi, 

Director, 

Tembea Youth Centre for Sustainable Development 


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v. Text of public invitations 



Flyer 

The flier below was printed and photocopied and distributed to members of the public, government 

officials, community groups etc. 


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Radio announcements 

Translation for Radio announcement sent to Ramogi Radio Station broadcasted (4 th May 2010, 

7.20pm, 9.30pm and on 5 th May 2010 at 9.25am: 

Riwruogono mar Tembea Youth Centre for Sustainable Development manie egwenge ma Siaya ka 

oriwre kod myclimate ni gi mor mar luongo jo piny duto koda jotije mag sirkal koda NGOs e romo 

mar jo kidienje mar tiyo kod kende mageng’o kethruok mar tekre mach. 

Tarik: Tich adek, tarik 5 dwe mar abich 2010, 

Kanye: Ei hotel mar Camunya, mayodore e apaya ma Kisumu-Busia, e Ugunja market centre 

Romo no nochakre saa adek ewange. 

Mondo iyod ler moloyo tudri kod Director mar Tembea e namba, 0722588675 kata e i email: 

tembeayouth@gmail.com 

Banners 

One of the 3 Banners (placed in three public places Ugunja Market Centre – Busy junction of 

Kisumu-Busia highway and Sigomere-Ukwala Murram road, Siaya Town, and at Camunya Hotel 


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Posters 

The Poster – was placed strategically in all public places in Siaya District – Chief camps, churches, 

local authority notice boards, community resource and learning centres. 

B. 2. Description of other consultation methods used 

If individuals and/ or entities (e.g. NGOs) are unable to attend the physical meeting, please 

discuss other methods that were used to solicit their feedback/ comments (e.g. 

questionnaires, phone calls, interviews). 

Efforts were made to reach most of the individuals who were unable to attend the meeting physically 

through telephone interviews and email. Their comments were taken into consideration. 

The following were interviewed: 

- Grace Mwaura – Youth representative - IUCN 

- Anne Owino – District Environment Officer - Siaya 

- Philip Otieno – Kenya Young Greens 

- Ken Peter Otieno – Programme Associate – RECONCILE 

Grace applauded the project design, especially the integration of savings and internal loaning noting 

that the framework shall enable ownership of the project and sustainability in terms of additional 

benefits to the environment and socio-economic capacities of peasant communities. 

Through telephone conversation, Anne who is also the district environment officer, for Siaya, 


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supported the project, advising that more awareness creation and education should be undertaken 

to enhance adoption. Philip through email supported the project noting that in future the project 

should be scaled up to the neighbouring districts, as environmental challenges are transboundary. 

Ken Peter noted that the project shall solve some of the challenges facing women. According to him, 

the project as designed meet gender analysis standards especially in the aspects of meeting 

strategic needs of women. 

SECTION C. CONSULTATION PROCESS 

C. 1. Participants’ in physical meeting(s) 

i. List of participants 

[See Toolkit 2.6.1 and Toolkit Annex J] 

Please attach original participants’ list (in original language) as Annex 1. 

Participants list 

Date and time: 05 May 2010, 09:00 am 

Location: Camunya Hotel, Off, Kisumu-Busia Highway, Ugunja Market Centre, Kenya 

No. Categ 

ory 

Code 

Name of participant Male/ 

Femal 

e 

Organisation (if 

relevant) 


ID No. Contact details District 

1. A Jared Opiyo M Reporter (Radio 

Ramogi) 

22627802 0726948773 Siaya 

2. D Bianca Ochollah F UNDP, District 

Business Solution 

Centre 

22065790 0722657998 Siaya 

3. D Peres Aluoch Ogola F IMBAYA group 28604844 0715620063 Ugenya 

4. D Maureen Adhiambo F Tembea 0711628846 Ugenya 

5. D Mary Mbenga F Nature kenya 21866397 0720216661 Nandi south 

6. D Luke Muswe M Divisional 

Agriculture and 

Extension Officer - 

Ugunja 

6282381 0727446626 Ugenya 

7. B Herman Opondo M Magoya Rambula 

Ward Counsellor 

0671218 072170462 Ugunja 

8. A Lilian A Oluoch M Teacher 25256022 0729934798 Gem 

9. A Joseph Odhiambo M Tembea 23468696 0723781409 Ugenya 

10. D Alloys Oloo M Chief – N.E. Ugenya 0125611 0727335809 Ugenya 

11. A Victor Onjoro M ICDEP 14480428 0723212328 Ugunja 

12. D Pascal Otieno M GTZ (PSDA) 20971130 0711684874 Ugunja 

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13. D David a Ochieng M GTZ(PSDA) 14584054 0720340233 Ugunja 

14. D George Aluoch M SPECOOP 21693175 0722154808 Ugunja 

15. A Chrispine O Odhiambo M Assistant chief 11436180 0728925187 Ugenya 

16. D Joseph Owuondo M CIAG-Kenya 24739318 0726787696 Kisumu 

17. D Faith J Kandagor F District Officer 

Ugunja division 

24361861 0720147597 Ugunja 

18. D George Ouma M BROSYC 21189841 0715554522 Ugunja 

19. D Allan Ouma M ICDEP 27782360 0725608049 Ugunja 

20. D Omondi Janet F Ministry of youth 

affairs 

28129727 0718427123 Siaya 

21. D Wambiya George M Ministry of Youth 

Affairs 

22216169 0720919931 Siaya 

22. D Bernard Omondi M DDYG 27010136 0729892233 Siaya 

23. D Antone K’ochiyo M U.C.A.H.A 25780644 0711517807 Siaya 

24. A Charles Otieno M North Uholo Chief 8227044 0720777726 Ugenya 

25. D Rayola Isaac M Ecofinder 23215377 0724274103 Kisumu 

26. D David Watako M Eco-sanity services 22077577 0724274103 Siaya 

27. Fredrick Oricho M Mauna .Y. Group 26277503 0717584049 Siaya 

28. D Joseph Oduor M Matibabu 

Foundation 

13760939 0726108491 Ugenya 

29. A Nicholas Onyango M P. farmer 21323908 0724072024 Ugenya 

30. A Allan Wayodi M REMOYOG 26110363 0717192997 Ugenya 

31. D Daniel Kiprotich M Nature Kenya 11505971 0724399314 South Nandi 

32. D Eric Oloo M Reporter 22160248 0723667413 Siaya 

33. D Charles L Owuor M Anyiko Sublocation 

Ass chief 

4081402 0720058071 Ugenya 

34. A Philip Omondi Ondiko M Ligega Stage Y. G 1337042 0202442925 Ugenya 

35. A Nicholas O Ngesa M Tembea 24773335 0727647767 Ugenya 

36. A Dorcas Oketch F REMOYOG 23656661 0714578222 Ugenya 

37. A Vincent Odhiambo M IMANI Y G 4081271 0723679842 Ugenya 

38. D Odiero Charles M OTIT programme 

manager 

10972288 0735887288 Ugenya 

39. A Jamila Ochien’g F UCRC 10820285 0722674747 Ugenya 

40. A Peter Oliver M UCRC 25649844 0712979587 Ugenya 

41. A Emmanuel Juma M UCRC 22180230 0723502938 Ugenya 

42. A Duncan Auma M Tembea 2309748 0713073176 Ugenya 

43. A Omollo O David M Pamoja 27834565 0715197450 Gem 


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44. D William O Lala M Ass chief 4802983 0722959819 Siaya 

45. A Vincent Odour M Ugenya disabled 4846054 0725412297 Ugenya 

46. A Richard Ogola M Cottage 22340553 0722265097 Gem 

47. A Boniface Onyango M KOBAT Y. D.P 27786491 0725413611 Gem 

48. D Joanes Odundo M Ass Chief 13786374 0720994196 Gem 

49. A Pascal Odero M LAAHD 2541413 0726773871 Ugenya 

50. D Mercy Nyakowa F Compassion 23263900 0734913523/0 

726250007 

Ugenya 

51. D Eunice Onyango F CDA Ugunja 

Division 

23667299 0714843495 Ugenya 

52. A Job Orina M Tembea 24551730 0725273573 Ugenya 

53. A Buoga Jared M Tembea 22489724 0722588675 Ugenya 

54. A Sarah Otieno F Tembea 23458022 0727850074 Ugenya 

55. A Erick Otieno M Tembea 25689673 0723281055 Ugenya 

56. A Juliana Awino M Tembea 27657678 0728128400 Ugenya 

57. A Emily Owino M Tembea 26474507 0725295031 Ugenya 

Most (over 30) of the participants attending the stakeholder meeting were local residents, including youths, 

targeted beneficiaries from the grassroots. Original list of all the participants is found in Annex 1. 

ii. Evaluation forms 

[See Toolkit 2.6.1, 2.6.2 and Toolkit Annex J] 

Please add at least 4-5 representative samples in English. 

