Love HeartFoundation · Kenya

Our Work · 05

Clean energy, fabricated in Kenya

Around seven in ten Kenyan households still cook on smoky biomass fires, a leading cause of respiratory illness among women and children. Meanwhile Kenyan workshops already fabricate efficient stoves and install solar; what they lack is order books.

~70%of Kenyan households rely on smoky biomass fuels for cookingSource: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

A fabricator welding efficient cookstoves in a jua kali workshop, Kitui County
Kenya

How we work in clean energy

  • 01

    Efficient cookstoves ordered from Kenyan fabricators, never imported in bulk.

  • 02

    Solar water pumping and clinic solar installed by county-based technicians.

  • 03

    Each installation logged with GPS and a 12-month function check on the ledger.

Unit economics: $16 (KES 2,060) = 1 efficient cookstove, kenyan-made

Founding projects, costed and ready

Planning estimates, refined with the Kenyan delivery partner at funding. The partner is named on the ledger the moment funds first move.

Kitui County · founding pipeline

Kitui Clean Cooking

1,500 efficient cookstoves fabricated by Kitui jua kali workshops and sold at a subsidised price through women's groups, cutting smoke and fuel costs.

Delivers: 1,500 Kenyan-made stoves in daily use

  1. M1Funds committed and held
  2. M2Fabrication contracts with local workshops
  3. M3Distribution via women's groups, register filed
  4. M4Six-month usage survey published

$24,000KES 3,100,000

Fund this

Verification: Usage survey sampling plus fabricator payment records

Baringo County · founding pipeline

Baringo Solar Water Pumping

Solar pumping for four community vegetable gardens, installed by Kenyan technicians, turning year-round sun into year-round income.

Delivers: Four irrigated community gardens, ~200 growers

  1. M1Funds committed and held
  2. M2Pumps and panels procured, installers contracted
  3. M3Four systems commissioned, GPS filed
  4. M4First-harvest report published

$21,500KES 2,770,000

Fund this

Verification: Commissioning certificates plus grower group sign-off