Donor Newsletter # 2-2006 - Alternative & Renewable Energy
The information in this donor newsletter series is based on data from the Both ENDS database of donor- and organisation profiles. Maintenance of this database is part of the ongoing services of Both ENDS to environmental organisations in the South and in Central and Eastern Europe.
This donor newsletter is the second in a new series of three issues regarding funding opportunities in the field of development and environment. This issue concentrates on funding possibilities for projects and programmes concerning alternative & renewable energy.
This series of publications is made possible by grants of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DG International Cooperation (DGIS).
Aidlink
American Himalayan Foundation
Appropriate Technology Asia
Ashden Trust
Austrian Development Agency
Blue Moon Fund
Body Shop Foundation
BORDA
Canadian Hunger Foundation
DROKPA
ECO Himal
Enersol
Environmental Partnership Consortium
Fifty Lantern International
GERES
Green Empowerment
KATE
Light Up The World
Nouvelle Plančte
Practical Action
SGP-GEF Small Grants Programme
Solar Electric Light Fund
Solar Light for Africa
Winrock International
Background:
Aidlink exists to improve the lives of those living in poverty in the Third
World. Aidink aims to relieve Third World poverty by supporting small to medium
sized development programs facilitated by missionaries and local NGOs.
Activities:
Supporting suitable partners in Third World countries - missionaries, community
groups and local NGOs - who are involved in suitable projects.
Accessing and distributing funds to these projects that are generally small
community developmental in nature, and are likely to become self-sufficient and
have a long term impact.
Empowering and building capacities so that local people can operate, manage and
control their own community projects. Giving priority to projects that focus on
basic needs.
Project examples:
Installation of solar power for Ssunga Health Centre, Masaka District, Uganda:
The installation of solar power ensures a reliable power supply for the health
centre and better care for the 15,000 people for whom the Health Centre
represents the only access to health care.
Solar system for the dormitory and kitchen at St Kizito Yerya School, Fort
Portal, Uganda: The project is
providing electricity for lighting for the dormitories and kitchen at the
school, greatly improving safety for the students and allowing them to study at
night.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria,
Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia; Asia: Bangladesh; Latin America:
Brazil, Colombia, Mexico.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (animal husbandry, courses, horticulture, beekeeping,
pastoral issues, sustainable farming), capacity building, food sovereignty,
income-generating activities, education, healthcare, women, youth issues,
technical issues (building, infrastructure, vocational training, (water issues (drinking
water, sanitation, water management).
Contact information:
Contact person: Orla Duke, projects officer
Address: 46 Lower Rathmines Road, Rathmines, 6 Dublin - Ireland
Phone: +353-1-4966956
Fax: +353-1-4963320
E-mail: info@aidlink.ie
Website: www.aidlink.ie
Information collected 08/2006
American Himalayan Foundation (AHF)
Background:
The American Himalayan Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to
helping the people and ecology of the Himalaya.
Activities:
The AHF supports projects that are on a human scale and that directly benefit
people. The AHF supports and funds projects directly, but also joins with other
organizations in larger, cooperative endeavours. In every case, AHF projects
involve local commitment and community participation.
Project example:
AHF sponsors microhydro systems, clean water and irrigation projects and hands-on training in sustainable agriculture throughout Nepal and in Tibet.
Geographical focus:
Bhutan, India, Nepal, Tibet, Pakistan.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (training, pastoral issues, permaculture), capacity
building, sustainable development, environmental issues (conservation,
ecological restoration, natural resources management, reforestation, wildlife
protection), cultural issues, education, healthcare, refugees, technical issues
(appropiate technology, building, infrastructure, vocational training), drinking
water and sanitation.
Contact information:
Address: 909 Montgomery St, Suite 400, CA 94133, San Francisco - United States
Phone: +1-415-288.72.45
Fax: +1-415-434.31.30
E-mail: ahf@himalayan-foundation.org
Website: www.himalayan-foundation.org
Information collected 08/2005
Appropiate Technology Asia (ATA)
Background:
ATA's mission is to find marginal and threatened populations in environmentally
challenged situations in Asia - ATA is mainly working in the Himalayan and
post-Himalayan plateau belt regions - and help them meet their basic needs for
housing, household energy, safe water, food and good health.
Activities:
The principal activities of ATA are to advance the education of people in the
continent of Asia, to relieve their poverty and to improve their health by, the
application of appropriate environmentally friendly technologies designed to
supply heat, light, water, housing and other like necessities in their
communities; and by establishing, maintaining and developing in those
communities provision for the study of and training in appropriate technology
applications relevant to their needs.
Remarks:
ATA also operates a small grants
scheme: contact the small grants scheme at sgs@atasia.org.uk
Geographical focus:
Asia: China, India, Nepal.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (courses & training, permaculture, small livestock
activities), capacity building, poverty reduction, income generating activities,
environmental education, natural resources management, community development,
technical issues (building, appropiate & environmental technology,
infrastructure, vocational training), water issues (drinking water, sanitation).
Contact information:
Contact person(s): Alexandra Jones, director
Address: 80 Westbourne House, PE16 6HQ Chatteris - United Kingdom
Phone: +1-44-1354-694.326
E-mail: info@atasia.org.uk
Internet: www.atasia.org.uk
Information collected 06/2006
Background:
The Ashden Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. Regarding
environmental projects in general the Trust's long-term focus is on climate
change and poverty alleviation allowing it to explore a range of ways to tackle
these enormous challenges.
Activities:
The Trust supports community-based renewable energy projects which aim to help
people to help themselves in an environmentally sustainable way. These projects
alleviate poverty by using renewable energy technologies to improve household
incomes, agriculture, educational activities and health facilities.