Please attach original evaluation forms (in original language) as Annex 2. 

Selected Examples 

Participant What is your impression 

Name 

of the meeting? 

Mary Mbenge • Excellent and thanks 

for your invitation 

• As stakeholders from 

the Lake Victoria 

catchment we hope 

to do our best too! 

What do you like 

about the project? 

• Linking energy 

conservation to 

gender, MDGs, 

climate change 

• Starting at 

grassroots levels 

i.e. Anyiko sub 

location it will 

succeed!!keep it 

up Tembea 


What do you not like about 

the project? 

• We should have a power 

point presentation (LCD) 

for pictorial presentations. 

Seeing is believing and 

pictorial presentation are 

never forgotten 

• Create more awareness 

• Organize for field trip 

• Train more women as 

TOTS (trainers of 

trainees) for success of 

the project 

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Mercy Nyakowa • Wish it was done on 

every village level 

and schools. 

• It was too good to be 

for the few who 

attended 

• Hope attendants will 

disseminate the 


information 

Lilian Amollo Oluoch • I feel that the 

stakeholders should 

sensitize and 

mobilize the 

community on the 

benefits of the energy 

efficient cook stoves 

Richard Tony Ogolla • I am impressed that 

the community 

resources persons 

e.g. 

o DO, youth leaders 

and others are 

involved directly. A 

clear indication that 

something 

constructive on 

environmental 

conservation will be 

done. 

Bianca Louisa 

Ochollah 

• Educative and 

informative 

• Good and timely 

project should be 

taken to all parts 

of the country 

• The project is 

really good 

because it is going 

to change the lives 

of many from 

poverty to better 

lives and also 

enable people to 

know the 

importance of 

natural resources 

• This project if 

implemented will 

save our world 

greatly in many 

ways: social, 

economic, 

environmentally 

etc. 

• It manipulates an 

act of man that will 

surely make a big 

change 

• The most 

innovative if 

implemented 

• It’s a good 

initiative for 

conservation as 

well as meeting 

the MDGs 


• The only problem with the 

project especially this 

energy efficient Jikos is 

just that it is expensive 

such that some other 

people might not afford 

• Am not sure if women will 

actively participate as 

much as they are 

represented 

• Enhance the adoption of 

the technology at a cost, 

even if it’s in kind. 

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Comments accompanying Annex 2 

Please see Annex 2 for the stakeholder meeting evaluation forms. 

A total of 42 feedback forms were filled and returned by the participants. 

Many of the participants liked the organization and implementation of the workshop. They 

considered the project to have the following benefits and challenges as well; 

• Considers the poor 

• Addresses present day environmental concerns like deforestation 

• Addresses gender gaps 

• Can lead to poverty reduction 

• Can offer employment for the youth 

• Addresses millennium development goals 

• Addresses health issues 

The following bar chart represents the views; 

50 

45 

40 

35 

30 

25 

20 

15 

10 

5 

0 

It should also be noted that the participants raised the following issues over the project as some of 

their dislikes and concerns; 


Datenreihe1 

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C. 2. Pictures from physical meeting(s) 

few ar2san 

no dislike 

long 2me of project 

low par2cipa2on 

expensive 

no sure on women 

par2cipa2on 

Pictures from the local stakeholder meeting 05 May 2010 held at the Camunya Hotel in 

Ugunja, Kenya 

Participants of the local stakeholder meeting register at the registration desk. 


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Buoga Jared Omondi – director of Tembea Youth Center for Sustainable Development - opens the 

local stakeholder meeting on 05 May 2010. 

Hotel Camunya – venue of the local stakeholder meeting 


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A banner in front of the venue announces the stakeholder meeting. 

Official speech from the district officer Ugunja. 


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Explaining the importance of efficient cooking technologies. 

Banner at the meeting hall. 


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Group discussion on sustainability indicators for the blind sustainable development matrix. 

Participants in the local stakeholder meeting. 


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C. 3. Outcome of consultation process 

i. Minutes of physical meeting(s) 

Please ensure that you include a summary of the meeting as well as all comments received. 

[See Toolkit 2.6, 2.6.1, 2.6.2 and Toolkit Annex J] 

MINUTES OF THE LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS CONSALTATION MEETING ON ENERGY EFFICIENT 

COOKSTOVES FOR SIAYA COMMUNITIES- KENYA HELD ON 5 TH MAY 2010 IN CAMUNYA HOTEL- 

UGUNJA. 

PRESENT 

1. District Officer- Ugunja Division representing the District Commissioner- Siaya districts (Gem, Siaya 

and Ugenya). 

2. Nature Kenya representative 

3. Local chiefs and assistant chiefs 

4. Chairman- Town Council of Ugunja 

5. The EU-GTZ Ecosan promotion project representative 

6. The local community members 

Agenda 

i. Opening 

ii. Explanation of the project 

iii. Questions for clarification about project explanation 

iv. Blind sustainable development exercises 

v. Discussion on monitoring sustainable development 

vi. Closure of the meeting 

Opening 

The director of Tembea Youth Centre for Sustainable Development started off the meeting by calling for a 

volunteer to lead in prayers. Prayers were then said by one of the participants. 

This was followed by quick self introduction starting with the Tembea staff followed by the visitors and then 

the local community members. 

The participants expectations of the day were then sought for which were raised as outlined below: 

1. To learn the best ways of conserving the environment 

2. To broaden their knowledge base on the sustainable development 

3. To learn how to change the attitude of the community on the environmental conservation initiatives. 

4. To learn how to turn garbage into money 

5. To learn about the advantages and the disadvantages of the energy efficient cook stoves 

6. To know the role of the provincial administration in the project lifeline 


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Explanation of the project 


The director brought to the participant’s attention the history of the project design which he noted started in 

the year 2007 out of the organization’s need to conserve the environment. The project would target 

communities in the larger Siaya region formerly Siaya district. He also explained that the project’s focus was 

to provide opportunities for the poor to access the energy efficient cook stoves at subsidized rates since they 

were quite costly. In his explanation of the need for the project in this community he referred the participants 

to the 1999 National Population and Housing Census validated by the 2009 NPHC which indicated that only 

1.4% of the entire region’s population uses electricity out of which only 0.1% of the 1.4% use it for cooking. 

Consequently 90% of the population use firewood for cooking purposes. 

He highlighted that the project targets 600 households per month resulting to 7200 households per year. 

To achieve this, the project would be integrated with the Group Saving and Loaning methodology enabling 

the locals to save their little income in a group and then loan out to the members who pays at their own 

convenient rates. This would ensure affordability for all. 

He pointed out to members that this is a carbon offset project whose success entirely depends on the 

community’s participation. He therefore urged the locals to grab this maiden opportunity to conserve the 

environment by adopting the new low carbon technology. 

Questions for clarification about project explanation 

Q1. Was the assessment carried out to establish the feasibility of the project in the community? 

The process to this particular project started long time ago back in 2007. Since then we have been engaged 

in negotiations as well as reviews to establish the environmental, social and economic impact of the project. 

