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GS1247 VPA 170 Southern Ethiopia Community Safe Water
Gold Standard · GS7291 · Ethiopia
Credits issued
11,457
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
6,423
56% of issued
Remaining
5,034
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
About this project
In this project CO2balance and Vita, an Irish Charity that works in Ethiopia, will renovate broken water points so that they deliver clean, safe water.
The record
- Project ID
- GS7291
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Clean Water · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- CO2balance UK ltd · 417 projects
- Country
- Ethiopia
- First vintage
- 2019
- Crediting period
- 2019-02-28 to 2024-02-27
- Estimated yearly credits
- 10,000
- Scale
- Micro Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
The registry record we hold does not describe the communities involved.
Registry documents (the project design document and validation report) normally cover consultation and benefit-sharing; open the record in the registry to read them.
Sustainable Development Goals claimed: Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2019
- Crediting period
- 2019-02-28 to 2024-02-27
- Credits issued
- 11,457 (retired 6,423)
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
- 9.1400, 40.4800
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API)
- Note
- Same coordinates are shared by 8 registry entries of one programme
Other clean water projects in Ethiopia
| GS1289: Native Hydraid BioSand Water Filter Pr... GS3509 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 84,318 |
| GS1247 VPA 156 Southern Ethiopia Community Pro... GS6836 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 39,730 |
| GS1247 VPA 257 Northern Ethiopia Community Pro... GS10736 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 32,763 |
| GS1247 VPA 256 Northern Ethiopia Community Saf... GS10735 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 27,915 |
| GS5658 VPA 4: Resilience with Safe Drinking Wa... GS6749 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 23,977 |
| GS5658 VPA 10: Resilience with Safe drinking w... GS7436 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 23,467 |
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.