TaTEDO

SCHONE EN DUURZAME HOUTFORNUIZEN IN TANZANIA

2500 kilo hout. Dat is wat een Tanzaniaans huishouden per jaar nodig heeft om te koken – als dat gebeurt met de traditionele vuurtjes en kooktoestellen tenminste. Onnodige verspilling, vindt TaTEDO, een organisatie die zich bezighoudt met duurzame energietechnologieën.

Vijftien jaar geleden kookten bijna alle Tanzanianen op het platteland op vuurtjes tussen drie platte stenen. In de steden gebruikten de vrouwen vooral niet-geïsoleerde metalen kooktoestelletjes die werkten op houtskool. ‘In beide gevallen was er een energierendement van slechts 15 procent,’ zegt TaTEDO-directeur Estomih Sawe. ‘Vrouwen moesten steeds verder lopen om hout te kunnen vinden en elk jaar verdween zo’n 400.000 hectare bos.’ TaTEDO heeft daarop een fornuis ontwikkeld dat meer dan twee keer zo efficiënt was. Dat betekent in de praktijk dat vrouwen hun tijd effectiever kunnen gebruiken.

Tanzania Traditional Energy Development and Environment Organisation (TaTEDO) is opgericht in 1990 om duurzame energietechnologie – zoals energiezuinige fornuizen en kooktoestellen – te ontwikkelen en stimuleren. ‘De afgelopen jaren zijn er dankzij TaTEDO meer dan een miljoen energiezuinige fornuizen en kooktoestellen in gebruik genomen,’ aldus Sawe. ‘De ontbossing is daardoor bijna gehalveerd.’

TaTEDO richt zich naast schone fornuizen en kooktoestellen ook op zonne- en windenergie, generatoren op biodiesel, het opzetten van boomkwekerijen, efficiënte houtskoolproductie en voorlichting over zuinig energiegebruik. Estomih Sawe: ‘Het platteland van Tanzania is bijna nergens aangesloten op het elektriciteitsnet. Elektriciteit maakt het mogelijk 's avonds te studeren of te werken. Het zorgt er ook voor dat mensen elektromotoren gebruiken voor pompen, malen, persen en zagen. Of bedrijfjes kunnen opzetten die bijvoorbeeld accu's of gsm’s opladen.'

TaTEDO is één van de begunstigden van het Hivos Klimaatfonds. Via het Hivos Klimaatfonds wil Hivos de toegang tot schone en duurzame energie voor arme bevolkingsgroepen in ontwikkelingslanden makkelijker maken. Het fonds investeert niet alleen in de zuinige houtfornuizen van TaTEDO, maar ook in kleinschalige waterkrachtcentrales en biogasinstallaties.

Bekijk het filmpje van directeur Estomih Sawhe

OVER DEZE PARTNER (ENGELSTALIG)

TaTEDO is a national NGO active in the field of sustainable modern energy, based in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. TaTEDO has operated in several regions and districts for more than 10 years. Its main goal is to improve quality of life of the people by contributing to the availability of improved and sustainable modern energy services and to employment and income generating opportunities which are essential for poverty reduction. Activities of TaTEDO are: 1. promote access to sustainable modern energy services for productive uses in SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) including agro-processing industries and for consumptive uses in households and social services centres (education, health, water); 2. undertake field implementation of sustainable energy programmes and projects; 3. provide energy related consultancy services; 4. mitigate adverse environmental effects associated with energy production and use; 5. develop networking and partnership with local, national and international organisations; 6. manage and disseminate energy information; 7. lobby and advocate in order to influence energy and environment related policies and legislations; 8. provide sustainable energy enterprises development services; 9. conduct energy related applied research. In order to facilitate effective implementation of its development programmes, TaTEDO has a policy of continuously improving its organisational capacity through training and participating in international exchange program, recruiting competent staff and acquiring modern equipments and facilities such as computers with internet, conference room with audiovisual facilities. TaTEDO has 34 staff, 23 of whom are University graduates in various disciplines (energy planners, engineers, business developers, forester, ICTers, specialist in monitoring and evaluation) and 11 support staff. It publishes a bi-annual English and Swahili newsletters (Sustainable Energy and Development Forum & Jielimisch Bulletin). TaTEDO has implemented a wide range of energy related projects and programs and is supported by a wide range of donors. TaTEDO works with local associates/NGOs/CBOS; local authorities and village energy management teams. TaTEDO collaborates with policy and decision makers since they ensure good governance and the enforcement of laws which are of strategic importance for any energy programs and activities. TaTEDO is member of a number of international networks in the field of renewable energy and climate issues such as SouthSouthNorth group that implements community based action on Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. TaTEDO is focal point in Tanzania in the COMPETE Consortium consisting of 44 partners in 5 continents - an EU funded platform on Energy Crops and Agro-forestry systems with the aim to share and build knowledge between EU and developing countries on bio-energy. TaTEDO is a Hivos Climate Fund partner and focal organization on the Hivos program on Citizens Journalism. It is also a focal organization on gender and energy issues. Hivos supports TaTEDO because its objectives and strategies match that of Hivos.