Project examples:
Additional support for renewable energy in schools in Kenya, by assisting the
Renewable Energy Technologies Assistance Programme (RETAP) to expand a woodlot
development programme. This project aims to provide schools in the Mount Kenya
region with the skills and capacity to grow their own sustainable sources of
firewood for use in fuel-efficient stoves.
Renewable Energy Pilot Project: towards renewable energy projects in ten
villages in Lahaul and Spiti in the Indian Himalayas.
Remark:
The Trust also operates an awards scheme called the Ashden Awards. This is an
annual competition to identify and reward organisations which have carried out
truly excellent, practical, yet innovative schemes, demonstrating sustainable
energy in action at a local level. The winners include schemes covering solar,
wind, hydro, biomass, biogas, fuel-efficient stoves and energy efficiency. Past
winners of an Award for Light include the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme
(Pakistan) for micro-hydro schemes which have brought electric light into
thousands of homes in remote villages, NEST (India) for a cheap solar lantern
making smoke-free lighting available for some of the poorest families and
Grameen Shakti (Bangladesh) for installation and finance of solar-home-systems
for lighting.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Eritrea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia; Asia: India,
Pakistan; Latin America: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (food sovereignty, sustainable farming), poverty reduction,
sustainable development, economic issues (micro-credit, small business
development), climate issues, environmental education, natural resources
management, community development, education, refugees, women & youth
issues, appropiate & environmental technology.
Contact information:
Address: Allington House (1st Floor), 150 Victoria Street, SW1E 5AE London -
United Kingdom
Phone: +44-20-7410.0330
Fax: +44-20-7410.03.32
E-mail: enquiries@ashdentrust.org.uk
Internet: www.ashdentrust.org.uk
Ashden Awards:
E-mail: info@ashdenawards.org
Internet: www.ashdenawards.org
Information collected 02/2006
Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
Background:
ADA is the operational unit of the Austrian Development Cooperation and
Cooperation with Eastern Europe (ADC).
Activities:
The focus is on smaller-scale rural hydro-electric projects and on institutional
support in the maintenance and operation of existing hydro-power generating
plants. These activities are supplemented by a number of pilot projects relating
to other energy sources such as solar-powered water heating systems, enhancing
the thermal efficiency of local cooking and heating facilities, and sustainable
biomass (wood) supplies on the basis of energy-oriented forest.
Project example:
Small-scale power station to cover energy demand in Nepal: the small-scale power
plant of Namche Bazar is situated in the high mountainous region of Khumbu in
eastern Nepal. At present 600 homes are supplied with power.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Cape Verde*, Burkina Faso*, Burundi, Ethiopia*, Kenya, Mozambique*,
Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda*, Western Sahara (sp),
Zimbabwe
Asia: Afghanistan (sp), Bhutan*, Nepal, Pakistan; Middle East: Iraq (sp),
Palestina; Central America: El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua*
Central Eastern & South-Eastern Europe: Albania*, Bosnia and Herzegovina*,
Croatia*, Macedonia*, Moldova*, Montenegro*, Serbia incl. Kosovo [* priority
countries, sp: special programmes].
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (courses & training, infrastructure, rural development),
capacity building, poverty reduction, sustainable development, economic issues (income
generating activities, business development, eco-tourism), energy (alternative
& renewable energy, micro-hydro projects), environment (conservation,
natural resources management, education, refugees, women & youth issues,
democracy, peace building, technical issues (infrastructure, vocational
training), urban issues, water issues (drinking water, sanitation, water
management).
Contact information:
Contact person(s): Robert Zeiner, director programmes and projects international
Address: Zelinkagasse 2, 1010 Vienna - Austria
Phone: +43-1-903.99-0
Fax: +43-1-903.99-290
E-mail: office@ada.gv.at
Webpage: www.ada.gv.at
Information collected 08/2006
Background:
The Fund emerged in 2002 from the restructuring of the W. Alton Jones
Foundation. BMF makes grants to nonprofit organizations that have developed
innovative, holistic approaches to improving human quality of life in harmony
with the natural world. BMF is mainly is mainly involved in funding of funders.
Activities:
Projects with regard to alternative energy can be submitted within the scope of
the two following BMF programs:
Rethinking Consumption and Energy: this initiative is aimed at developing
environmentally-friendly, efficient, and economically competitive transportation
and energy choices worldwide; and
Balancing Human and Natural Ecosystems: this initiative is aimed at reducing
resource pressure and preserving biodiversity, especially as it relates to human
quality of life. It supports creation of economically sustainable development
models that do not displace humans and that take advantage of market forces.
Project example:
The Mountain Institute project: to increase economic opportunities in rural
Tibet through ecotourism and demonstrations of biogas energy technology.
Wild Aid project: to reduce deforestation at Bokor National Park in Cambodia by
replacing wood-burning with biogas production plants for energy.
Geographical focus:
Asia: China (including Tibet, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka; South America:
Brazil, Peru.
Other themes:
Sustainable development, economic issues (income generating activities, business
development, eco-tourism), environmental issues (conservation, environmental
education, natural resources management), forest issues (agro-forestry,
emissions, logging, ntfp's), mapping, animal protection, biodiversity, habitat
protection, cultural issues, indigenous people, appropiate technology, urban
issues (infrastructure & transport, urban environmental management).
Contact
information:
Address: 433 Park Street, VA 22902 Charlottesville - United States
Phone: +1-434-295.5160
E-mail: info@bluemoonfund.org
Website: www.bluemoonfund.org
Information collected 08/2006
Background:
The BSF is the Body Shop International Plc's charitable trust and is funded by
annual donations from the company and through various fundraising initiatives.
