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GS1247 VPA 11 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Gatsibo District Borehole Project Rwanda
Gold Standard · GS3306 · Rwanda
Credits issued
51,938
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
51,938
100% of issued
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
About this project
The project will support the provision of safe water to hundreds of households within Gatsibo District using borehole technology. 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 carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion process.
The record
- Project ID
- GS3306
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Community Boreholes · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- GS TPDDTEC Reduced emissions from cooking and heating – technologies and practices to displace decentralized thermal energy consumption v 1.
- Developer
- CO2balance UK ltd · 417 projects
- Country
- Rwanda
- First vintage
- 2014
- Crediting period
- 2014-11-05 to 2021-11-04
- Estimated yearly credits
- 10,000
- Scale
- Micro Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
households
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 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2014
- Crediting period
- 2014-11-05 to 2021-11-04
- Credits issued
- 51,938 (retired 51,938)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
Programme location Location stated by the registry and shared by several projects of one programme
- Coordinates
- -1.6200, 30.2000
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API)
- Note
- Same coordinates are shared by 8 registry entries of one programme
Other community boreholes projects in Rwanda
| GS10959 VPA05 Safe Water Project in Rwanda V GS11136 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 235,152 |
| GS 10959 VPA01 Safe Water Project in Rwanda I GS11098 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 233,491 |
| GS10959 VPA03 Safe Water Project in Rwanda III GS11134 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 228,066 |
| GS10959 VPA04 Safe Water Project in Rwanda IV GS11135 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 227,702 |
| GS10959 VPA02 Safe Water Project in Rwanda II GS11133 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 223,831 |
| GS10959 VPA06 Safe Water Project in Rwanda VI GS11137 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 217,589 |
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.