GS1340 Efficient cookstoves in Burkina Faso - VPA-17 - Improved Cookstove F3PA project in Nahouri

The tiipaalga association, a non-profit organization in Burkina Faso has developed a PoA (Programme of Activities) in 2014 to promote and implement improved cook stoves in the rural areas. Now, Fair Climate Fund (FCF), a Dutch organization based in Utrecht, The Netherlands in an agreement with tiipaalga association along with local communities/federation is developing 4 grouped VPAs (Voluntary Project Activities) that will cover the municipalities of Pô, Tiébélé and Gniaro in the Province of Nahouri and will seek inclusion under the registered gold standard PoA and later certify under Fairtrade Climate Standard. This VPA, being part of the 4 grouped VPAs, will be developed to implement clean, safe and energy efficient cooking stoves which will consume less firewood and reduce smoke in the cooking area. The project promotes the implementation improved cook stove which is a mud made 3 stones efficient woodstove “F3PA”. The improved cook stoves will replace traditional cooking stoves, which utilize firewood and charcoal. With this approach, the 4 VPAs will reach out to more than 10,000 households in the Province of Nahouri in Burkina Faso. This project seeks to increase access of rura