Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstoves & Fuels (GHACCO) held its Annual General Meeting last Friday, May 28, 2021, using virtual technology. Welcoming members to the event, the Chairperson, Ms. Adwoa Etsiwaa Sey noted that the AGM is the yearly convening, during which the National Executive Board updates members on progress and state of affairs of […]
GHACCO will be implementing the Rural Clean Cooking Project upon signing a contract with ENI-World Bank to create access to rural woodfuel stoves in Ellembelle DistrictThe Rural Clean Cooking Pilot Project is primarily designed to promote access to improved domestic woodfuel cookstoves, as a way of helping to reduce exposure to unhealthy wood-smoke and deforestation […]
Access to clean cookstoves and Fuels is needed in Ghana to help address deforestation, climate change, reduce indoor air pollution and improve the livelihoods and environment of rural households and women processors in Ghana and Africa THE GENESISIn Ghana, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (2012) report indicates that Ghana is losing its forest […]
It is with sorrows that the Board and members of the Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and Fuels express our condolences to the family of Mrs Gifty Tetteh former Senior Bioenergy Officer at the Ministry of Energy. Mrs. Gifty Tetteh was a pillar behind the clean cookstove alliance at the Ministry of Energy and provided […]
GHACCO has recruited two new staff to join the secretariat as part of efforts to improve the coordination of clean cooking issues in Ghana. Eva Larko Nartey joins GHACCO as Program Coordinator and Business Development Officer to provide direct assistance to the CEO in implementing programs at the secretariat. EVA joins GHACCO after years of […]
The Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Energy has started initiatives to develop a National Clean cooking strategy for the country. This is part of efforts to contribute to scaling up access to clean cooking solutions by 2 million households by 2030.
About 15 artisans in Ellembelle district have received training in principles of designing and production of improved cookstoves as part of efforts to build capacity of local artisans in improved cookstoves production under the auspices of the ENI World Bank Clean Cooking Project being implemented by GHACCO. The artisans were trained by GHACCO team of […]
600 households in the Ellemebelle district has received improved firewood stoves and training in how to use the stoves efficiently as part of the ENI World Bank Clean Cooking Project funded by ENI and implemented by GHACCO. The stoves distributed included four different types of improved household firewood stoves including 90 Envirofit firewood stoves, 175 […]
A clean cooking forum has been organized by the World Bank as part of the Minigrid Forum to raise the profile of Clean cookstoves for climate change mitigation and sustainable development in Ghana and Africa. The Clean Cooking forum was attended by high level delegates from Ministries, GHACCO, Development Partners and Private Sector Actors to […]
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, […]
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 […]