Environmental
- Decreasing deforestation for firewood
- Reducing green house gasses emitted through charcoal burning
- Reusing agricultural waste that is otherwise left to rot in the fields or burnt
Our Impact
Forests saved, families made healthier, and women earning an income.
Our Impact
Our Impact
AEST measures success in forests saved, families made healthier and women empowered.
Economic
- Providing employment for 15 staff members, income for 45 contracted farmers who supply the enterprise with agricultural bio waste and 55 women micro entrepreneurs who distribute the products. By providing locals and engaging farmers in production processes, the enterprise is also helping to create and sustain a local economy that empowers the community to use natural resources sustainably, as opposed to felling trees and burning waste.
- Creating a local sustainable industry that involves the local community in all business aspects, thus benefiting the region economically.
Social
- The enterprise is helping to reduce illnesses related to smoke inhalation.
- Reducing the distances women and girls walk to find firewood for fuel, by providing a reliable delivery service by providing an alternative source of fuel.
15Staff members employed
45Contracted farmer suppliers
55Women micro-entrepreneurs distributing our products
The Wider Picture
A Circular Economy, Run Locally
Agricultural waste becomes fuel. Fuel revenue pays farmers and women distributors. Fewer trees are cut, and less smoke is breathed in.
01
Farmers supply waste
45 contracted farmers sell groundnut shells and other bio-waste that would otherwise rot or be burned.
02
AEST produces
15 staff turn that waste into briquettes and build energy-saving cook stoves.
03
Women distribute
55 women micro-entrepreneurs sell and deliver the products across the region.
04
Households save
Families spend less on fuel, breathe cleaner air and walk shorter distances for firewood.