Type organisatie

Intermediary development organisation

Werkveld

Sustainable Production

Land

Tanzania

Opgericht

1992

Hivos partner sinds

1995

Website

http://www.tatedo.org

Meer informatie

» | Over deze partner (Engelstalig)

» | Over door Hivos gesteunde projecten van deze partner (Engelstalig)

CONTACT

TaTEDO

» | Adres:

Off Shekilango Road, Kijitonyama
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

» | +255-22-2700772 / 2700438

» | energy@tatedo.org

» | http://www.tatedo.org

LINKS

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Households Efficient Stone Made Woodstoves
DAC-sectors	Strengthening civil society Energy Forestry
Location	Tanzania
Beneficiary	small entrepreneurs: small business, trade, crafts, services
activity	Prepare participatory village local planning
Direct outreach	6000 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
Indirect outreach	30000 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
activity	Capacity building to manage forest resource sustainably
Direct outreach	6500 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
Indirect outreach	30000 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
activity	Construction of 6000 efficient stoves
Direct outreach	6150 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
Indirect outreach	31000 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
Contract total	165.500
Contractperiod	01-10-2007 until 30-06-2011

Description

This project aims at improving thermal performance of the wood fuel stoves in rural areas of Kilimanjaro Region located in the northern part of Tanzania. The project activity focuses on replacing the three stone fire places (with efficiency of 10 - 15 percent) with improved and efficient firewood stoves (efficiency of more than 60%). This will result in reduced wood fuel consumption, avoid carbon dioxide emission and indoor air pollution, reduce workload on women and children and conserved forest resources. Other benefits are income generation opportunities especially for village technicians. The project activities are designed to start with small modules that can be replicated in the same project location i.e. Kilimanjaro region. The project activities will relate to construction of the efficient stoves and imparting knowledge on proper management of wood fuels. In the first phase, the project will involve 10 villages of the Rombo and Hai districts. The project activity will start with 6.000 households in which efficient firewood stoves will be installed. Design of the stoves will be adapted considering the preferences of women, as they are the main users of the new technology. Installation of the efficient stoves will be done by village technicians who will be trained on how to construct and repair the stoves where necessary. The beneficiary households will contribute labour and construction materials such as water, bricks and sand. The efficient stoves proposed in this project add value to indigenous technology that uses indigenous fuel resources and materials. The technology has been practiced in the same villages and shown to have a high potential to contribute in reducing fuel wood consumption, indoor air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

Hivos supports this project as TaTEDO focuses on low-income communities and contributes to poverty reduction by creating opportunities for households to cut expenditure on energy. It creates income generating activities in production and marketing of improved bio-energy technologies and production of wood fuel stoves. Women also participate in the design of the programme and TaTEDO will stimulate women to participate in development activities like village energy teams. The project is funded by the Hivos Climate fund.

Up-scaling Access to Integrated Modern Energy Services for Poverty Reduction
DAC-sectors	Energy
Location	Tanzania
Beneficiary	small farmers, fishers, pastoralists, forest dwellers
activity	set-up modern energy infrastructure to be installed and managed locally
Direct outreach	220 - Intermediary level
Indirect outreach	50000 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
activity	link micro-enterprise with MPESCs (multi-function energy service centers)
Direct outreach	500 - Intermediary level
Indirect outreach	1500 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
activity	Initiate switch from fossil fuel to bio-diesel to power diesel engines through Jatropha
Direct outreach	5000 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
Indirect outreach	50000 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
Contract total	2.852.576
Contractperiod	01-01-2008 until 31-12-2012

Description

This 5 year project intends to contribute to improved livelihood, poverty reduction and sustainable rural development by up-scaling access to modern energy services through installation of Multipurpose Energy Service Centres, a decentralised rural energy system, in selected non-electrified rural areas. MPESCs are powered by solar power system or by engines that can run using diesel or bio-fuel from for example Jatropha curcas. The project will be implemented in 120 villages located in eleven districts of six regions of Tanzania. The project is expected to benefit 55,000 rural households, 500 rural micro-enterprises in particular women enterprises, 22 village technicians and artisans, 300 operators of MPESCs, and 150 rural social service centres, like schools or health centres and 5,000 existing and potential farmers of Jatropha carcus. Main activities are to install and manage 200 MPESCs; ensure linkage of 500 rural micro-enterprises with MPESCs; promote production and use of bio-fuels from Jatropha carcus; strengthen the institutional capacity of TaTEDO and her associates. Hivos supports this project because it will complement efforts of achieving the Tanzania National Strategy for Growth and Poverty Reduction (NSGPR) and the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) , especially MDG 1 (poverty reduction) through income generation from established rural energy enterprises, from Jatropha farming and from energy-related enterprises in rural areas. The provision of electricity to social service centres will improve living standards, e.g. through better health services and an improved education environment. The proposed action will also contribute to environmental sustainability (MDG 7) by replacing the use of kerosene and diesel with bio-fuel. Increased vegetation cover from Jatropha plants will help absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. TaTEDO also strives to involve women to participate in the governance and management of this energy system through the village and district energy teams, build their technical skills on different types of energy installations, operations and maintenance.

Bridge Funding: Replication, Development and Marketing of Modern Sustainable Biomass Energy Technologies and Services in Tanzania.
DAC-sectors	Energy
Location	Tanzania
Beneficiary	small entrepreneurs: small business, trade, crafts, services
activity	set-up modern energy infrastructure to be installed and managed locally
Direct outreach	220 - Intermediary level
Indirect outreach	50000 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
activity	link micro-enterprise with MPESCs (multi-function energy service centers)
Direct outreach	500 - Intermediary level
Indirect outreach	1500 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
activity	Initiate switch from fossil fuel to bio-diesel to power diesel engines through Jatropha
Direct outreach	5000 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
Indirect outreach	50000 - Beneficiaries: poor and/or marginalised women and men
Contract total	150.000
Contractperiod	01-01-2010 until 31-12-2010