small home cooking oil production line in rwanda

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • What is the Rwandan Stove Project?
  • Through money generated by selling stoves, they are able to do things like pay school fees, improve their homes, and buy livestock. The Rwandan project is to some extent a replication of a similar project in Malawi. It’s still in its beginning stages, targeting households in 11 of Rwanda’s 30 districts.
  • How do stoves improve quality of life in Rwanda?
  • Stoves improve quality of life by reducing exposure of especially women and children to smoke. They also allow Rwandans to invest more time in activities besides collecting firewood. Through money generated by selling stoves, they are able to do things like pay school fees, improve their homes, and buy livestock.
  • What is Rwanda doing to support the energy compact?
  • In a bid to support the energy compact, the Government has put in place an enabling environment for private sector investments in Rwanda’s renewable energy projects including mostly, hydro projects, methane gas, peat to power and solar currently adding 12.05MW on the national grid.
  • What is Rwanda’s firewood reduction scheme?
  • This is a subsidiary scheme that was launched as a partnership between Rwanda Development Bank plc (BRD) and Energy Development Corporation (EDCL), to reduce the percentage of households using firewood for cooking from a baseline value of 79.90% in 2017 to 42% by 2024.