TITI FOUNDATION PILOT PROJECT In Kajo Keji and Yei

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TITI FOUNDATION PILOT PROJECT In Kajo Keji and Yei (former CES) FUEL EFFICIENT STOVES (FES) AND BRIQUETTES 1 INTRODUCTION This project was aimed at reducing competition and conflict over access to fuel wood resources through local production of alternative fuels and energy-efficient technologies for domestic and productive use. It also studies the linkages between fuel-efficient stoves and conflict mitigation. The long-standing conflict has intensified tensions among communities (internally) in scale and scope and have consequently exacerbated protection concerns. The project was structured with a focus on Sustainable Development Goal 7: “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”. During crisis, access even to preferred forms of traditional biomass may be severely constrained by factors such as: forced displacement violent and often long-standing conflict; climatic, environmental and economic shocks and stresses; the breakdown of local institutions such as those regulating access and management of natural resources. 2 WHY FES AND BRIQUETTES The project aimed at reducing reliance on wood fuel by providing clean technologies that are more safer, local and familiar to the women with key considerations on: Conflict mitigation: The fuel efficient stoves and briquettes reduces conflict arising from natural and man-made disasters such as drought faced by populations in protracted crisis situations, who depend on fuel and energy for cooking. E.g. Drought drives people into other areas in search of natural resources which may increase tension and conflict between various livelihood groups. As the availability of wood fuel resources declined, conflict increased in the areas with high numbers of displaced people. Inter communal tension and conflict arose between communities as a result of the combined fuel needs of displaced populations and their hosts. In these situations, gender-based violence is also liable to increase as fuelwood collectors are attacked or raped . Reduced risk of GBV: time, distance and frequency of firewood collection dropped , therefore, the exposure of violence associated with GBV was reduced. (forests act as the perfect sites for rape, abductions, assaults and revenge killing). The FSNMS reports from 2017 report that most women and girls face gender based violence in their search for firewood. The long distance they have to walk to the forests, the frequency of firewood collection and the time spent in the forests have put the women and girls into greater danger of violence. Environmental conservation: The fuel efficient stoves and briquettes reduces deforestation. The energy needs of returnees and