Fuel Efficient Stoves &

Charcoal and commodity

vouchers

UN HOUSE JUBA

Edema Wilson 2015

Fuel Efficient Stove

Context

• Cooking fuel represents approximately 60% of the household’s daily expenses.

• None of the people we supported used fuel-efficient stove technology to cook before Oxfam’s intervention.

• 65% of the population use traditional 3 stones with charcoal and/or firewood to cook.

• Many women and girls were forced to leave the camp to look for fuel and milling services and were exposed to GBV and other protection risks.

Commodity Voucher

Why vouchers

• Reduce peoples exposure to protection related risks

• Support local businesses in the camp and empower beneficiaries with choice

• Saves money - reduces expenditure on fuel and increases funds to save or buy other necessities

• Complements other interventions like GFDs for house holds to have access to other commodities

• Reduce environmental degradation.

Beneficiary targeting

•Community meetings

•Block leaders/county leaders

•Protection actors

•IOM biometric register

Selection criteria

• Blanket targeting (in some cases like charcoal vouchers).-over 35,600 individuals

• Registered as IDP in UN PoCs with an IOM registration card.

• Registered as vulnerable by IRC, HI or Nonviolent Peace Force and must be residing in the Protection of Civilian Sites.

• Registered as a disabled, elderly, a single parent headed household and child headed family.

Vendor identification

•Experience in that kind of business.

•Capacity to stock on own or when grants provided

•Willing participant in voucher programme.

Charcoal vendors

Results

• The average income level for all vendors increased by 4 times from the baseline.

• Due to the multiplier effect created, up to 260 people were directly employed by 18 vendors from the original 38 people before the programme.

• People generally feel safe within the UN House as they less frequently moved out looking for services other than firewood, milling services and other commodities during Oxfam’s intervention than when the crisis had just started.

• 4,296 fuel efficient stoves distributed, covering most households for efficient use of fuel in the UN House.

• 790 most vulnerable households were able to supplement GFD with items from the general commodity vouchers.

Lessons learnt•Complimentary actions (blanket charcoal, FES, Milling and general commodity vouchers distribution) enhanced impact.

•Local FES production has more benefits –CFW, skills transfer.

•Difficult to ensure vendors use right measurement to avoid cheating of beneficiaries.

• Increased charcoal demand increases impact on the environment in specific locations.

Thank you.