As we move into to the pilot face we anticipate learning from the process and documenting all the lessons 

learnt that shall inform the next phase of the project. 

Q2. Does the project integrate the employment of the youth? 

The project in the long run fits well into a sustainable development activity. It integrates the three spheres; 

social, economical and environmental. It will confer upon society economic benefits through offering 

employment to the community members and the primary target being youthful women and men, the buying 

of locally available material and other indirect benefits to the community. 

Q3. What is the impact of the energy efficient cook stoves in comparison to the adoption of other 

alternative technologies of energy conservation like the biogas? 

In considering what alternative energy option is good for a particular community or area a number of factors 

are considered. They include; 

1. The cost of setting it up 

2. The running cost 

3. Environmental implications 

4. Availability of technology 

5. Local capacity 

6. Consumption rates 

7. Levels of economic development 

8. Others 

Based on the above factors, we may consider biogas not viable on account of from where shall we acquire 


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the required quantities of dung to run a biogas plant. Considering the cost of the biogas plant compared to 

the cook stoves then the cook stoves is considered cheaper than a biogas plant, perhaps also the jiko 

doesn’t require regular clean-up and other safety measures. 

Q4. What are the mechanisms put in place to ensure the community owns the project? 

The starting point towards achieving this is the element of participation. The project design begs much of it 

success with the active participation of the public as means of them owning and determining the success of 

the project. The stakeholder workshop that we are holding today was an open invitation one through our local 

media to ensure that all participate unlike closed invitation meetings. As we proceed you will also appreciate 

the role that community is expected to play for you shall develop a monitoring plan. 

Q5. How would it be ensured that the most vulnerable groups such as the orphans and the child 

headed households adopt the cook stoves owing to its cost? 

This can take a two way approach. As mentioned earlier we are starting with a pilot phase that shall cover a 

limited geographic area and only 1500 cook stoves will be constructed. The purpose of this pilot phase is to 

help us develop a solid lesson base to inform our operation for the next 7 years. In this phase we anticipate 

to roll out more of ‘affirmative’ action models to cater for such groups and keenly monitor how well that 

works. 

Secondly we shall greatly depend on the partnership that shall be developed between community, 

administration and other community serving groups to generate the list of such families and jointly discuss on 

how they can be supported. It is however important to note that we don’t anticipate to offer free cook stoves, 

that is why we have integrated the loaning and saving elements to this projects to avail cook stoves to 

desiring community members on flexible terms. 

Q6. Will the integration of the group saving and loaning also include the people living with HIV/AIDS 

in the support groups? 

At the moment we have not developed a specific program to address this. The projects stands to offer its 

benefits to all members of community without discrimination on gender or HIV/AIDS status, we hope to work 

well with support groups in ensuring that their members all benefit. The idea of considering support groups 

as some of the loaning groups that is possible once we get into that phase. 

Q7. What is the statistics on the targeted households? 

In the pilot phase we target to 1500 households, then starting next year we want to target 7200 households 

per year for seven years. 

Blind sustainable development exercise 

The participants were taken through the sustainable development indicators by a facilitator. The session 

aimed at enhancing their understanding on the selected sustainable development indicators as provided for 

by the gold standard tool kits. The mode of presentation was by use of charts and group discussion. The 

participants were taken through the blind sustainable development matrix, and then groups were formed. The 

groups were to discuss the indicators, score them and discuss mitigation measures depending on score. 

After the group works the participants presented their findings in a plenary session. The views were 

consolidated to make their matrix. 

Discussion on monitoring sustainable development 

The participants were taken through the project details to help them develop a monitoring plan. The method 

of presentation included charts and plenary. The stakeholders developed a framework for monitoring the 

project. The following variables were identified for monitoring: 


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1. Number of employment offered 

2. Number of trainings offered 

3. Number of cook stoves developed and disseminated 

4. Number of households using the stoves 

5. Number of people in the savings and loaning programme 

Closure of meeting 

A vote of thanks was given by the assistant director of Tembea. After which a participant offered the closing 

prayer. The meeting closed at 3.30pm. 

ii. Minutes of other consultations 

N.A. 

iii. Assessment of all comments 

[See Toolkit 2.6] 

Stakeholder comment Was comment 

taken into 

account (Yes/ 

What will happen to child 

headed families? 

Why is it important to reduce 

the emissions? 

The cost of the cook stove may 

be high for the rural poor? 

No)? 

Explanation (Why? How?) 

Yes The project in its design will not offer free cook 

stoves to any members of community. We 

anticipate learning during the pilot phase how well 

we can incorporate this families into savings and 

loaning programme that will help them acquire the 

efficient cook stoves. 

Yes Climate change is caused by two processes, 

natural processes and man-made processes. Over 

time it has been observed that climate change is 

happening at faster rate than before. The 

concentration of greenhouse gases in the 

atmosphere has increased with time. The gases 

are attributed to increased fossil fuel use, 

deforestation, land use changes and other 

activities. Various bodies like the intergovernmental 

panel on climate change (IPCC) and other 

research bodies have concluded that reducing 

greenhouse gas emissions holds the key to 

slowing the rate of climate change. 

Yes The cook stove cost has two cost components, the 

cost of raw materials and the artisan fee. The 


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Why is it said that the poor and 

more so women are more at 

risk when it comes to climate 

change impacts? 

Train more artisans from the 

community 

Encourage household to plant 

more trees and restrict cutting 

Encourage sustainable 

harvesting. 

Practice of rain water 

harvesting 

Create more job opportunity 

Conduct technical trainings 



projects seeks to learn from the pilot phase more 

on the cost and what can be done to improve its 

access to the community. It is however, designed 

that the project integrates savings and loaning to 

enable community members organize themselves 

into groups that will join the saving and loaning 

programme to enable them raise funds to acquire 

the cook stove 

Yes Climate change is a global phenomenon, with 

impacts that are already being experienced on a 

human level. It is recognised that it is those who 

are already the most vulnerable and marginalised 

who experience the greatest impacts (see IPCC 

2007), and are in the greatest need of adaptation 

strategies in the face of shifts in weather patterns 

and resulting environmental phenomena. At the 

same time, it is the vulnerable and marginalised 

who have the least capacity or opportunity to 

prepare for the impacts of a changing climate or to 

participate in negotiations on mitigation. As women 

constitute the largest percentage of the world’s 

poorest people, they are most affected by these 

changes. Children and youth – especially girls – 

and elderly women, are often the most vulnerable. 

Yes It is anticipated that at least five artisans per village 

shall be trained as artisans for the 12 communities 

participating. 

Yes The administration represented by the local District 

Officer promised to avail platforms for discussing 

the importance of tree planting. They also 

discussed on the need to implement existing tree 

cutting requirements e.g. the tree cutting permit. 

Yes The project will integrate sharing on environmental 

conservation. This will greatly use the public 

forums and the savings and loaning program. 

Yes The project will encourage households and discuss 

with them the opportunity for rain water harvesting 

to provide water for construction. 

Yes The project will from time to time require various 

skills, which the youth can tap from and be 

Yes 

employed. 

This will be available to the artisans, who will later 

share with the community on the maintenance of 

the jikos and any other related and relevant 

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Identification of youth groups 

and training them on the 

construction and the benefits 

of the cook stoves 

Sensitizing the community on 

the importance of improved 

cook stoves 

Strengthen the group saving 

and loaning methodology to 

the community members 

Subsidize the price of the cook 

stoves 

Train the most vulnerable 

members of the community to 

be part of the artisans 

Improve ventilation in kitchens 

and adopt other available 

clean technology. 

iv. Revisit sustainability assessment 


information. 

Yes This will involve the artisans who shall be trained 

and not the whole groups as such. 

Yes This will be actively done at all levels, including the 

stakeholders doing it, the project developers, 


partnering department like local administration. 