Its aims are: support of organisations at the forefront of social &
environmental change, support of groups with little hope of conventional funding,
and/or support of projects working to increase public awareness.
Activities:
The Foundation is committed to support innovative global projects working in the
areas of human and civil rights, and environmental and animal protection.
Project example:
Ethiopia: Jari Integrated Development & Welfare Organisation Rural Energy
Enhancement Project which aims to develop the capacity of rural people in
Ethiopia for them to provide sustainable energy for their communities.
Remarks:
The Foundation does not accept unsolicited applications. However if you have any
questions or queries about the grants programmes (e.g. the Global Small Grants
Programme) that BSF runs, contact the organisation.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Botswana, Central Africa, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa,
Uganda, Zambia; Asia: Afghanistan, East-Timor, Indonesia, Nepal; Latin America:
Brazil, Mexico; Central Eastern & Southeastern Europe: Kosovo, Moldova,
Romania.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (medicinal plants, permaculture, rural development),
capacity building, poverty reduction, sustainable development, economic issues (income-generating
activities, micro-credit, eco-tourism), environmental issues (animal protection,
biodiversity, conservation, natural resources management, recycling & waste
management), children's & human rights, land rights & indigenous people,
education, healthcare, women & youth issues, civil society & democracy
issues, street children.
Contact information:
Address: Watersmead, BN17 6LS Littlehampton - United Kingdom
Phone: +44-1903-844.039
Fax: +44-1903-844.202
E-mail: bodyshopfoundation@the-body-shop.com
Website: www.thebodyshopfoundation.org
Information collected 05/2006
Background:
The Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association is focusing on
development co-operations that aims to provide sustainable and environmentally
sound services for basic needs to disadvantaged segments of society.
The aim of BORDA energy supply projects is to provide access to electricity for all households within a project village, e.g. for evening lighting. Additionally, local small scale home industries get the option to improve their production and income by co-financing necessary electrical machines. The willingness of the target group to actively participate in the project realisation is essential for the sustainability of these measures and is a precondition for project implementation.
Activities:
Conventional local and governmental energy supply concepts most often fail to
reach the population in remote areas. Therefore, BORDA seeks to bridge this
deficiency by: 1) generating electric power with utilization of nearby energy
sources (mountain rivers and streams); 2) implementing demand-based service
provider concepts to demonstrate decentralized energy supply; and 3)
disseminating this approach in cooperation with various stakeholders.
Geographical focus:
Asia: China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam
Other themes:
Integrated agricultural development, capacity building, poverty reduction,
sustainable development, income-generating activities, business development,
environmental issues (conservation, education, natural resources management,
pollution, waste management), community development, social issues, technology
issues (appropiate technology, building, environmental technology, vocational
training), Urban issues (infrastructure, waste management), drinking water &
sanitation.
Contact information:
English name: Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association
Address: Industriestrasse 20, 28199 Bremen - Germany
Phone: +49-421-137.18
Fax: +49-421-165.53.23
E-mail: kontakt@borda.de
Website: www.borda-net.org
Information collected 08/2006
Canadian Hunger Foundation (CHF) - Partners in Rural Development
Background:
CHF an international non-profit organisation that addresses poverty at the
village level in developing countries. CHF envisions a world in which rural poor
have access to land, water, energy, technology and other resources they need to
improve their living conditions and to attain sustainable livelihoods in a
sustainable manner.
Activities:
CHF helps villagers become self-reliant with food production, water supplies and
energy. The CHF Energy Program: Renewable energy means improved health for
villagers and less harm to the environment. This Program helps by: introducing
renewable energy options to rural communities; educating villagers to use
renewable energy technologies; and organizing communities to find their own
funding for equipment.
Project example:
India: Action For Food Production (Afpro): to create and promote family sized
biogas plants and to provide training on their use on a national scale. CHF
helped over 90,000 households in rural India to build family sized biogas plants.
Villager women's lives are greatly improved. They can now grow gardens and spend
more time taking care of their children.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Asia:
Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam; Central America
& Caribbean: El Salvador, Grenada; South America: Guyana.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (animal husbandry, courses & training, horticulture,
pastoral issues, rural issues, small livestock, sustainable farming),
development issues (capacity building, food sovereignty, poverty reduction,
sustainable development); economic issues (income-generating activities,
business development), environmental issues (conservation, degradation,
desertification, natural resources management), mapping, community development,
healthcare, women's issues, technical issues (appropiate technology, artisanal
production, information technology), water issues (drinking water, irrigation,
sanitation, water management).
Contact information:
Address: 323 Chapel Street, K1N 7Z2 Ottawa - Canada
Phone: +1-613-237.0180
Fax: +1-613-237.5969
E-mail: info@chf-partners.ca
Website: www.chf-partners.ca
Information collected 08/2006
Background:
DROKPA Himalayan and Central Asian Development Projects is a non-profit
organization dedicated to supporting pastoral ways of life across the Himalaya,
Tibetan Plateau, and Central Asia. DROKPA's mission is to partner with pastoral
communities to implement grassroots development and catalyze social
entrepreneurship.
Activities:
DROKPA facilitates the introduction and use of appropriate, renewable
technologies. In the field of alternative energy DROKPA is now working with
local villagers, regional governments, and other (inter)national organisations
to provide solar light systems, solar cookers, greenhouses, and solar dryers for
medicinal plants. DROKPA is also working with community members to explore other
avenues for alternative energy solutions, such as mini-hydro stations, solar
powered water pumps, and solar water heaters.
