http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1271 Comments for "The Upesi Project" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1271 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Intermediate Technology Development Group Eastern Africa (ITDG-EA)<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://india.shellfoundation.net/goto.php/view/1688/forum.htm " TARGET="_blank">http://india.shellfoundation.net/goto.php/view/1688/forum.htm </a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> The Upesi Project, supported by the Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG), was initiated in 1995 to promote the adoption of more efficient stoves in rural areas of western Kenya. Its goal was to improve the living and working conditions of women in rural households by enabling a significant and increasing number of women and their families to benefit from fuel-saving wood-burning stoves.<br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1271">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1271#comment Consumer Products Activity Environmental Activity Health Activity Active Consumer For-profit Activity Government Funded International Agency Funded Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:44:20 -0400 admin 1271 at http://www.nextbillion.net