Clean energy in Uganda

1.3 billion people lack access to electricity, close to 1 billion are drinking unsanitary water, and 4 million people, mostly women and children, die annually from indoor air pollution due to burning wood and charcoal for cooking. Rural cooperatives or CBOs, created by members of the community, know these problems well.



In this environment, ENVenture works with people from all over the world to help those CBOs in Uganda and start clean energy ventures (selling at a very affordable price products such as solar panels, non-electric water filters, improved biomass cookstoves, and fuel briquettes that will help the development of the community). They want everyone in the rural villages to easily access a quality affordable clean energy product for their home without having to travel to the closest city.

But who are we? We are two students in Paris volunteering with ENVenture and helping an organization named Camkwoki Grass Root Initiative for Development in Lira, Uganda to have access to clean energy.


Description of the Community based organization that we are working with:

Camkwoki Grass Root Initiative for Development Limited was founded by Aroma Patrick during the emergency period, when the Internally Displaced Persons began returning to their homes following the progress of peace talks in Juba in 2007 between the Government of the Republic of Uganda and the Lords Resistance Army. The organization got legally registered with Lira District Local Government and National NGO Board -Ministry of Internal Affairs Kampala as well as is incorporated as a Company Limited by Guarantee by the Registrar of Companies in 2011. This was also in response to Government's Policy of helping people who formed themselves into groups.



Vision “An Empowered Community striving for self-sustainability and living above poverty line”


Mission “The empowerment of the community through well-designed programmes for self-sustainability”



Main aims and objectives of CAMKWOKI

- To mobilize Community to engage in Commercial Agriculture

- To train farmers in farming as a business, imparting business skills and farmers coming up with viable business plans

- To provide Community with technical assistance, farm inputs/equipment/loans and grants in order to boost their productive capacity

- To cater for HIV/AIDS patients and affected families in our communities in order to prolong their life span and boost their productive capacities

- To assist the survivors of the Northern conflict to regain their livelihoods

- To mobilize and organize the entire communities of youth particularly school drop outs, the disadvantaged group, with the help of local leaders to train them on self-help income generating related activities

- To undertake programs targeting orphans, widows and other vulnerable groups and also assist in the rehabilitation and resettlement of victims of war and violence in Lango Sub-region

Facebook page : https//www.facebook.com/camkwokicompany/

What is our mission? How are we helping CAMKWOKI?

We want everyone in the village to have easy access to clean energy by providing the, with different sustainable and high-quality products like solar panels, efficient cooking stoves and water purifiers for their homes, without having to travel to the closest city.


To achieve this, we are working on the business plan of CAMKWOKI for the next year and settling the different objectives to reach and help the biggest amount of people among the community with clean energy products, and also by training the administrative people working in the company to make sure the community will get the products.
Martin went to Uganda for a week to meet the team and study the different communities and their needs, and now we are asking for your help to raise money to help them get to the goal.


The money will be used to:

1) 45% of the total to buy a new vehicle to transport the products and reach rural persons that cannot be reached now

2) 35% of the total to buy new products (cooking stoves, solar panels and water filters) to increase sales and stock rotation
3) 15% of the total to cover the operational cost of hiring two new people who will be in the field constantly reaching new groups

4) 5% of the total to lunch a new web site to improve Camkwoki's chances of asking for financing

For some reasons we don't understand why there are so many inequalities in the world. We are very fortunate to be grown up in a place with access to electricity and clean water, but there are many places where this is not the case and mainly in isolated places in Uganda. This organization will ensure people to have a better future in terms of clean energy access and we will also be here to help them and hopefully you are going to be one of us too!


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1.300 millones de personas carecen de acceso a la electricidad, cerca de 1.000 millones beben agua insalubre y 4 millones de personas, en su mayoría mujeres y niños, mueren anualmente por la contaminación del aire interior debido a la quema de leña y carbón para cocinar. Las cooperativas rurales o CBO, creadas por miembros de la comunidad, conocen bien estos problemas.

En este entorno, ENVenture trabaja con personas de todo el mundo para ayudar a esas organizaciones comunitarias en Uganda a iniciar emprendimientos de energía limpia (vendiendo a precios muy accesibles productos como paneles solares, filtros de agua no eléctricos, estufas de biomasa mejoradas y briquetas de combustible que ayudará al desarrollo de la comunidad). Ellos quieren que todos en las aldeas rurales accedan fácilmente a un producto de energía limpia y de calidad para sus hogares sin tener que viajar a la ciudad más cercana.

¿Pero quiénes somos? Somos dos estudiantes en París que colaboramos con ENVenture y ayudamos a una organización llamada Camkwoki Grass Root Initiative for Development en Lira, Uganda, a tener acceso a energía limpia.


Descripción de la organización comunitaria con la que estamos trabajando:

Camkwoki Grass Root Initiative for Development Limited fue fundada por Aroma Patrick durante el período de emergencia, cuando las personas internamente desplazadas comenzaron a regresar a sus hogares tras el progreso de las conversaciones de paz en Juba en 2007 entre el Gobierno de la República de Uganda y el Ejército de Resistencia del Señor. La organización se registró legalmente en Lipa District Local Government y National NGO Board - Ministerio de Asuntos Internos de Kampala.

Facebook page : https//www.facebook.com/camkwokicompany/

¿Cuál es nuestra misión? ¿Cómo estamos ayudando a CAMKWOKI?

Queremos que todos los habitantes de la aldea tengan acceso fácil a la energía limpia, proporcionando diferentes productos sustentables y de alta calidad, como paneles solares, estufas eficientes y purificadores de agua para sus hogares.


Para lograr esto, estamos trabajando en el plan de negocios de CAMKWOKI para el próximo año y estableciendo los diferentes objetivos para alcanzar y ayudar a la mayor cantidad de personas en la comunidad con productos de energía limpia, y también capacitando a las personas administrativas que trabajan en la empresa para asegurarse de que la comunidad obtenga los productos.
Martin fue a Uganda por una semana para conocer al equipo y estudiar las diferentes comunidades y sus necesidades. Es por esto que ahora estamos pidiendo su ayuda para recaudar dinero para ayudarlos a alcanzar la meta.


El dinero se usará para:

1) 45% del total para comprar un nuevo vehículo para transportar los productos y llegar a las personas de áreas rurales que no pueden ser alcanzadas ahora

2) 35% del total para comprar nuevos productos (estufas de cocina, paneles solares y filtros de agua) para aumentar las ventas y la rotación de stock


3) 15% del total para cubrir el costo operacional de la contratación de dos personas nuevas que estará en el campo llegando constantemente a nuevos grupos

4) 5% del total para lanzar un nuevo sitio web para mejorar las posibilidades de Camkwoki de solicitar financiamiento

Por algunas razones, no entendemos por qué hay tantas desigualdades en el mundo. Somos muy afortunados de haber crecido en un lugar con acceso a electricidad y agua potable, pero hay muchos lugares donde no es así y principalmente en lugares aislados de Uganda. Esta organización asegurará que las personas tengan un futuro mejor en términos de acceso a la energía limpia y nosotros seguiremos aquí para ayudarlos y esperamos que ustedes también se unan y sea uno de nosotros.


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