Malawi Improved Cookstove Project

Maeve will distribute around 76,450 improved cookstoves across the country, targeting ultra poor households and households close to production centers and refugees and informal settlements. The project is being implemented by two approaches. The first approach involves free distribution of the Chitetezo Mbaula stoves to the ultra-poor households, under the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) of the Government of Malawi. The second approach is a commercial approach, aimed at communities outside of the SCTP, providing the Chitetezo Mbaula cookstoves at a lower than market price in the range of MWK 750 to MWK 1500 with an average sale price of 1076 MWK (USD 1.02). The improved cookstoves distributed by the Project are significantly more efficient and thus will reduce wood consumption, nonetheless locally available wood is still being used and as such, the Project does not consist in a fuel switch.

Project ID

GS12340

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

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Developer

CLIMETREK LTD · 2 projects

Country

Malawi

First vintage

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Crediting period

2023-09-03 to 2028-09-02

Estimated yearly credits

92,980

Scale

Large Scale · Standalone

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

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