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In Kateta the interventions aimed at safe access of the populations and more importantly the Women living with HIV/AIDS to cooking fuel options by development partners is limited, actually not available in Kateta-In this project Kateta People Living With HIV/AIDS wants to disseminate fuel efficient stoves to the house holds and Schools in Kateta and Serere district targeting the People and Women Living with HIV/AIDS households, tree planting and creation of wood lots, creation of alternative income generating activities to reduce the reliance of people on exploitation of natural resources as a livelihood activity-KPLWHAS proposes a comprehensive approach for ensuring safe access to cooking fuel among the People and Women Living with HIV/AIDS households, the focus will be on physical and environmental protection, and promotion of alternative[ie. Non wood fuel] livelihoods options by lifesaving food distribution and restoration of the livelihoods of vulnerable populations of Women and People living with HIV/AIDS in Kateta through construction of water boreholes infrastructure, tree planting, diversifying livelihood options and enhancement of Agricultural productivity. By doing this KPLWHAS will adopt a two pronged strategy that focuses on-1 Reducing the vulnerability of Women and Children Living with HIV/AIDS to protection of risks through dissemination of fuel efficient stoves, sensitisation on food preparations and energy saving cooking practices, while reducing environmental degradation through the creation of woodlots and tree planting, 2 Strengthening and diversifying livelihoods options through producing activities for crops such as cassava, rice, sorghum, potatoes, simssim , groundnuts and most of the staple foods by reducing the vulnerability of women to protection of risks while reducing environmental degradation, and providing alternatives to firewood and charcoal selling as a primary source of household income by training on and /or dissemination of fuel-efficient stoves at the house holds level and institutional stoves for schools in Serere, in addition targeted families and beneficiaries will be sensitised on energy saving practices, including cooking practices and techniques, correct use of cooking utensils such as lids, posts and pans, and food preparation [ for e.g soaking or the less use of a retained heat cooker] establishing woodlots close to the households that can minimise the need for women and girls, children to walk long distances in order to collection firewood, their protection risks and secondly we shall entail support to the vulnerable households to diversify and strengthen their livelihoods opportunities, thus breaking their dependency on natural resource exploitation and this activities will include food –producing livelihoods[for cassava and sorghum multiplication and rice cultivation] and water bore hole drilling to provide safe water for the rural women, KPLWHAS will engage the experts in piloting some technologies[ for example briquette-making and sustainable production] and expanding a wider distribution and use of LPG for women in rural areas of Serere district in order to help this communities meet the basic fuel needs and to generate livelihoods opportunities that are less risky and more eco-friendly, with the ultimate aim of wide scale dissemination. FES-Project We would like to put a project in place that will involve the distribution of 20,000 energy efficient stoves for the families of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Serere district. Serere is situated in the Eastern part of Uganda and with the high incidence of poverty; most of the people use wood fuel as their source of fuel for domestic use. The lifestyles of the locals within this community often impact negatively on the environment. Most families use the traditional 3-stone cooking stove that produces a big fire and consumes large amounts of firewood. This means that a lot of time is spent collecting firewood that would be used otherwise for other developmental activities. This system also produces a lot of smoke and raises the risk of respiratory diseases in women and girls who use it for their cooking more especially for people who are living with HIV whose immunity is already compromised. The project will be attempting to address some of these issues. It will be distributing the energy efficient stoves to Ugandan households that in the absence of this project would cook primarily using traditional inefficient firewood stoves-the 3 stone stove. The stoves will be constructed by the locals, distributed and installed by local people under the guidance of KPLWHAS. These stoves will utilise the efficient rocket technology. Initial testing has shown these stoves are more than 70% more efficient than traditional models. These stoves will be using less firewood and emitting less smoke, which will reduce daily firewood costs and alleviate illness caused by smoke inhalation. The distribution of efficient stoves will result in emissions reductions associated with the reduction of the production and combustion of firewood derived from unsustainable sources. In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, so contributing to the mitigation of climate change, this project will contribute towards local benefits that will enhance the air quality in the area due to the reduction of the atmospheric pollutants. Besides the benefits stated above, the project will provide the following co-benefits: • Reduced deforestation and degradation of surrounding forests, as less wood will be needed to cook; • Reduced poverty, as the efficient wood stove reduces annual expenditure on cooking fuels; • Reduced adverse health effects associated with indoor air particulate matter inhalation from the smoke due to the purpose-built stove design. • Reduced cooking and wood collection time, which will revert to more time to attend other household tasks and/or less time children will be unattended. • Reduced hazards due to the exposure of the firewood collectors (mainly women living with HIV/AIDS) to the deep forest. There is a big concern on this last factor related to frequent rape cases and animal attacks and snake bites during wood collection. Generation of income or employment for Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Kateta by setting up the manufacturing and sale of fuel efficient stoves or selling stove parts/materials (including fuel) to generate income for individuals families of people who are living with HIV/AIDS in Serere district, households, and communities. Our organisation also wants to get for all the people living with HIV/AIDS in Serere district a FES so that the sick people can use it for cooking food/meals to sell, at home. In this approach we shall do a baseline survey to determining whether a local income generation/employment objective will be met by identifying who is selling what, how often, to whom, and for how much money.