Training E-Cooking Champions

Communities must be involved in critical decisionmaking from the onset of the project to enhance ownership. • Increased community ownership and participation in conservation of natural resources cannot be realised at the expense of community livelihoods. To secure the natural resources in the long-term, the community impacted by the resources must have their livelihoods secured as well. • Sustainable energy solutions succeed well where they stimulate local demand and have strong links to poverty alleviation • In conservation of natural resources, even the most hostile community can become receptive and even be a partner; they just need to know that you care. • Renewable energy technologies, specifically solar systems, offer a variety of socio-economic solutions for off-grid communities. What is lacking is effective sensitization together with a proper distribution network for quality products.