Improved Smoke Free Stoves (ISFS)

A project Proposal On "Improved Smoke Free Stoves" (ISFS)  Submitted to: Empower Dalit Women of Nepal (EDWON) P.O. Box 550076 N. Waltham, MA 02452-0076 Email: www.edwonus@gmail.com www.edwon.org   Submitted by: Association for Dalit Woman Advancement of Nepal (ADWAN) Website: www.adwannepal.com P.O.Box:15142 KPC 864  Shanti Marg, House no.75, Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: 977-1-4417165, 4426905, e-mail:adwannepal@gmail.com 2012

ADWAN's trained promoters making smoke free stove

Introduction:

If you are lucky in life, you can sometimes solve difficult problems by making one major change. In Nepal, the traditional cooking stoves impact the family, community, and environment in dangerous ways.  Stoves are usually constructed inside the house without chimneys.  The women spend many hours a day cooking for their families and breathing invariable smoke. Young children are exposed all day while their mothers cook. We found steady stream of patients with respiratory illness, coughs, asthma and related problems. In addition, the traditional stoves were never designed with efficiency in mind so they consume large amounts of firewood. Environmental damage and deforestation is highly increasing in Nepal. ADWAN works with saving women group members to build improved stoves in needed communities. By utilizing designs such as the “Breaks Stove”, improvements in health and well-being of families can be seen almost immediately.  These stoves eliminate the health risk by taking the smoke out of the house with a chimney as well as minimize the amount of firewood needed by up to 65%. The cost of building a break Stove is US$12.00 including materials and wages. Please consider an individual donation to help a family in need and save the poor women from various diseases. Thanks to remarkable help for real change.

Goal: "To decrease smoke related disease to Dalit and non Dalit women and Children".

Objective: "To stop environmental damage, deforestation and improve in health and well-being of family".

Activities:

1. Awareness workshop on improved smoke free stoves in VDC level,
2. Promoter training for making smoke free stoves.
3. Stoves making program.
4. Evaluation and Monitoring.

Outputs:

The project includes awareness workshop on spot improved smoke free stoves, Sharing, and interactions with stakeholders as its major activities for the expected result. The project activities will have resulted the following measurable outputs at the end of the project.

By the end of the project the following;

Ø  All household will have laced by improved smoke free stoves.

Ø  The women and children will have been free of risk against disease causing from smoke.

Ø  The environmental damage and deforestation will have decreased.

Ø  The health and well-being of family will have established.

Conclusion:

ADWAN is planning to build chulos in the area of its project area in western part of Nepal called Gorkha district. There are 650 household affiliated in ADWAN in this project area. According to our A house A toilet, we planned to build 100 chulo in 2012, 135 cholo in 2013, 135 chulos in 2014, 135 chulo in 2015 and remaining 145 chulo will build in 2016.

Monitoring & Evaluation:

Dalit community and beneficiary and program team will jointly monitor the progress status, review achievements, issues and evaluate the outcome of the program internally. The progress report will be prepared on the basis of program beneficiaries and shared with stakeholders and donor. The program review and reflection, social audit, learning and feedback mechanisms will ensure accountability of ADWAN to beneficiaries and funding agencies. Similarly, the informal discussion and sharing will be made regularly among office bearers of ADWAN and program team about progress status and issues. 

A final review and reflection meeting will be organized with beneficiaries of program, stakeholders from cluster at the end of the program. An internal evaluation will be conducted during last month of year by year.  Final evaluation will be made by mobilization of independent professional after the completion of the project. The field verification, focus groups discussion, interactions and interview will be done to evaluate the program at the end of the program.

Management and Communication:

The project will be implemented in a result based management system. The project will apply work plan based implementing strategies and set indicators to measure the output, outcome and activities of the project.

The Association for Dalit Women Advancement of Nepal (ADWAN) is the sole implementing organization and has the overall responsibility. ADWAN has trained stoves making team and facilitated them for effective planning and implementation of the program. This team will be the top body of the program management and hold its meeting once in a quarter.

The proposed budget is:

S.N.	Particulars	Unit	Unit rate	Amount
01	Build Smoke Free Stoves-2012	100	US$ 12	1,200.00
02	Build Smoke Free Stoves-2013	135	US$ 12	1,620.00
03	Build Smoke Free Stoves-2014	135	US$ 12	1,620.00
04	Build Smoke Free Stoves-2015	135	US$ 12	1,620.00
05	Build Smoke Free Stoves-2016	145	US$ 12	1,740.00
	Total			7,800.00
06	Overhead (15%)			1,170.00
	Grand Total			8,970.00

Association for Dalit Women's Advancement of Nepal (ADWAN)