1. Intergration of Stoves in Social Cash Transfer Program
Presented By: Lovely Chizimba
With funding from

2. Balaka SCTP Balaka is one of the poorest districts in Malawi
Declared as Disaster prone district in Malawi
Experiencing recurrent droughts leading to food insecurity for the past three years
IA supporting the delivery of electronic and predictable transfers to 10% utra-poor households
Cushion from the impacts of climate change
Programme to demonstrate how SCTs can help in building resilience of poorest households to the impacts of Climate Change

3. Climate Changes impacts - Visible
Increased frequency and intensity of climate related disasters
Unpredictable rainfall patterns
Increased numbers of households requiring social supports and HA
2007 to 2011 – average of 340,000
2011 to 2014 – Average of 1.7 million people
million people (25 of 28 Districts in Malawi
2015 – worst flooding – 1,1million people affected

4. Energy country’s deforestation rate remains high at 2.8%
High energy poverty
Only 10% connected to the main grid
90% rely on biomass
Overdependence on biomass
Deforestation
Increased carbon emissions
In door air pollution
Energy needs for the 80%????

5. Why SCT beneficiaries Ultra poor are labor constrained
Already identified by the community
The most vulnerable people use 3-stone fire
Increases vulnerability in terms of
in door air pollution
Burden of sourcing wood
Majority can not cannot access cleaner stoves despite technologies’ availability to everyone
Linking SCT beneficiaries to a voucher system gives them access to cleaner cook stoves
Market based approach

6. The Technology 30% efficiency 30% reduction in firewood
Produced locally from clay
Mostly women production groups
Eligible for carbon credits-Carbon finance stream
Environmental benefits
Health benefits
Gender benefits
Economic benefits

7. The Approach

8. Stove Promoter at cluster
Concern Universal
Stove production group
Cluster Committee
&
Social Welfare Department
SCT
Beneficiary
Beneficiary neighbors/Buyers
Work closely
Flow of Voucher
Flow of stoves
Redeem
Buy
Learn
Distribute via

9. Stoves Distribution

10. Lovely and the stove promoter

11. Way forward Carbon finance
Transfer funds directly to SCT beneficiary accounts
Use funds to meet other clean household energy needs – Provision of solar equipment
Invest in community projects
Directly 320,000 SCT and another 320,000 through sales= 640,000 against a national target of 2 million cookstoves by 2020
Use SCT structures – Humanitarian response
Linkages to VSLS – CC adapatation