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WADI - Innovation for Safe Water and Climate in Uganda

Gold Standard · GS10738 · Uganda

Credits issued
76,849
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
65,684
85% of issued
Remaining
11,165
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

About this project

This is a small-scale voluntary Project Activity (VPA) “WADI - Innovation for Safe Water and Climate in Uganda”. It is developed by myclimate and implemented by the Austrian Social Enterprise HELIOZ GmbH together with the local partner Get Water Uganda. The project will supply 10,000 households in rural area of Buhemba Sub-County in Namayingo District, Uganda, with the UV indicator WADI, developed by HELIOZ GmbH, and additionally train the households in the application of Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) using WADI and PET bottles. This method should give people the means to disinfect water and replace the method of boiling the water using non-renewable fuel sources on common three stone fires. Solar Water Disinfection with WADI is an environmentally friendly and affordable solution for water disinfection. In following a holistic approach, the project includes additional activities: (1) general water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) activities to improve living conditions at household level e.g. by constructing handwashing facilities and pit latrines or by conducting menstural hygiene trainings at schools. Additional environmental protection activities include awareness raising on proper waste management and environmental protection, establishing plastic collection groups as a mitigating measure for used and other PET bottles and as an additional income opportunity for women groups.

The record

Project ID
GS10738
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Clean Water · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
GS TPDDTEC Reduced emissions from cooking and heating – technologies and practices to displace decentralized thermal energy consumption v3.1
Developer
myclimate Foundation · 20 projects
Country
Uganda
First vintage
2020
Crediting period
2020-04-19 to 2025-04-18
Estimated yearly credits
18,000
Scale
Small Scale · VPA
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 1: No Poverty
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

householdswomenschools
Basis: Project description (Gold Standard registry). This lists who the project describes working with; it is not a check of benefit-sharing.
Sustainable Development Goals claimed: Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 4: Quality Education · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 1: No Poverty

Status and timeline

Registry status
Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
First credits (vintage)
2020
Crediting period
2020-04-19 to 2025-04-18
Credits issued
76,849 (retired 65,684)

Credits by vintage year

Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent

Location

Country only The registry gives the country only, so the project is not drawn on the map

The registry gives Uganda as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.

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Credit totals and status are as compiled in the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0) and change as the registries update. Please check the registry record before you quote a figure.
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