Alternative Energy Technologies

Alternative, affordable energy technologies and gender equality. It also aims to improve access to alternative energy sources for cooking and addresses the diverse gender-specific challenges women face through innovative and sustainable initiatives at community level.

Directly involved are 210 people from Arumeru and Babati rural districts, including 147 women and 63 men. Indirectly involved are 32.655 people.

The negative effects of climate change such as droughts and floods are already being felt in almost all economic sectors in Tanzania. The project's target areas are characterized by semi-arid ecosystems in which dry farming is traditionally practiced. Long dry periods often prevent intensive agriculture. The target areas are predominantly inhabited by small farming communities where gender-specific inequalities exist. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, women are the main producers of food, making up over 70% of the population, but their participation in household decision-making is low. Energy shortages are becoming increasingly severe in most target areas, and the effects of the energy crisis are affecting women more than men.

• Through training for members of alternative energy groups (AEG) in the project villages, training of trainers and through exchange visits, the community improves its knowledge in order to apply alternative energy technologies
• Women's groups are strengthened socially and economically by, on the one hand, gender sensitization taking place in the community and in schools and, on the other hand, by offering training on savings plans for women in each village
• Through dialogue and exchange, women are involved in decision-making processes
• Through training and the provision of energy-saving stoves in seven schools, the community is equipped with climate change adaptation methods
• Lessons learned are shared and expanded by demonstrating alternative energy technologies and creating manuals
• Institutions strengthen their know-how in the areas of gender, monitoring, evaluation and documentation