Project example:
The Dolpo Alternative Energy Project, Nepal: DROKPA staff, along with a crew of
local and Kathmandu-based
technicians, distributed solar light systems and solar parabolic reflector
cookers to twenty monasteries in the Dolpa District.
Geographical focus:
Asia: Bhutan, China (including Tibet), India (Ladakh, Sikkim, Dharamsala),
Nepal; Central Asia: ?
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (animal husbandry, courses etc., horticulture, medicinal
plants, pastoral issues), development issues (capacity building, food
sovereignty, sustainable development), economic issues (business development
& artisanal production), conservation, natural resources management,
cultural issues, education, healthcare, appropiate technology, building,
vocational training.
Contact
information:
Visiting address: 1032 Irving Street, San Francisco
Postal address: PMB #1011, CA 94122 San Francisco - United States
E-mail: nomad@drokpa.org
Website: www.drokpa.org
Information collected 04/2005
Eco Himal International
Background:
Eco Himal is an international NGO that works mainly with local grassroots'
initiatives and village community groups mainly in the Himalayan Region (especially
Nepal and Tibet) and beyond to improve living conditions for the local
populations.
Activities:
One of the four areas of focus of ECO Himal is small-scale hydropower and solar
energy. The other areas are: poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation;
sustainable tourism; and cultural cooperation.
Project example:
Small Hydro-power Station Thame-Namche Bazar/Sagarmatha National Park in the Mt.
Everest region, Nepal. Austria financed the construction of a hydro-power plant
in Thame-Namche Bazar. Cooking with electricity has reduced firewood consumption
by one third, thus preserving the mountain forests. At the same time, the steady
supply of electricity encouraged the growth of small enterprises and promoted an
ecologically-balanced tourism.
Geographical focus:
Asia: Afghanistan, Bhutan (ECO Himal CH), China=Tibet, India (ECO Himal CH),
Mongolia (ECO Himal UK), Nepal, Pakistan
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (animal husbandry, courses & training, rural devlopment
& infrastructure, pastoral issues), capacity building, poverty alleviation,
sustainable development), economic issues (income-generating activities,
business development, eco-tourism, local economic development), environmental
& nature issues (biodiversity, conservation, natural resources management),
community development, cultural issues, education, healthcare, indigenous people,
women & touth issues, civil society development, technical issues (appropiate
technology, information technology, building & infrastructure, training
& courses).
Contact
information:
Full name: Society for Ecological Cooperation Alps - Himalaya
Contact person: Mag. Brunhild Koster
Address: Hofhaymer Allee 11/17, 5020 Salzburg - Austria
Phone: +43-662-82.94.92
Fax: +43-662-82.94.92.22
E-mail: office@ecohimal.or.at
Website: www.ecohimal.org
Remarks:
Eco Himal has sister branches in Italy, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The
sister branches are independent from each other, but in some projects they join
forces and work together.
Information collected 08/2006
Background:
Enersol's mission is to bring renewable solar energy solutions to people living
in the unelectrified areas of Latin American countries. By supporting the use of
clean, renewable solar energy for health and education applications in Latin
America, Enersol is demonstrating that it's possible to improve the quality of
life in rural areas of developing nations around the world. Enersol reaches
beyond the people of Latin America by sharing the results of its work with other
organizations and through the replication of its efforts worldwide. Enersol is
not a funder but can assist by fundraising for projects.
Activities:
Enersol focuses primarily on high impact social applications of solar technology.
The emphasis of all activities is on building social infrastructure, organizing
local communities and training local people to be key participants in meeting
their own needs. Enersol is particularly interested in community health and
education projects, because Enersol believes these are two areas where the use
of renewable energy technology can have the greatest humanitarian impact.
Project example:
Fantino, Sánchez Ramiréz Project, Dominican Republic. A collaborative effort
between Enersol and Centro Cultural Poveda, a NGO with expertise in the area of
rural education, involving the installation of solar-powered computer labs in 3
schools.
Geographical focus:
Central America & Caribbean: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico.
Other themes:
Appropiate technology, rural issues,
education, healthcare, drinking water.
Contact information:
Address: 55 Middlesex Street, Suite 221, N. Chelmsford, MA 01863 - United States
Phone: +1-978-251.18.28;
Fax: +1-978-251.52.91
E-mail: enersol@igc.org
Internet: www.enersol.org
Information collected 09/2006
Environmental Partnership for Central and Eastern Europe (EPCE)
Background:
The Environmental Partnership is a consortium of six foundations in Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia that are focused on
mobilizing and empowering the people of the region to improve their environment,
their local communities and societies. The EPCE is using a flexible mixture of
small grants, technical assistance, networking and training activities as well
as special programs. Each member of the Environmental Partnership consortium is
an independent, self-governing, non-profit foundation.
Activities:
EPCE's Energy Programme has two areas of focus: 1) Energy alternatives: The
program supports innovative approaches to developing renewable energy sources,
including solar, wind water and biomass; and 2) Energy for schools: Schools have
some of the greatest potential for energy savings in Central Europe. They are
also a natural place to start raising awareness of energy conservation issues.
Moreover many schools in the region (particularly those in rural villages and
small towns) still serve as the centre of their community. Initiatives focused
around these schools can bring together not only teachers, children and their
parents, but also local government and business leaders, thus strengthening
local cooperation and partnership.
Within the context of the Rural Livelihoods Program model environmental projects in rural areas with local communities are identified and supported a.o. in the thematic areas of energy savings and sustainable energy sources.
Project example:
Dozens of solar collectors were installed on homes and public buildings in the
White Carpathians with a grant support. The village became a model community
with not only the solar energy, but biomass heated homes and biological sewage
treatment.
Geographical focus:
Central Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania,
Slovakia.
