Project details
1075 ยท Clean drinking water
  • Paradigm, Kenya
Simple and free of charge: drinking water for KenyaThis project supplies families in rural Kenya with clean drinking water. Contaminated water and lack of sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa lead to life-threatening diseases and 315,000 premature deaths per year. This makes the lack of drinking water the second leading cause of death there. To prevent this, most people boil their water with coal or wood on an open fire. This produces smoke, mostly inside closed rooms, which in turn causes dangerous respiratory diseases. The treated water from this project is drinkable for 72 hours, saves the population the money for firewood and the time for the often protracted wood procurement and avoids CO2 and other pollutants.
How does technology for clean drinking water help fight global warming?Two billion people in the world have no access to clean drinking water. Many families have to boil their drinking water over an open fire, resulting in CO2 emissions and deforestation. Where water can be cleaned chemically (e.g. with chlorine) or mechanically (with filters), or where groundwater can be provided from wells, these CO2 emissions can be avoided. Clean drinking water projects in the ClimatePartner portfolio are registered with international standards.
Contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
No PovertyInstitutions and poor households save time and income for acquiring firewood and boiling water.
Good Health and Well-BeingThe project helps reduce diseases related to unsafe drinking water and smoke from boiling water on inefficient stoves. Water filters can reduce the incidence of diarrhea by 41 percent.
Clean Water and SanitationMore people in Kenya now have fast and free access to clean drinking water.
Decent Work and Economic GrowthThe project creates local job opportunities for the sale and distribution of water filters.
Climate ActionThe project saves an average of 193,030 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Life on LandThe reduced demand for firewood counteracts deforestation. Thus the project helps preserve livelihoods and biodiversity.
Partnerships for the GoalsOur carbon offset projects are building bridges from companies from industrialized countries to people in the world's poorest countries
Project standardGold Standard VER (GS VER)TechnologyClean drinking waterRegionParadigm, KenyaEstimated annual emission reductions193,032 t CO2Verified byERM Certification and Verification Services