EVENTS
A meeting with the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu, provided the opportunity to discuss opportunities for rolling out the OPEC Fund’s Clean Cooking Initiative in Uganda. The use of hazardous and polluting cooking methods results in 3.7 million deaths annually worldwide and has grave consequences for the environment. Together with partner organizations the OPEC Fund is offering programs to provide access to clean cooking. The initiative, launched in 2022, has three key components: • Clean cooking seeks to introduce healthy and affordable alternatives for preparing meals • Reforestation aims to remedy the ecological damage caused by polluting fuels • Women empowerment addresses the massive household burdens often placed on women’s shoulders. A first pilot project is under implementation in Madagascar, while Uganda – together with a group of neighboring African countries – is seen as a key country for clean cooking given the continent’s needs and the urgency of the issue.
The initiative has three key components: women empowerment, reforestation and clean cooking
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