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Intergration of Stoves in Social Cash Transfer Program

Intergration of Stoves in Social Cash Transfer Program. Presented By: Lovely Chizimba. With funding from. Balaka SCTP. Balaka is one of the poorest districts in Malawi Declared as Disaster prone district in Malawi

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Intergration of Stoves in Social Cash Transfer Program

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  1. Intergration of Stoves in Social Cash Transfer Program Presented By: Lovely Chizimba With funding from

  2. Balaka SCTP • Balaka is one of the poorest districts in Malawi • Declared as Disaster prone district in Malawi • Experiencing recurrent droughts leading to food insecurity for the past three years • IA supporting the delivery of electronic and predictable transfers to 10% utra-poor households • Cushion from the impacts of climate change • Programme to demonstrate how SCTs can help in building resilience of poorest households to the impacts of Climate Change

  3. Climate Changes impacts - Visible • Increased frequency and intensity of climate related disasters • Unpredictable rainfall patterns • Increased numbers of households requiring social supports and HA • 2007 to 2011 – average of 340,000 • 2011 to 2014 – Average of 1.7 million people • 2015 - 2.8 million people (25 of 28 Districts in Malawi • 2015 – worst flooding – 1,1million people affected

  4. Energy • country’s deforestation rate remains high at 2.8% • High energy poverty • Only 10% connected to the main grid • 90% rely on biomass • Overdependence on biomass • Deforestation • Increased carbon emissions • In door air pollution • Energy needs for the 80%????

  5. Why SCT beneficiaries • Ultra poor are labor constrained • Already identified by the community • The most vulnerable people use 3-stone fire • Increases vulnerability in terms of • in door air pollution • Burden of sourcing wood • Majority can not cannot access cleaner stoves despite technologies’ availability to everyone • Linking SCT beneficiaries to a voucher system gives them access to cleaner cook stoves • Market based approach

  6. The Technology • 30% efficiency • 30% reduction in firewood • Produced locally from clay • Mostly women production groups • Eligible for carbon credits-Carbon finance stream • Environmental benefits • Health benefits • Gender benefits • Economic benefits

  7. The Approach

  8. Buy Beneficiary neighbors/Buyers Learn SCT Beneficiary Stove Promoter at cluster Redeem Cluster Committee Concern Universal Work closely Distribute via Concern Universal & Social Welfare Department Stove production group Flow of stoves Flow of Voucher

  9. Stoves Distribution

  10. Lovely and the stove promoter

  11. Way forward Carbon finance • Transfer funds directly to SCT beneficiary accounts • Use funds to meet other clean household energy needs – Provision of solar equipment • Invest in community projects • Directly 320,000 SCT and another 320,000 through sales= 640,000 against a national target of 2 million cookstoves by 2020 • Use SCT structures – Humanitarian response • Linkages to VSLS – CC adapatation

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