GS1247 VPA 117 Improved Kitchen Regimes Multi-Country PoA - Dowa Boreholes Malawi
Gold Standard · GS5442 · Malawi
About this project
This Micro-Scale Voluntary Project Activity, in Dowa, 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 Dzoole, Chakhaza and Kayembe located in Dowa 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
- GS5442
- 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
- QK TS Pvt. Ltd. · 9 projects
- Country
- Malawi
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2015-12-20 to 2022-12-19
- Estimated yearly credits
- 10,000
- Scale
- Micro Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 15: Life On Land
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Listed (In the pipeline)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2015-12-20 to 2022-12-19
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
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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