IMPACTING HOUSEHOLDS
The regular households are arguably major offenders when it comes to air pollution. Major home still use traditional methods for cooking and general heating activities, even more shocking is the use of traditional cook stoves, kerosene lamps among others in use in the urban cities. We as an organisation seek to impacting households with our clean cooking technologies.
ENERGY ACCESS
At GHACCO, we have maintained the reason for our existence and the need to be focused in achieving the sustainable developments as directed by the UN. This behooves that we Promote partnerships among members of the alliance and other actors to ensure synergy in influencing policies and stimulating actions that contribute to a vibrant cookstove industry and sustainable utilization of biomass
SMOKE EMISSIONS/AIR POLLUTION
Air pollution from energy emissions can be said to be major canker gradually eating away the quality of life not to talk of the effect it has our posterity. Due to this Ghana Alliance for Clean Cook stoves and Fuels (GHACCO) has been established as a strong stakeholder platform to lead the front to catalyze a revolution in the cook stove sector and mobilize high level national and donor commitments towards the goal of universal adoption of clean cook stoves and fuels in Ghana
16
Approved projects
1M+
LIVELIHOOD TRANSFORMED
9
Award nomination
5
Years of SERVICE
OUR FOCUS AREAS
AWARENESS CREATION
Making a huge contribution to the awareness creation strategy of GHACCO is the link with women’s groups to help stimulate the adoption of clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels. In this respect, 40 women have been out-doored as improved Cooking Solutions Advocates and provided with an improved cookstove each. These women are chosen from the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions and will receive training to also become trainers of other women and women’s groups.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
GHACCO is designing “incentive structures” which would specify clear rewards for intended results from members who would through word of mouth, adverts among others who will bring potential stakeholders into the alliance. In this regard GHACCO is considering recommending membership-based commissions. This way, it has created social media platform on “WhatsApp” to sustain the interest of members by keeping them updated on current issues. The alliance is also making efforts at crossing the Greater Accra and Ashanti regional borders to network with other women’s groups across the country.
FUNDRAISING
Strategy to raise funds has been designed to address the specific needs of the sector. These includes market deployment policy for clean cookstoves and Fuels by which government procures, agreed quantities of clean biomass Cookstoves for vulnerable households such as recipients of the LEAP grants. However, the government would procure cookstoves from members of GHACCO directly or through the Alliance. Moreover, focus has been placed on exploring external funding opportunities and also emphasize members’ commitment to the payment of their dues. Concrete steps that have been initiated comprise; The facilitation of the formation of a committee to implement GHACCO’s fundraising strategies.
20%
HOUSEHOLD ENERGY ACCESS
5%
INSTITUTIONAL COOKSTOVES FOR AGRO-PROCESSORS % SCHOOLS
60%
AWARENESS ON COOKSTOVES
87%
IMPACT ON POLICY
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GHACCO PARTICIPATES IN WORLD BANK’S CLEAN COOKING FORUM 2019 AT MOVENPICK AMBASSADOR HOTEL
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GHACCO and BUSAC to Promote Advocacy on the Bioenergy Policy in Ghana
The Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and Fuels (GHACCO) won a grant from the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge Fund (BUSAC) to conduct an advocacy on the Bioenergy Policy in Ghana. The BUSAC fund is a multi-donor platform to enhance the business environment of private sector actors through advocacy and capacity building with support from Danida, […]
Voices of Change Partnership to strengthen the decentralization of clean cooking among district assemblies in Ghana .
A project to promote clean cooking policy, planning and promotion at the district and national levels has been on-going for the past 3 years as part of a 5-year project to build the capacity of district assemblies to integrate clean cooking initiatives into its medium-term development plans. The program is being piloted at the Ga […]
GHACCO holds Inception Meeting of a Global Project
GHACCO participated in the inception workshop of the Global project “Mitigating the Health Impacts of Toxic Pollution in Low and Middle-Income Countries” held at the Alisa Hotel on the 23rd of May 2018. The project was also launched by the Hon. Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and innovation (MESTI), Prof. Frimpong during the inception workshop. The project […]
COUNCIL OF AMBASSSODORS
MRS. SAMIRA BAWUMIA
GLOBAL AMBASSADOR, GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN COOKSTOVES
HAJIA ALIMA MAHAMA
LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEMBER, CLEAN COOKING ALLIANCE
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