Other themes:
Rural development, sustainable development, capacity building, income-generating
activities (small business development, artisanal production), local economic
development, eco-tourism, environmental issues (awareness-raising, conservation,
education), community development, cultural issues, indigenous people (Roma),
civil society development, urban infrastructure & transport.
Contact information:
Bulgarian Environmental Partnership Foundation
Address: 12, Parchevic Str., apt.10, Sofia 1000
Tel./fax: +359-2-951.54.79, +359-2-951.54.46
E-mail: bepfbepf@bg.org
Website: www.bepf-bg.org
Czech Environmental Partnership Foundation
Address 1: Panská 7, 602 00 Brno
Tel.: +420-542-422-766; Fax: +420-542-422-777
Address2 :Krátká 26, 100 00 Praha 10
Tel.: +420-274-816-727; Fax: +420-274-816-727
E-mail: pship@ecn.cz
Website: www.nadacepartnerstvi.cz
Hungarian Environmental Partnership Foundation
Address: Szerb utca 17-19, 1056 Budapest
Tel.: +36-1-411-3500; Fax: +36-1-411-3515
E-mail: info@okotars.hu
Website: www.okotars.hu
Polish Environmental Partnership Foundation
Address: ul. Bracka 6/6, 31005 Kraków
Tel.: +48-12-422-5088; Fax.: +48-12-429-4725
E-mail.: biuro@epce.org.pl
Website: www.epce.org.pl
Romanian Environmental Partnership Foundation - Fundatia Pentru Parteneriat
Address: Str Harghita nr. 7 sc. A ap.6, 530151 Miercurea, Ciuc
Tel.: +40-266-310678; Fax: +40-266-310686
E-mail: epce@topnet.ro
Website: www.epce.ro
Slovakian Environmental Partnership Foundation
Address: Nadacia Ekopolis, Komenského 21, 97401 Banská Bystrica
Tel.: 421-48-4145-478; Fax: +421-48-4145-259;
E-mail: epce@changenet.sk
Website: www.ekopolis.sk
Information collected 10/2004
Fifty Lantern International (FLI)
Background:
Fifty Lanterns was founded to help improve lives in communities torn by poverty,
war or disaster through gifts of solar-powered lanterns and energy systems. The
organisation specializes in changing lives in the developing world through
sustainable technology.
Activities:
Fifty Lanterns partners with established humanitarian groups to provide
disadvantaged communities with renewable energy sources such as solar-power
lights, lanterns, and water pumps. FLI's work changes lives by providing light,
safety, and productivity to families, schools and clinics who would otherwide be
dependent on costly kerosene and wood fuels. FLI targets specific communities in
central Asia and sub-saharan Africa (areas that are the least likely to receive
municiple electricity) for relief and development projects utilizing renewable
energy sources.
Remarks:
FLI partners with existing organisations to complete its work. In the past, they
have worked with CARE International, Save the Children, HOPE Worldwide, and
Habitat for Humanity. By cooperating with them to provide solar energy, Fifty
Lanterns has a significant impact on both the success of the work of partners,
and the future prospects for the communities the organization serves.
FLI manages all fundraising, procurement, shipment and training for its projects.
They also provide staff that oversees every distribution, documenting the
recipient of the product.
Project examples:
Solar lighting for 1,500 orphans and widows working in a coffee cooperative in
western Rwanda.
Solar lighting for 100 homes in northern Afghanistan being built by Habitat for
Humanity, earmarked for the marginalized Hazara people.
Solar lanterns for 300 midwives in Masaar e Sharif in Afghanistan, enabling them
to more safety assist with labor and deliveries across a wide geographic region.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Rwanda, Uganda; Asia:
Afghanistan, Pakistan
Other themes:
Emergency aid, poverty reduction, rehabilitation, conservation, appropiate
technology, drinking water.
Contact information:
Postal address: PO Box 251173,
MN 55125 St. Paul - United States
Phone: +1-651-402.95.68
E-mail: martha@50lanterns.org
Internet: www.50lanterns.org
Information collected 08/2006
Background:
The Groupe Energies Renouvelables, Environnement et Solidarités encourages the
use of local resources and renewable energy sources with a view to respecting
the environment and providing well balanced development schemes.
Activities:
The organization promotes energy efficiency, renewable energy, energetic
services and income generation activities by assisting local partners in France
and in the South. GERES operates in partnership with local development
stakeholders (people's organizations, NGOs, institutions) to improve people's
living conditions with respect to environment and climate.
Project example:
Cambodia Fuelwood Saving Project: CFSP works at grass roots levels and with
national government in promoting urgently needed action to conserve Cambodia's
wood energy resources. It provides technological and development expertise in
the manufacture and promotion of fuel efficient stoves and in efficient,
innovative methods of charcoal production.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Madagascar,
Mauretania, Niger, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe; Northern Africa: Morocco,
Tunisia; Asia: Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, India (Ladakh, Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh, Sikkim, Kumaon), Mongolia, Nepal.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (food sovereignty, horticulture, infrastructure, small
lifestock), sustainable development, economic issues (artisanal activities,
income generating activities, eco-tourism), environmental issues (climate,
conservation, natural resources management, waste management), technical issues
(appropiate technology, building), drinking water & sanitation.
Contact information:
Contact person(s): Mr. Vincent Stauffer
Address: 2, cours Maréchal Foch, 13400 Aubagne - France
Phone: +33-4-42.18.55.88; Fax: +33-4-42.03.01.56
E-mail: geres@free.fr
Internet: http://geres.free.fr
Information collected 09/2006
Background:
Green Empowerment provides technical, organizational and financial support for
the development of community-owned renewable energy systems to promote
environmental protection and sustainable social and economic progress in
developing countries. The strategy is to partner with NGOs to provide funding,
organizational and technical assistance for community electrification projects
and related environmental preservation.