Yes The project seeks to work on understanding and 

modelling a favourable and working savings and 

loaning programme that will be flexible and easy to 

work for the community. 

Are you going to revisit the sustainable development assessment? 

Please note that this is necessary when there are indicators scored 

‘negative’ or if there are stakeholder comments that can’t be mitigated 


Yes The project will not provide free stoves. However, 

the stove price will be subsidized as the costs for 

awareness creation, capacity building, training, 

quality control, etc. will not be reflected in the sales 

price. In addition the project seeks avenues of 

incorporating all members of the community into 

savings and internal loaning groups to offer the 

platform for purchasing the cook stoves. 

No This is not in the project design of activities or 

mandates. 

No The focus is on the local kitchens as constructed 

by local households. The intention is not to 

redesign the kitchens but to provide an efficient 

cook stove with cleaner burning process, which will 

significantly reduce harmful smoke emissions. 

Proper handling of fuel and efficient stove is thus of 

great importance to assure clean combustion. The 

project will carefully watch this indicator (see 

indicator: air quality) in the kitchen surveys and will 

take measures should the efficient stove not 

function to households’ satisfaction in this regard. 

Yes No 

There were no major difference between the stakeholders’ views and those held by the project 

x 

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designers. Some indicators were scored positive in the blind sustainable development exercise, 

which were scored neutral in our own sustainable development matrix. The reason for this is that the 

project certainly will have an indirect positive impact on these indicators. However, the monitoring 

and attribution of such impact to the project activity will be difficult. Thus, in order to follow a 

conservative approach, these indicators were kept at neutral score. However, the indicator “quality 

of employment” also scored neutral in the own sustainable development matrix but scored positive 

by the stakeholders was changed to have a positive score in the consolidated sustainability matrix. 

v. Summary of alterations based on comments 

[See Toolkit 2.6.2, 2.8] 

The indicator “quality of employment” scored neutral in the own sustainable development matrix and 

scored positive in the blind sustainable development matrix was changed to be positive in the 

consolidated sustainability matrix. 


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SECTION D. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT 

D. 1. Own sustainable development assessment 

i. ‘Do no harm’ assessment 

[See Toolkit 2.4.1 and Toolkit Annex H] 

Safeguarding 

principles 

Description of relevance to my project Assessment of my 

project risks 

breaching it 

(low/medium/high) 

Human Rights 

1 • The project does not introduce an 

entirely new concept that is far off the 

local culture. Cooking on the efficient 

cook stove is not much different from 

cooking on traditional 3-stone fireplace. 

Thus, no significant change in cultural 

practice shall occur. Through the 

stakeholders forum is it evident that it 

doesn’t conflict the local communities 

values or practises. 

2 • The project will not have any major 

impacts on the environment or land use 

patterns. 

• The project will not result in temporal or 

permanent displacement of the local 

community. 

3 • The local community’s cultural set up will 

not be altered, damaged or 

removed/replaced 

project. 

as result of this 

• The project is to provide the efficient 

cook stoves to replace the inefficient 

three stone fireplace. 

Labour standards 

4 • The project will provide employment for 

the local youth who will be involved in 

constructing the cook stoves. They will 


Mitigation 

measure 

Low Not needed 


Low 

Not needed 


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be subject to the freedoms and rights as 

provided by for the constitution of Kenya 

and other pieces of legislation. The 

project will not curtail any of these rights. 

5 • This project will not at any stage use 

force or use any other means that will be 

considered forceful to have people work 

in stove construction or buying. 

6 • All workers are adults. No child labour is 

engaged for the construction of the 

stoves or for the preparation of any 

construction material needed. 

7 • The project will at no stage be biased 

either towards a particular gender, 

religion or race. This is expressly noted 

in the organization operational 

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procedures. 

• No hazardous materials are used for the 

construction of the improved stoves. All 

materials are locally available. The 

construction does not involve any 

dangerous processes. 

Environmental protection 

9 • The project activity does not involve 

planting or agricultural activities or the 

use of hazardous materials, or invasive 

species. 

• The project promotes environmental 

protection. 

10 • The project will not involve the 

conversion or degradation of natural 

habitats. The materials used for stove 

construction are locally available such as 

mud, burnt bricks; local people will be 

used to extract them. 

• The project promotes habitat 

conservation through reduced fuel wood 

use. 








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ii. Sustainable development matrix 

Indicator 

Gold Standard 

indicators of 

sustainable 

development 


[See Toolkit 2.4.2 and Toolkit Annex I] 

Air quality n/a 

Water quality and 

quantity 

Mitigation 

measure 

If relevant, 

copy mitigation 

measure from 

‘Do No Harm’ 

assessment, 

and include 

mitigation 

measure used 

to neutralise a 

score of ‘-’ 

n/a 

Relevance to achieving MDG 

Check www.undp.org/mdg and 

www.mdgmonitor.org 

Describe how your indicator is 

related to local MDG goals 

MDG 4: reduce child mortality 

MDG 5: Improve maternal health 

Explanation 

• The reduced indoor pollution 

will offer a chance to enhance 

the health of mothers and 

children who are mostly 

engaged in kitchen work. Thus 

promoting maternal health and 

reduced child mortality. 

MDG 7: ensure environmental 

sustainability 

Explanation 

• Reduced tree cutting will have 

positive impact on reducing 

surface run off and enhancing 


Chosen parameter and 

explanation 

Defined by project 

developer 

Indoor air quality + 

• Positive effect on 

water quality and 

quantity is difficult to 

attribute directly to 

project activity 

Preliminary 

score 

Negative 

impact: 

score ‘-’ in 

case negative 

impact is not 

fully 

mitigated, 

score ‘0’ in 

case impact 

is planned to 

be fully 

mitigated 

No change in 

impact: score 

‘0’ 

Positive 

impact: 

score ‘+’ 

0 

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Soil condition n/a 

Other pollutants n/a 

Biodiversity n/a 


the hydrological cycle of an 

area. 

• The reduced tree cutting will 

mean reduced surface run off, 

which is important in enhancing 

underground water reserves by 

providing time for percolation. 



MDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty 

and hunger 

Explanation 

• The reduced cutting of trees 

will lead to reduced surface run 

off which subsequently reduces 

soil erosion, which robs off the 

top and fertile soils, in 

extremes this, can reduce farm 

productivity. 

• This can enhance community 

well being due to reduced 

negative impacts on 

agricultural productivity, thus 

surpluses will be sold to 

provide income. 






and hunger 

Explanation 

• The reduced tree cutting and 

destruction of habitants will 

ensure minimum impacts on 

the species richness in the 

local area. The minimum 

impacts on water quality and 

quantity will reduce disturbance 


• Improvement and 

conservation of soil 

condition is difficult 

to directly attribute to 

project activity 

No other pollutants are 

involved in project 

activity 

• Positive influence of 

project activity on 

biodiversity is 

difficult to measure. 

Therefore, indicator 

is scored neutral. 

0 

0 

0 

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Quality of 

employment 

Livelihood of the 

poor 

Access to 

affordable and 

clean energy 

services 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 


in water body habitats. 

• Maintain the species richness 

and natural environment of an 

area can be turned into income 

generation through the 

blending of ecotourism around 

such areas. 

MDG 1: reduce poverty and hunger 

Explanation 

• The project seeks to offer 

employment to the youth who 

are marginalized from the 

mainstream employment. 

• This will raise their average 

income levels. It also seeks to 

provide trainings to the youth 

that will improve their capacity 

as artisans. Skills that they can 

use later in life or elsewhere 


and hunger 

Explanation 

• Households with improved 

cook stove will save time and 

money spent on fuel wood. 

