KIRYANAH HOMES UGANDA

Mission

Kiryah Homes Uganda is a non governmental, non profit making organisation aimed at transforming communities especially the rural through provision of quality education ( formal and informal and promotion of excellent christian values.

In its efforts to promote good health and reduction of indoor air pollution, K.Homes has disseminated knowledge and information to communities about energy effecient / improved stoves ( construction and usage)Our goal is a smole free kitchen for every house hold in Uganda and beyond & conservation of uganda's meager resources i.e Forests for sustainable development.

K.Homes is also planning to do a project on Intergrating Health and Safety in biomass production and usage.

Organization Type Non-Governmental Organization

Contact Information

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Primary Initiatives, Target Populations, and Scope of Work:

Our main emphasis has been to the rural communities of Uganda. K. Homes aims at reaching the women, children and other disavantaged groups like the disabled and vulnerable children.

Fuels/Technologies: Biomass
Sectors of Experience: Behavior Change
Education
Environment
Health
Rural Development

Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas

Social/Cultural barriers to using traditional fuels and stoves:

At the beginning of the project -introduction and promotion of improved stoves) in villages of Mukono people were relactant to embrace the stoves saying the 3 stoned fire place cooked faster than the new improved stoves. However with the testimonies of those who first embraced the new developments more and more people have started using the improved / effecient stoves.


Market development for improved cooking technologies:

We are using the Multiplier approach: Where for every group trained stoves are constructed on site i.e for every group member and they are also required as a must to train others who also construct their own and train others to do them same and cycle continues.
( THE MOST EXPERIENCED MEMBERS FORM AND SPEAR HEAD THIS PROGRAM)

Our stoves are MANUFACTURED on site and sold to all House holds of active group members (interested in learning how to construct improved stoves), at low cost compared to those who do not participate in group work, these contact the most experienced members i.e (K.Homes effecient stoves program team )to construct for them at a negotiable fee as as approved by management.

We hope to introduce other marketing startegies especiALLY WITH THE INTRODUTION OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS.


Technology standardization for cooking, heating and ventilation:

we are in partnership with GTZ- uganda. We hope to receive technical support on standarsing, stove testing and.....


Indoor air pollution exposure and health monitoring:

With more partcipation and networking , K. Homes Uganda aims at training a stove monitoring team and introduction of a Monitoring center.

Relevant Publications or Studies

None noted

Our Contribution to the Partnership

We shall contribute through networking and sharing of knowlegde and information with existing partners and those intending to join. iTS K. HOMES DESIRE THAT A CENTER OF RESEARCH AND LIBRALY BE INTRODUCED WHICH WILL ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE TO MANY MORE MEMBERS.