GS1247 VPA 143 Manicaland Safe Water
Gold Standard · GS6519 · Zimbabwe
About this project
The Micro-Scale Voluntary Project Activity in Manicaland Province (Zimbabwe) is eligible under the Gold Standard methodology Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption Version 1. The project will support the provision of safe water using borehole technology to hundreds of households within Manicaland. 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
- GS6519
- 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
- Zimbabwe
- First vintage
- 2018
- Crediting period
- 2018-06-10 to 2023-06-09
- Estimated yearly credits
- 10,000
- Scale
- Micro Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2018
- Crediting period
- 2018-06-10 to 2023-06-09
- Credits issued
- 28,199 (retired 20,076)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
- Coordinates
- -18.9200, 32.1740
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API)
- Note
- Same coordinates are shared by 6 registry entries of one programme
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| GS1247 VPA 144 Manicaland Safe Water GS6520 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 28,581 |
| GS1247 VPA 147 Manicaland Safe Water GS6523 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 28,488 |
| GS1247 VPA 145 Manicaland Safe Water GS6521 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 28,487 |
| GS1247 VPA 142 Manicaland Safe Water GS6518 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 28,034 |
| GS1247 VPA 213 Manicaland Safe Water GS7485 · Listed | 0 |