• The livelihood of the locals will 

be greatly improved through, 

involvement in income earning 

activities, the integrated loaning 

and savings programme. This 

will provide skills and financial 

resources that will enhance 

community resilience to natural 

disasters and poverty.. 




and hunger 


• There is no change 

in quality of 

employment 

• Money saved form 

fuel purchase 

• No of people in 

savings and loaning 

to acquire cook 

stoves 

• Number of 

households using 

0 

+ 

+ 

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Human and 

institutional capacity n/a 


Explanation 

• Less resource consumption on 

buying energy sources for 

cooking will provide for 

savings, allowing people to 

participate alternative 

businesses thus reducing 

poverty. 

• The cook stoves that use less 

firewood will reduce the 

hardship put on women and 

young girls as they go fetching 

firewood long distances thus 

giving them chance to pursue 

education and others 

enhancing gender equity and 

empowerment. 


and hunger 

MDG 3: promote gender equity and 

empowerment 

Explanation 

• The opportunity availed by the 

project for people to be trained 

on stoves construction and 

their subsequent involvement 

in stove development, will be a 

means of income generation, 

which will lead to poverty 

eradication/reduction. 

• The opportunity offered through 

trainings can contribute greatly 

to communities appreciating 

the link or importance taking 

children to schools as well as 

source of income to be used to 

pay for fees and other 

necessitates 

• The opportunities provided for 

training will offer equal 

opportunity for women and 


efficient cook stoves 

• Number of people 

trained 

+ 

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Quantitative 

employment and 

income generation 

Balance of 

payments and 

investment 

Technology transfer 

and technological 

self-reliance 


men thus giving women a 

chance to engage in income 

generation activities which is 

vital in achieving gender equity 

and empowerment.. 


and hunger 

Explanation 

• The project will offer 

employment to the youth and 

sources of income, which will 

be used to enhance the 

economic well being of the 

community thus reducing 

incidences of poverty. 

• The employment offered will be 

both in the office and that for 

artisans in the field. 

• The indirect benefits from the 

project can have a positive 

impact on the HIV/AIDS 

prevalence rates in the region. 

Some of the reasons for high 

prevalence rates are poverty 

but with employment then 

incidences of sex for money 

can be considerably reduced. 

• Improve maternal health; due 

to availability of income at the 

community and household 

levels, money can be available 

to support provision of medical 

facilities and medicines. 

n/a 

MDG 8: develop a global 

partnership for development 

Explanation 

• The efficient cook stove is an 

improvement of an existing 


• At least 15 staff 

(project manager, 

loaning and saving 

head, training 

coordinator and 

environmental 

expert), 5 artisan 

per community for 

12 communities 

• At least 2 subcontracts 

in the area 

of trainings and 

awareness creation 

as well as in-need 

basis provision of 

transport and 

construction 

awarded that will 

employ not less 

than 5 people each 

Project does not involve 

this indicator 

+ 

0 

0 

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technology (biomass cook 

stove). Thus no real new 

technology is transferred to the 

project area. However, stoves 

can locally be produced and 

local capacities are built for 

construction of stoves. 

Comments accompanying own sustainable development matrix 

N.A. 

D. 2. Stakeholders Blind sustainable development matrix 

[See Toolkit 2.6.1] 

Indicator 

Gold Standard 

indicators of 

sustainable 

development 

Mitigation 

measure 

If relevant, 

copy 

mitigation 

measure 

from ‘Do No 

Harm’ 

assessment, 

and include 

mitigation 

measure 

used to 

neutralise a 


Chosen 

parameter 

and 

explanation 

Defined by 

project 

developer 

Air quality n/a + 

Score given 

by 

stakeholders 


Explanation 

1. Reduces in house and outdoor air 

pollution 

2. Reduced presence of suspended 

materials as a result of biomass 

use 

3. Reduced tree cutting will have a 

great impact on air quality 

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quantity 


n/a + 

Soil condition n/a + 

Other pollutants n/a 0 

Biodiversity n/a + 

Quality of 

employment 


poor 

Access to 


clean energy 

services 

Human and 

institutional 

capacity 

Quantitative 


income 

n/a + 

n/a + 

n/a + 

n/a + 

n/a + 


1. Reduced disturbance on 

hydrological cycle 

2. Reduced surface run off thus 

reduced siltation in rivers 

3. Enhanced percolation due to 

reduced surface run off speed 

1. Reduced soil erosion 

1. Reduced tree cutting will protect 

species habitant 

2. Reduced habitat destruction from 

tree cutting and water quality and 

quantity disturbance 

1. Offers opportunity for training and 

employment 

2. Through training and other activity 

the capacity of participant will be 

built 

1. Offers chance to alleviate poverty 

through employment and 

business arising from the project 

2. The income generated will enable 

communities access basic 

facilities like hospitals and 

medication 

3. The project offers chance to 

maintain ecological stability 

1. Reduced fuel consumption 

2. Use of clean technology 

1. Participating organized 

community groups will develop 

their capacities 

2. Individual capacity will be 

enhanced 

3. Tembea stands a chance to 

develop to the next level. 

1. Youth employment opportunities 

2. Wages and other payment for 

services rendered 

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generation 

Balance of 

payments and 

investment 

Technology 

transfer and 

technological selfreliance 


n/a 0 

n/a + 


1. Technology blending would have 

been realized 

2. Sharing of indigenous and 

modern technologies will take 

place 

3. The technology will be 

disseminated to the local 

community 

Comments resulting from the stakeholders blind sustainable development matrix 

The stakeholders considered that in case of any impacts or benefits there were needed to enhance the same or 

mitigate. The overall view was the project offers positive benefits but this should not eliminate chance for any 

precautionary measures to be taken. The table below outlines some of the measures outlined by the 

stakeholders. 

Sustainable 

development 

indicator 

Sustainable 

development 

indicator 

category 

Impact 

score 

Air quality Environment + • Encourage household to 

plant more trees and restrict 

cutting 

• Encourage sustainable 

harvesting. 

Water quality 

and quantity 

Environment + • Practice of rain water 

harvesting 

• Encourage the use of ant hills 

Improvement measure Mitigation measure 

for stove construction 

i. Create awareness on 

cook stoves 

ii. Encourage households 

to plant tree around 

houses (with careful 

selection of species to 

avoid accidents later 

on) 

i. Plant more trees and 

conduct sensitization 

exercises 

Soil condition Environment + i. Plant more trees and 

ground cover crops 

ii. Rehabilitating the pits 

by refilling or using as 

compost pit 

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Quality of 

employment 

Human and 

institutional 

capacity 

Access to 

affordable 

and clean 

energy 

services 

Livelihood of 

the poor 

Other 

pollutants 


social + • Improvement of skills 

• More creation of job 

opportunity 

• Technical training 

• More artisans to be trained 

from the community 

• 

Social + • More trainings 

• Documentation and 

dissemination of best 

practices 

• Identification of youth groups 

and training them on the 

construction and the benefits 

of the cook stoves. 

Environment + • Adopt the use of improved 

cook stoves 

• Sensitizing the community on 

the importance of improved 

cook stoves 

• Strengthen the group saving 

and loaning methodology to 

the community members. 

Social + • Subsidize the price of the 

cook stoves 

• Train the most vulnerable 

members of the community to 

be part of the artisans 

• Integrate the programme with 

other Income Generating 

Activities 

• Enhance attitude change 

through setting some 

benchmarks 

Environment + • Improve ventilation 

• Planting trees 

• Adopting other available 

clean technology. 


iii. Terracing and gabion 

building along the river 

banks 

Give analysis of difference between own sustainable development matrix and the one resulting from 

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the blind exercise with stakeholders. Explain how both were consolidated. 

The stakeholders’ blind exercise expressed the same or more positive scoring as the one given by own 

sustainable development matrix. The stakeholders’ take on the same were generally positive and they 

proceeded further to provide measures to improve the outcomes or benefits of the project. The stakeholders 

identified no negative scores. 

Stakeholders’ comments on the different indicators are assessed under section C.3. iii Assessment of all 

Comments. 