Activities:
GE brings electricity and water to communities in the less developed world
through renewable energy systems (micro hydro, biomass, and solar power) to
stimulate positive social and economic advances. All the projects emphasize
environmental concerns, including environmental education, resource conservation,
and watershed mapping, restoration and protection activities.
GE emphasizes local leadership, community participation, and long-term economic
and environmental sustainability. Green Development develops lasting
partnerships with local NGOs in emerging countries to build sustainable capacity
for renewable energy systems. Projects produce electricity for residential and
community use to promote local economic development and micro-enterprises and
deliver potable water. In its partnerships, GE assists with feasibility studies,
technical training, project construction, commissioning, organizational
planning, publicity and fundraising.
Project example:
Solar project in 2 indigenous villages in Ecuador: Numpatkaim and Kunkup. This
project consisted of installing solar power systems on community centers, health
clinic, radio communication center, battery-charging station and homes while
training villagers on solar installation, maintenance and management.
Geographical focus:
Asia & Pacific: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines,
Papua New Guinea, Thailand; Central & South America: Ecuador, Guatemala,
Nicaragua, Peru.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (integrated agricultural development, sustainable farming),
capacity development, sustainable development, economic issues (income-generating
activities, micro-enterprises, environmental education, natural resources
management, forest issues, community development, healthcare, indigenous people,
refugees, appropiate technology, information technology, infrastructure,
training & courses, drinking water, integrated river basin management.
Contact information:
Address: 140 SW Yamhill Street,
OR 97204 Portland - United States
Phone: +1-503-284.57.74
Fax: +1-503-460.04.50
E-mail: info@greenempowerment.org
Website: www.greenempowerment.org
Information collected 09/2005
KATE Centre for Ecology and Development
Background:
KATE's vision of sustainable development is an integral concept connecting
ecology, global equity, economic development and democracy in order to achieve
socially and environmentally sound societies in the North and the South. KATE
therefore supports projects in the areas of environmental education, rural
development and appropiate technology & renewable energy.
Activities:
One of KATE's main objectives is the promoting and distributing of appropriate
technology and renewable energy in co-operation with other NGOs and
self-aid-groups.
Project example(s):
Renewable energy sources: Vietnam (wind energy), Cuba (biogas), India (solar
refrigerators) and Gambia (solar cookers).
Geographical focus:
Africa: Gambia, Tanzania; Asia: India, Vietnam; Latin America: Brazil, Chile,
Cuba, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (animal husbandry, horticulture, permaculture), capacity
building, poverty reduction, sustainable development, environmental issues (conservation,
environmental education, natural resoureses management, waste manegement),
community development, health issues, appropiate technology, urban issues (urban
agriculture, environmental management), drinking water & sanitation.
Remarks:
KATE is also active in the promotion of school partnerships between North and
South.
Contact information:
Address: Greifswalder Straße 4, 10405 Berlin - Germany
Phone: +49-30-44053110
Fax: +49-30-44053109
E-mail: KATE@kateberlin.de
Website: www.kateberlin.de
Information collected 08/2006
Background:
LUTW is the first humanitarian organization to utilize renewable energy and
solid-state lighting technologies to bring affordable, safe, healthy, efficient,
and environmentally responsible illumination to people who do not have access to
power for adequate lighting. Light Up The World Foundation is dedicated to
provide funding and facilitation for the development of renewable energy based
solid state lighting for the world's poor and underserved.
Activities:
The Foundation brings ultra-efficient, durable and near permanent White Light
Emitting Diodes (WLED) lighting solutions powered by renewable energy to the
world's poor in ecologically sensitive and remote rural areas.
Project example:
Lighting the Virunga - Bwindi Gorilla Reserve Eco-Region: LUTW and the
International Gorilla Conservation implement this project in parishes adjacent
to the protected areas in Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC). The objective is to reduce deforestation and protect gorilla
habitat for the remaining 700 mountain gorillas and create economic development
incentives for the local population.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Dem. Rep. Congo, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia; Asia: Afghanistan,
India, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka; Latin America: Costa Rica,
Dominican Rep., Ecuador, Mexico, Peru.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (permaculture, rural development), capacity building,
rehabilitation, local economic development, forest conservation, animal &
habitat protection, indigenous people, appropiate technologie, infrastructure.
Remarks:
In the summer of 2006 the Calgery-based Energreen Foundation has merged with
LUTW.
Contact information:
Address: c/o Schulich School of Engineering, ECE, University of Calgary, 2500
University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 - Canada
Phone: +1-403-210.95.17
Fax: +1-403-282.68.55
E-mail: info@lutw.org
Website: www.lutw.org
Information collected 08/2006
Background:
Nouvelle Planete is a non-profit organization founded on Albert Schweizer's
example and ethic. It supports small practical projects in Southern countries
and sets up direct relations between people in the North and the South. NP works
with local organizations and grassroots groups to design and implement community
development projects. It supports concrete projects run by dynamic partners,
without governmental intermediaries.
Activities:
One of the areas of interest of NP is appropiate technology & alternative
energy. Within this area AP is: organizing training courses and local production
of appropriate technology for villages and farmers; promoting solar energy and
other renewable energy sources to replace traditional fuels like wood; and
promoting bioclimatic architecture.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Madagascar, Senegal; Asia: India,
Philippines, Vietnam; Caribbean & South America: Bolivia, Brazil, Haiti,
Peru.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (animal husbandry,
small livestock, courses & training, medicinal plants, sustainable farming),
food sovereignty, poverty reduction, economic issues (artisanal activities,
income-generating activities, micro-business development), environmental issues
(afforestation, conservation, degradation, education, natural resources
management, ntfp's, waste management), landrights & indigenous people,
education, healthcare, women & youth, appropiate technology, building,
street children, water & saniattion.
