GS1247 VPA 26 Improved Kitchen Regimes - Kasungu Boreholes Malawi
Gold Standard · GS3107 · Malawi
About this project
This Micro-Scale Voluntary Project Activity, in Kasungu, Malawi is eligible under the Gold Standard methodology Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption v1.0. In this project co2balance and Concern Universal will provide safe drinking water to communities reducing the need to boil water as a means of purification through the repair of damaged and the drilling of additional new boreholes in the Traditional Authorities (TA) of Santhe and Kawamba located in Kasungu District. By providing safe water, the project will ensure that households consume less firewood during the process of water purification and as a result there shall be a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion process.
The record
- Project ID
- GS3107
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Community Boreholes · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- CO2balance UK ltd · 417 projects
- Country
- Malawi
- First vintage
- 2013
- Crediting period
- 2013-10-10 to 2027-10-09
- Estimated yearly credits
- 3,997
- Scale
- Micro Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 5: Gender Equality
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2013
- Crediting period
- 2013-10-10 to 2027-10-09
- Credits issued
- 106,030 (retired 75,701)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
The registry gives Malawi as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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