Difference in scores 

Stakeholders scored 5 sustainable indicators positive, which were scored neutral in the project developer’s 

sustainable development matrix. This is true for indicators, which certainly will be positively influenced by the 

project activity, however more in an indirect way (e.g. water quantity/quality, biodiversity, etc.) through the 

reduction of tree cutting and of firewood consumption. Since it will be difficult to attribute and monitor the 

project’s contribution to the improvement of these indicators, the scores are kept neutral. The indicator “quality 

of employment” was scored neutral in the own sustainability matrix, but was scored positive in the blind 

sustainable development matrix. Stakeholders pointed out that the opportunity for trainings would definitely 

have a positive influence on the quality of employment. This indicator was therefore changed to positive in the 

consolidated matrix. 

Indicator Stakeholder Own Consolidated Reasons 

score score score 

Air quality + + + Same view 

+ 0 0 It was afterward agreed that monitoring 


water quality and quantity may be hard, 

quantity 

equally hard to identify what caused the 

outcome. 

+ 0 0 It was agreed that it may be hard to 

Soil condition 

measure and attribute changes in this 

indicator to this project 

0 0 0 It was agreed that it may be hard to 

Other pollutants 




Biodiversity 



Quality 

employment 

of 

+ 0 + Stakeholder’s view was considered and 

score was changed in the consolidated 

matrix 


poor 

+ + + Same view 

Access to + + + Same view 


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clean energy 

services 

Human and 

institutional 

capacity 

Quantitative 



Balance of 

payments and 

investment 

Technology 

transfer and 

technological selfreliance 




0 0 0 Same view 





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Indicator 

Gold Standard 

indicators of 

sustainable 

development 


D. 3. Consolidated sustainable development matrix 

[See Toolkit 2.4.2] 

Air quality n/a 


quantity 

Mitigation 

measure 

If relevant, 

copy mitigation 

measure from 

‘Do No Harm’ 

assessment, 

and include 

mitigation 

measure used 

to neutralise a 


n/a 

Relevance to achieving MDG 

Check www.undp.org/mdg and 

www.mdgmonitor.org 

Describe how your indicator is 

related to local MDG goals 

MDG 4: reduce child mortality 

MDG 5: Improve maternal health 

Explanation 

The efficient cook stove reduces 

smoke emissions from fire through 

cleaner burning process and 

decreased wood consumption 

through efficiency. 

The reduced indoor pollution will 

offer a chance to enhance the 

health of mothers and children who 

are mostly engaged in kitchen 

work. Thus promoting maternal 

health and reduced child mortality. 




Chosen parameter and 

explanation 

Defined by project 

developer 

Indoor air quality: 

Number of positive 

comments on indoor air 

quality improvement 

from households using 

efficient cook stoves. 

This indicator will be 

monitored using Kitchen 

Surveys. 

Positive effect on water 

quality and quantity is 

difficult to attribute 

Preliminary 

score 

Negative 

impact: 

score ‘-’ in 

case negative 

impact is not 

fully 

mitigated, 

score ‘0’ in 

case impact 

is planned to 

be fully 

mitigated 

No change in 

impact: score 

‘0’ 

Positive 

impact: 

score ‘+’ 

+ 

0 

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Soil condition n/a 

Other pollutants n/a 


Explanation 

• Reduced tree cutting will have 

positive impact on reducing 

surface run off and enhancing 

the hydrological cycle of an 

area. 

• The reduced tree cutting will 

mean reduced surface run off, 

which is important in enhancing 

underground water reserves by 

providing time for percolation. 




and hunger 

Explanation 

• The reduced cutting of trees 

will lead to reduced surface run 

off which subsequently reduces 

soil erosion, which robs off the 

top and fertile soils, in 

extremes this, can reduce farm 

productivity. 

• This can enhance community 

well being due to reduced 

negative impacts on 

agricultural productivity, thus 

surpluses will be sold to 

provide income. 




directly to project activity. 

This indicator is thus 

scored “0” and will not be 

monitored. 

Improvement and 

conservation of soil 

condition is difficult to 

directly attribute to 

project activity. 

This indicator is thus 

scored “0” and will not be 

monitored. 

No other pollutants are 

involved in project 

activity. 

No hazardous materials 

are used in the 

production of efficient 

cook stoves. Stoves are 

made with local bricks, 

mud, water, and 

sawdust. Construction is 

done onsite and the 

0 

0 

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Biodiversity n/a 

Quality of 

employment 

n/a 





and hunger 

Explanation 

• The reduced tree cutting and 

destruction of habitants will 

ensure minimum impacts on 

the species richness in the 

local area. The minimum 

impacts on water quality and 

quantity will reduce disturbance 

in water body habitats. 

• Maintain the species richness 

and natural environment of an 

area can be turned into income 

generation through the 

blending of ecotourism around 

such areas. 

MDG 1: reduce poverty and hunger 

Explanation 

• The project seeks to offer 

employment to the youth who 

are marginalized from the 

mainstream employment. 

• This will raise their average 

income levels. It also seeks to 

provide trainings to the youth 

that will improve their capacity 

as artisans. Skills that they can 

use later in life or elsewhere. 


materials are sourced 

within the vicinity of the 

households/homes, with 

insignificant effect on the 

environment as these 

materials are drawn in 

small quantities. 

Positive influence of 

project activity on 

biodiversity is difficult to 

measure. Therefore, 

indicator is kept neutral 

and is not monitored. 

Number of artisans 

trained and certified: 

Copy of certification 

document for artisans 

trained. 

Number of artisans 

practicing: 

Copies of contracts with 

artisans employed by the 

project. 

0 

+ 

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poor 

Access to 


clean energy 

services 

n/a 

n/a 



and hunger 

Explanation 

• Households with improved 

cook stove will save time and 

money spent on fuel wood. 

This will relieve households’ 

budgets. 

The livelihood of the locals will 

be greatly improved through, 

involvement in income earning 

activities, the integrated loaning 

and savings programme. This 

will provide skills and financial 

resources that will enhance 

community resilience to natural 

disasters and poverty. 




and hunger 

Explanation 

• Less resource consumption on 

buying energy sources for 

cooking will provide for 

savings, allowing people to 

participate alternative 

businesses thus reducing 

poverty. 


Time and money savings 

due to reduced fuel 

consumption: 

Time and money spent 

on fuel per household 

per year compared to the 

baseline scenario. 

This indicator is 

monitored using the 

Kitchen Surveys and is 

compared to the values 

obtained in the baseline 

study 

Number of people in 


groups: 

- to acquire efficient cook 

stoves 

- to access medical care, 

pay for school fees, and 

other social services. 

Records from the 


groups are used to 

monitor these indicators. 

Number of households 

using efficient cook 

stoves: 

This indicator is 

continuously monitored 

and is available from the 

sales record. 

+ 

+ 

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Human and 

institutional capacity n/a 


• The cook stoves that use less 

firewood will reduce the 

hardship put on women and 

young girls as they go fetching 

firewood long distances thus 

giving them chance to pursue 

education and others 

enhancing gender equity and 

empowerment. 


and hunger 

MDG 3: promote gender equity and 

empowerment 

Explanation 

• The opportunity availed by the 

project for people to be trained 

on stoves construction and 

their subsequent involvement 

in stove development, will be a 

means of income generation, 

which will lead to poverty 

eradication/reduction. 

• The opportunity offered through 

trainings can contribute greatly 

to communities appreciating 

the link or importance taking 

children to schools as well as 

source of income to be used to 

pay for fees and other 

necessitates 

• The opportunities provided for 

training will offer equal 

opportunity for women and 

men thus giving women a 

chance to engage in income 

generation activities which is 

vital in achieving gender equity 

and empowerment. 


Number of people 

trained: 

- number of women 

and men trained for 

saving and loaning 

groups 

- number of 

animators (women 

and men) trained 

for awareness 

creation and 

education 

Participants list for 

different trainings 

conducted (type of 

trainings, dates of 

training, the number of 

trainees) are used for the 

monitoring. 


reached through 

awareness creation on 

efficient cook stoves and 

climate change. 

