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Installing a “Clean Energy-Safe Energy” as an alternative cooking fuel in Kebribeyah Refugee Camp, Eastern Ethiopia

Gaia Association is an Ethiopian NGO formed one year ago to further the aims of Project Gaia Research Studies, which has as its purpose to demonstrate the use of alcohol fuels (ethanol and methanol) for household and refugee use in Ethiopia. The association seeks to replace existing traditional fuels such as firewood, kerosene, charcoal, and dung that have been shown to be harmful to human health. The vehicle for this change is the CleanCook stove by Dometic AB, which is fueled by ethanol. In 2006, Gaia Association became an implementing partner for UNHCR and plans were put in place to scale up the number of stoves at the camp, the overall objective being to fully supply the camp by the end of 2009. It is anticipated that a full scale up at Kebribeyah will capture the attention of the international development and humanitarian assistance community and serve as a model for replication elsewhere. To date, approximately 850 stoves have been installed in 850 households at the camp.

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