Remarks:
Regarding projects on approiate technology and alternative energy NP closely
collaborates with the Centre Ecologique Albert Schweitzer (CEAS). CEAS is active
for more than 25 years in Africa, this NGO aims at sharing its expertise in
sustainable development in order to improve the living conditions of
disadvantaged communities in Burkina Faso, Senegal and Madagascar.
Contact information:
Address: Chemin de la foręt 3, 1042 Assens - Switzerland
Phone: +41-21-881.23.80
Fax: +41-21-882.10.54
E-mail: nouvelle-planete@freesurf.ch
Website: www.nouvelle-planete.ch
Information collected 06/2005
Background:
Practical Action is the new name for ITDG - the Intermediate Technology
Development Group. The ITDG was - encouraged by the ideas of Fritz Schumacher -
established in 1966 as an 'advisory centre' to promote the use of efficient
labour-intensive techniques, the so-called 'intermediate technologies' based on
the needs and skills possessed by the people of developing countries.
Activities:
Energy projects aim to increase poor people's access to energy technology
options, through improving the efficiency and productivity of biomass use, and
through small scale, low cost, off-grid electricity supply.
PA works closely with communities to help them develop technology options which
are appropriate to their needs. PA helps to develop and promote sustainable
energy technologies - sustainable, not only because they use renewable energy
sources, but also because the community can participate in designing, building
and maintaining the project. These options include micro-hydro plants, small
scale wind generators, affordable solar lanterns, and biogas plants.
PA's work in sustainable and renewable energy for poverty reduction includes the following: improved stoves and household energy; reducing indoor air pollution in rural households; micro-hydro power (small-scale hydro-electric schemes that do not require construction of a dam); solar power; biogas; and small-scale wind power.
Project examples:
Tungu-Kabri Micro-hydro Power Project, Kenya. Funded by the UNDP and developed
by ITDG/Practical Action East Africa and the Kenyan Ministry of Energy, the
project benefits 200 households in the Mbuiru village river community.
Practical Action is piloting small scale wind power schemes in Peru and Sri
Lanka. These are designed to charge the vehicle batteries which many households
use as a power source for lighting.
In Sri Lanka, PA has helped commercialise new biogas schemes and has worked with
national authorities and universities and with local communities and
institutions to ensure that biogas, which was a failing technology, has become a
success.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
Zimbabwe; Asia: Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka; South America: Bolivia, Ecuador,
Peru.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (animal husbandry, courses & training, food security,
medicinal plants, pastoral issues, small livestock activities, sustainable
farming), capacity building, disaster mitigation, rehabilitation, sustainable
development, economic issues (income-generating activities, local economic
development, micro-business development), environmental issues (climate,
conservation, degradation, desertification & soil erosion, natural resources
management, pollution), community development, women issues, technical issues (appropiate
& environmental technology, building, information technology, infrastructure
& transport, vocational training), urban issues (housing, infrastructure
& transport, waste management), drinking water & sanitation.
Contact information:
Address: The Schumacher Centre for
Technology & Development, Bourton on Dunsmore, CV23 9QZ Rugby - United
Kingdom
Phone: +44-1926-634.400
Fax: +44-1926-634.401
E-mail: practicalaction@practicalaction.org.uk
Website: www.practicalaction.org
Information collected 08/2006
SGP-GEF Small Grants Programme
Background:
SGP supports activities of non-governmental and community-based organizations in
developing countries towards climate change abatement, conservation of
biodiversity, protection of international waters, reduction of the impact of
persistent organic pollutants and and prevention of land degradation while
generating sustainable livelihoods.
Funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) as a corporate programme, SGP is
implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on behalf of the
GEF partnership, and is executed by the United Nations Office for Project
Services (UNOPS).
Activities:
GEF projects in climate change help developing countries and economies in
transition to contribute to the overall objective of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Regarding alternative energy
projects are implemented according the following GEF Operational Programmes OP5
- Removal of Barriers to Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation, OP6 -
Promoting the Adoption of Renewable Energy by Removing Barriers and Reducing
Implementation Costs, and OP11 - Promoting Environmentally Sustainable
Transport.
Project examples:
Alternative Energy for Environmental Conservation through Women Empowerment
Project, Nepal. This project of the Rural Community Development Society is
designed to link bio-gas, slurry, vermicomposting, agroforestry and practicing
improved livestock farming.
Introduction of Electric Vehicles to Sri Lanka by the Lanka Electric Vehicle
Association, Sri Lanka. Introducing zero emission electric three wheeler
scooters, train unemployed youth to operate and maintain the demonstration model
and produce vehicle parts in order to assemble electric three wheelers locally,
conduct an awareness campaign on the electric vehicles use for reducing
vehicular emissions and pollution.
Farming Sustainability through Renewable Energy, Barbados. The establishment of
an organic farming programme to reduce pollution of the rivers and streams. To
train farmers in development and maintenance of solar technology by the
Buccament Valley - Cane Grove Farmers Group (BVCGFG).
Geographical focus:
The Global South.
Other themes:
Besides Climate Change the focal areas of the Programme are: Biodiversity,
International Waters, Land Degradation, and Persistent Organic Pollutants as
well as Multifocal Areas. Within these categories a lot of other themes and
sub-themes related to environment - but also with respect to agricultural
issues, forest issues and marine issues - are highlighted. Check the website for
more details.