+ 

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Quantitative 



Balance of 

payments and 

investment 

Technology transfer 

and technological 

self-reliance 



and hunger 

Explanation 

• The project will offer 

employment to the youth and 

sources of income, which will 

be used to enhance the 

economic well being of the 

community thus reducing 

incidences of poverty. 

• The employment offered will be 

both in the office and that for 

artisans in the field. 

• The indirect benefits from the 

project can have a positive 

impact on the HIV/AIDS 

prevalence rates in the region. 

Some of the reasons for high 

prevalence rates are poverty 

but with employment then 

incidences of sex for money 

can be considerably reduced. 

• Improve maternal health, due 

to availability of income at the 

community and household 

levels, money can be available 

to support provision of medical 

facilities and medicines. 

n/a 

MDG 8: develop a global 

partnership for development 

Explanation 

• The efficient cook stove is an 

improvement of an existing 

technology (biomass cook 

stove). Thus no real new 

technology is transferred to the 

project area. However, stoves 

can locally be produced and 



receiving income from 

project activity: 


employed e.g. data 

clerks, accountant, 

community mobilize, field 

officers, loaning and 

savings officers, quality 

assurance, monitors, 

stove construction. 

The project coordination 

will keep a record of the 

people directly employed 

by the projects and 

copies of their contracts. 

Project will provide 

employment to at least 

15 staff (project 

manager, loaning and 

saving head, training 

coordinator and 

environmental expert), 5 

artisan per community 

for 12 communities and 

at least 2 sub contracts 

awarded that will employ 

not less than 5 people 

each. 

Project does not involve 

this indicator 

This indicator is kept 

neutral. 

+ 

0 

0 

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local capacities are built for 

construction of stoves. 

Justification choices, data source and provision of references 

A justification paragraph and reference source is required for each indicator, regardless of score 

Air quality Much of the world population, particularly in developing countries, still relies on 

firewood to meet basic energy needs. The resulting indoor air pollution can 

have severe health consequences, particularly for young children who spend 

considerable time in close proximity to the fire while their mothers cook. 

Sources: 

• http://econ.tulane.edu/RePEc/pdf/tul0803.pdf 

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_fuel 

• http://ceihd.org/images/stories/publications/Ghana%20final.pdf 

Monitoring: 

• Indoor air quality: Number of positive comments on indoor air quality 

improvement from households using efficient cook stoves. This 

indicator will be monitored using Kitchen Surveys. 

Water quality and quantity Depending on location, tree cutting can have the following impacts on the 

water bodies around it 

1. Increased sedimentation, nutrient loading 

2. Increased stream temperature 

3. Injury to fish, amphibian and other wildlife population 

4. Water yield changes: 

5. Increased high flows from storms and spring run-off 

6. Decreased low flows in summer, negatively affecting riparian & aquatic 

habitat 

Sources: 

• http://www.stopclearcuttingcalifornia.org/library/reports/waterquality.ht 

ml 

• http://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/news/events/5asm/docs/proceedi 

ngs/Webb_Ashley_443.pdf 

• http://www.extension.org/pages/Water_Quality_and_Quantity 

Monitoring: 

• The project’s direct positive effect on this indicator is difficult to 

attribute. Thus, this indicator is not monitored. 


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Soil condition Harvesting wood and development and use of infrastructure (roads, skid trails, 

and landings) can expose soil, leading to soil erosion and runoff that can affect 

water quality and hydrological processes. Removing vegetation and litter 

during biomass harvesting for bioenergy can increase the risk of higher peak 

flows. It also allows more water to fall directly on the soil surface and infiltrate 

to groundwater, resulting in a higher water table that could lead to soil 

saturation and a loss of productivity. 

Sources: 

• http://www.extension.org/pages/Water_Quality_and_Quantity 

• "State of the World's Forests 2009". United Nations Food and 

Agriculture: Organization. 

[http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0350e/i0350e00.HTM] 

Monitoring: 



Other pollutants No other pollutants are involved in project activity. 

No hazardous materials are used in the production of efficient cook stoves. 

Stoves are made with local bricks, mud, water, and sawdust. Construction is 

done onsite and the materials are sourced within the vicinity of the 

households/homes, with insignificant effect on the environment as these 

materials are drawn in small quantities. 

Sources: 

N.A. 

Monitoring: 

N.A. 

Biodiversity Deforestation results in declines in biodiversity. The removal or destruction of 

areas of forest cover has resulted in a degraded environment with reduced 

biodiversity. Forests support biodiversity, providing habitat for wildlife; 

moreover, forests foster conservation. With forest biotopes being irreplaceable 

source of new drugs (such as taxol), deforestation can destroy genetic 

variations (such as crop resistance) irretrievably 

Sources: 

• http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=18676 

• "State of the World's Forests 2009". United Nations Food and 

Agriculture: Organization. 

[http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0350e/i0350e00.HTM] 


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Monitoring: 



Quality of employment The project seeks to provide trainings to the youth and others that will improve 

their capacity as artisans. Skills that they can use later in life or elsewhere. 

Sources: 

• Copy of certification document for artisans trained. 

• Copies of contracts with artisans employed by the project. 

Monitoring: 

• Number of artisans trained and certified: Copy of certification 

document for artisans trained. 

• Number of artisans practicing: Copies of contracts with artisans 

employed by the project. 

Livelihood of the poor In Siaya district over 90% of rural households and over 80% of urban 

households use wood fuel as a source of energy and the demand of wood is 

high and continues to rise (SDDP 2008-2012, p. 25). The reduction in firewood 

required for cooking will result in less expenditure on cooking fuel. As a result 

of providing fuel efficient stoves access to clean and affordable energy 

services will be improved considerably. 

Overall poverty level of the district stands at 40%, however with great 

geographical differences; in some areas there are poverty indices of more than 

70% (SDDP 2008-2012, p. 54). The causes of poverty in this area are diverse 

and include among others low income among households to afford farm inputs, 

over-reliance on traditional methods of farming and lack of alternative sources 

of income. Almost 90% of the population are engaged in agricultural activities 

or are self-engaged (SDDP 2008-2012, p. 37). 

Siaya district has a very high incidence of HIV/AIDS estimated at 24%. The 

doctor/population ration is at 1:52,000 and high cost of health care services 

and health care financing is mentioned among major concerns in the health 

sector (SDDP 2008-2012, p. 28 & 54). 

The livelihood of the locals will be greatly improved through the involvement in 

income earning activities and the integrated loaning and savings programme, 

which will provide skills and financial resources that will enhance community 

resilience to natural disasters and poverty. 

Sources: 

• Siaya District Development Plan (SDDP) 2008-2012, OFFICE OF THE 

PRIME MINISTER MINISTRY OF STATE FOR PLANNING, 


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Access to affordable and clean 

energy services 


NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND VISION 2030, pp. 25, 28, 34-42, 

54. 

Monitoring: 

• Time and money savings due to reduced fuel consumption: Time and 

money spent on fuel per household per year compared to the baseline 

scenario. 

• Number of people in savings and loaning groups: 

- to acquire efficient cook stoves 

- to access medical care, pay for school fees, and other social 

services. 

The reduction in firewood required for cooking will result in cleaner combustion 

and in less expenditure on cooking fuel. As a result of providing fuel efficient 

stoves access to clean and affordable energy services will be improved 

considerably. 

Sources: 

• Ingwe A (2007) Rocket Mud Stoves in Kenya. Boiling Point No 53, 

2007. http://www.hedon.info/docs/BP53-Ingwe-3.pdf 

• This indicator is continuously monitored and is available from the sales 

record. 

Monitoring: 

• Number of households using efficient cook stoves. 

Human and institutional capacity The opportunity availed by the project for people to be trained on stoves 

construction and their subsequent involvement in stove development, will be a 

means of income generation, which will lead to poverty eradication/reduction. 

