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Sustainable Deployment of the LifeStraw Family in rural Kenya
Gold Standard · GS886 · Kenya
Credits issued
4,476,205
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
4,447,661
99% of issued
Remaining
28,544
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
About this project
Vestergaard Frandsen seeks to distribute over one million LifeStraw® Family units, serving over four million people, in rural Kenya. These units will treat contaminated drinking water, and reduce the demand for conventional water treatment through boiling water with non-renewable biomass. With the assistance of carbon finance, this project can be economically sustainable and provide a significant improvement in public health.
The record
- Project ID
- GS886
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- GS Methodology for Improved Cookstoves and Kitchen Regimes v2.
- Developer
- Vestergaard Frandsen Group SA · 1 project
- Country
- Kenya
- First vintage
- 2011
- Crediting period
- 2011-06-01 to 2021-05-31
- Estimated yearly credits
- 2,073,328
- Scale
- Large Scale · Standalone
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land
- 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 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2011
- Crediting period
- 2011-06-01 to 2021-05-31
- Credits issued
- 4,476,205 (retired 4,447,661)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
Project location Location stated by the registry for this project
- Coordinates
- 0.5000, 34.5833
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API)
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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.