Contact
information:
Contact person: Ms. Marie Aminata Khan, Knowledge Facilitator
Address: 304 East 45th Street, FF-956, New York, NY 10017 - United States
Phone: +1-212-906.5842
Fax: +1-212-906.6568
E-mail: marie.khan@undp.org
Website: http://sgp.undp.org
Information collected 08/2006
Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF)
Background:
SELF improves life conditions and saves the environment by bringing solar power
to rural villages in developing countries - enhancing health, education, and
economic prospects, while combating global warming.
SELF seeks to assist developing world communities and governments in the
acquisition, financing and installation of decentralized household solar
electric systems that convert sunlight directly into electricity.
Activities:
Acting as a catalyst, SELF provides technical and financial assistance for solar
energy and wireless communication systems in the developing world. SELF brokers
the purchase and delivery of solar home lighting systems (SHS) working with
rural solar electric associations, local PV-system suppliers, solar
entrepreneurs, farmers cooperatives, donor agencies, corporations, NGOs,
multilateral development banks, and governments. SELF also helps start up rural
solar enterprises.
SELF seeks to accelerate commercial market acceptance of solar-generated
electricity in developing countries through "solar seed" projects.
SELF provides technical assistance and training programs, and develops
grass-roots financing mechanisms. Through media communications, educational
programs, and awareness campaigns, SELF promotes decentralized green power
throughout the developing world.
Project example:
Jiwaga Project Nigeria: Each of three villages in Jigawa State of Northern
Nigeria were equipped with solar PV systems for a water pumping system, a
school, a clinic, a mosque, street lights, and a micro-enterprise center housing
6 small businesses.
Pulimarang Project Nepal: SELF brought solar electricity to the village of
Pulimarang in collaboration with the Centre for Renewable Energy (CRE) in
Kathmandu. With support from the Moriah Fund, solar home systems (SHS) were
installed in sixty-five homes and a community center in Nepal's first solar
powered village.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Benin, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda; Asia &
Pacific: Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka,
Vietnam; South America: Brazil.
Other themes:
Rural issues, sustanable development, local economic development, small business
development, environmental issues (awarness-raising, conservation, natural
resources management, pollution), community development, education, health
issues, indigenous people, technical issues (appropiate technology, ICTs,
infrastructure, courses & training).
Contact information:
Contact person: Mr. Robert Freling, Executive Director
Address: 1775 K Street NW, Suite 595, DC 20006 Washington - United States
Phone: +1-202-234.7265
Fax: +1-202-328.9512
E-mail: info@self.org
Website: www.self.org
Information collected 08/2006
Background:
Solar Light for Africa, Ltd. is a not-for-profit collaboration between American
and African churches, NGOs, and governments to provide light, power, and water
sources for rural Africa using the natural power of the sun.
Activities:
To provide solar powered electricity for pumping water, water purification,
lighting, refrigeration for vaccines, and other critical services. In particular,
SLA has been installing solar systems in rural health clinics and hospitals.
Remark:
SLA cooperates with the Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF).
The GETF combines its expertise in the areas of international development and
energy to tackle the challenge of providing energy to the world's poorest
populations. GETF projects in this area range from on-the-ground partnerships in
rural undeveloped communities to larger-scale projects that deliver sustainable
energy solutions to the developing world on a global basis.
Project example:
To date, SLA has provided power and light to 1,500 facilities in rural regions
of East Africa, including two large regional hospitals.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda.
Other themes:
Education, natural resources management, healthcare.
Contact information:
Address: 5 Wirt Street SW, Suite 200, Leesburg, VA 20175 - United States
Phone: +1-703-777.77.46
Fax: +1-703-777.79.05
E-Mail: solarlight@solarlightforafrica.org
Internet: www.solarlightforafrica.org
Information collected 09/2006
Background:
Winrock International is a non-profit organization that matches innovative
approaches in agriculture, natural resources management, clean energy, and
leadership development with the unique needs of its partners. By linking local
individuals and communities with new ideas and technology, Winrock is increasing
long-term productivity, equity, and responsible resource management to benefit
the poor and disadvantaged of the world.
Activities:
Winrock's clean, renewable energy programs ignite economic development, and
improvements in healthcare, education, and living standards. From small portable
units to grid-connected systems, Winrock's work focuses on building the skills
of communities and organizations, and the operational framework necessary to
exploit fully the opportunities electricity brings. The work extends from
feasibility studies, project design, and financing mechanisms to enterprise
development, maintenance, and training.
Project example:
Sustainable Energy for Brazil's Rural Poor: the Productive Energy Project
focuses on the northern and northeastern areas of the Amazon region. One of the
project's most innovative approaches involves the use of biodigestion technology:
turning livestock manure into gas that can be used for cooking, lighting, and
other needs.
Geographical focus:
Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya,
Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda; Asia: Afghanistan,
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Inda, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal,
Thailand, Vietnam; Far East: China, Russian Siberia, South Korea; South America:
Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru; Central & Eastern Europe and Newly
Independent States: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazachstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
Other themes:
Agricultural issues (agro-forestry & NTFPs, animal husbandry, courses &
training, rural issues, sustainable farming), development issues (capacity
building, food security, sustainable development), economic issues (income-generating
activities, local economic development, micro-business development, trade
issues), environmental issues (biodiversity, conservation, desertification,
education & awareness-raising, natural resources management, research),
technical issues, water issues.
Contact
information:
Address: 2101 Riverfront Drive, AR 72202 Little Rock - United States
Phone: +1-501-280.3000
Fax: +1-501-280.3090
E-mail: communications@winrock.org
Website: www.winrock.org
Information collected 04/2005
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