The opportunity offered through trainings can contribute greatly to communities 

appreciating the link or importance of taking children to schools as well as 

source of income to be used to pay for fees and other necessitates. 

The opportunities provided for training will offer equal opportunity for women 

and men thus giving women a chance to engage in income generation 

activities which is vital in achieving gender equity and empowerment. 

Environmental training, knowledge dissemination, stove building process will 

include teaching families about the benefits of the fuel efficiency and how to 

make the most of the technology in their homes, as well as raising 

environmental awareness on issues to do with deforestation, climate change, 

respiratory health. 

Sources: 

• Records from different types of trainings. 


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Quantitative employment and 


Balance of payments and 

investment 

Technology transfer and 

technological self-reliance 


Monitoring: 

• Number of people trained: 

- number of women and men trained for saving and loaning groups 

- number of animators (women and men) trained for awareness 

creation and education 

• Number of people reached through awareness creation on efficient 

cook stoves and climate change. 

The project will provide employment to the locals in different activities such as 

efficient stove construction, raw material production, maintenance, data clerks, 

accountant, community mobilize, field officers, loaning and savings officers, 

quality assurance. 

Project will provide employment to at least 15 staff (project manager, loaning 

and saving head, training coordinator and environmental expert), 5 artisan per 

community for 12 communities and at least 2 sub contracts awarded that will 

employ not less than 5 people each. 

Sources: 

• The project coordination will keep a record of the people directly 

employed by the projects and copies of their contracts. 

Monitoring: 

• Number of people receiving income from project activity. 

The project will utilize locally available materials and skills as well as lead to 

the development of that expertise locally. This will reduce dependence on 

foreign or outside acquired materials or skills. 

Sources: 

N.A. 

Monitoring: 

N.A. 

The use of the traditional three stones cooking stoves is widespread in the 

project area. The traditional three stone cooking stoves are considered cheap 

and easy to assemble and that for a long time has made it common despite of 

its inefficiency. The proposed project stoves are new and blend both 

indigenous and modern technology. The new modern technology is borrowed; 

it is adoption will lead to technology transfer and domestication. The training 

and employment in the efficient stove development will lead to a level of self 

reliance in the community which contributes to sustainable development. 


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Sources: 

• Household Energy Network, Boiling Point No 17, 

http://www.hedon.info/BP17:SupplyOfMetalForJikos 

• Ingwe A (2007) Rocket Mud Stoves in Kenya. Boiling Point No 53, 

2007. http://www.hedon.info/docs/BP53-Ingwe-3.pdf 

Monitoring: 

N.A. 

References can be an academic or non-academic source, such as a university research document, 

a feasibility study report, EIA, relevant website, etc. 


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SECTION E. DISCUSSION ON SUSTAINABILITY MONITORING PLAN 

[See Toolkit 2.4.3 and 2.6.1] 

Discuss stakeholders’ ideas on monitoring sustainable development indicators. Do people 

have ideas on how this could be done in a cost effective way? Are there ways in which 

stakeholders can participate in monitoring? 

The stakeholders considered successful monitoring of the indicators to be based on an elaborate 

plan that should be initiated by the stakeholders and coordinated by the implementing organization 

but with great input and chance for participation for the community. 

The participants developed the following acronym ‘FORRIC’ (Fair, Open and Transparent, Relevant, 

Responsive, Inclusive and Credible) to be guiding line for their participation. 

1. Fair 

The stakeholders considered the need for a fair and non partial exercise that included all members 

of society without special preference for any religion, region, clan or any other preference, unless as 

may be warranted by prevailing and agreed upon special cases. The stakeholders who included the 

administration and local political leadership offered an extended platform for enhancing fairness by 

ensuring that all groups are brought on board. The project implementers should avoid bias. 

2. Open and transparent 

The stakeholders attached success to depend on how open and transparent the exercise is and how 

the community will perceive it to be. The two elements were distinctly separated. The first one taking 

the measures that will be taken to achieve transparency and openness, the following was agreed 

upon; 1. All steps should be explained and understood 2. All activities should be well publicized and 

documented. 

To ensure the public perception is positive it was agreed that the public should be great chance to 

publicize the project and participate as well as awareness creation in all forums and sectors. 

3. Relevant 

It was discussed that all activities, steps and forums should be focus on the main issue. It was 

observed that the public and the implementing agency Tembea have a role to play in maintaining 

the project on focus. It was stated that to achieve this all through the project duration stakeholders 

need to focus on issues that matter. It was observed that as the process goes on clear indicators will 

be designed to report on achievement. 

4. Responsive 

The stakeholders held the view that it will be important to observe and evaluate how the inputs and 

requirements of the stakeholders were received, discussed, decided upon, and mainstreamed and 

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5. Inclusive 

It was considered that at the end of every phase of the project it will be important to evaluate who 

and from where as participated to inform the next phase and the selection of new stakeholders. 

6. Credible 

The project should strive to build confidence and trust and sense of ownership. The stakeholders felt 

that if the project was to work then the credibility issue was to be prominently considered. 

The following level of participation both in monitoring and the overall project implementation were 

recommended; 

1. Information- a one way flow of information from the project implementer to the public through 

various forums available 

2. Consultation – two way flow of information and where feedback is facilitated 

3. Participation- a more interactive processes that allow them to engage and give suggestion on 

various aspects of the project 

4. Negotiation- an important phase of the public participation which will include face to face 

discussion and it will have a great role in conflict and impact discussion and mitigation. 

The stakeholders did not give concrete suggestions for how to monitor sustainable development 

indicators. 


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SECTION F. DESCRPTION OF THE DESIGN OF THE STAKEHOLDER 

FEEDBACK ROUND 


Tembea youth centre for sustainable development intends to work with the stakeholders and other 

selected groups in disseminating this report and other projects documents. Immediately after the 

stakeholders meeting we shall develop the project data base, that will help us identify and maintain 

contacts of our partners as well as that developed during the stakeholders meeting. 

Using the contacts given or acquired and stored in our database we shall forward this report to the 

individuals that can access internet. We shall also use contact persons in community disseminate 

the report for community reading and consideration. The community has a number of resource 

centres that attract the youth and young adults; we shall also drop copies here: 

• Tembea Resource Centre and Library (At Tembea Offices). 

• Rambula Community Library (under Kenya National Library Services – KNLS) 

• Ukwala Community Library(under Kenya National Library Services – KNLS) 

• Ugunja Community Resource Centre 

• District Information and Documentation Centre (DIDC), Siaya 

• District Commissioners’ offices – Siaya, Gem, Ugenya and Ugunja. 

• District Officers offices for the seven divisions (Karemo, Ugunja, Boro, Uranga, Yala, Wagai, and 

Ukwala) 

• National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development (NCAPD) - Kisumu, Nyanza. 

• NEMA office, Siaya, and Head office, Nairobi, 

• UNDP/DBSC Siaya 

• Ugenya Constituency office, 

• Gem Constituency office 

• Alego Usonga constituency 

• Town Council of Ugunja 

• Town Council of Ukwala 

• Town Council of Yala 

• County Council of Siaya 

• OSIENALA 

• CARE offices, Siaya 

Of course, all people invited to the local stakeholder meeting will receive a digital or hard copy of the 

stakeholder report. 


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ANNEX 1. ORIGINAL PARTICIPANTS LIST



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ANNEX 2. ORIGINAL EVALUATION FORMS 

A selection of original evaluation forms is found below. 


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ANNEX 3. COPY OF EMAIL INVITIATIONS 

Below some examples from emails sent to invite stakeholders. 

Email to Gold Standard Supporters 


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Email to Isabella Masinde – Africa Wildlife Foundation 


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Email to David Watoko, Eco-Sanity Services 


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Email to Joe Makanda, Care International in Kenya 


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Email to Charles Odiero – Organization for Transformation of Initiated Technologies (OTIT) 


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Email to Nature Kenya 



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