RUWES Smokeless Barracks Scheme
In a bid to further strengthen the RUWES initiative as a national project in the actualization of its set objectives, the initiative is in partnership with the Federal Road Safety Corps to mobilise officers of paramilitary agencies as well as wives of officers of every paramilitary agency in our sensitization efforts. Due to the high […]
RUWES ASO Lady Purse
In partnership with ASO Savings bank, the RUWES has designed a savings scheme for the rural women. The cooperatives registered with RUWES open accounts for each member with the financial institution. A percentage of the sales of the RUWES kits are deposited with the bank. This entitles each registered member to receive a loan from […]
RUWES Stakeholders Workshop
The RUWES Initiative Stakeholders workshop is an annual event organised to address and sensitise the rural women who are the end users of these clean cookstoves and who also are most vulnerable to the hazardous effects of domestic utilising fossil and wood fuel. The workshop brings together beneficiaries of the initiative, technical partners and manufacturers […]
RUWES/G-WIN Partnership
RUWES/G-WIN Partnership The RUWES initiative was incorporated into the Girl and Women Initiative in Nigeria (GWIN) Initiative to achieve the common objectives of gender empowerment, energy access, improved health and environmental protection. The G-WIN was launched by the Federal Ministry of Finance in response to empowering women and girls specifically. The G-WIN project aims to […]
RUWES Randa
The “RUWES Randa” is a technology-neutral water filtration and purification system which consists of a screen, water filter and a water dispensing unit made of clay pot. This is a locally developed technology that guarantees water purification, elimination of water contamination from dipping of cups and promotes hygiene/ sanitation in rural communities. Dissemination of RUWES […]
Climate Smart Agriculture
The relevance of Agriculture to the Nigerian economy cannot be overemphasised; however, with growing impacts of agricultural practices on climate change, there is a need to embrace Climate Smart Agriculture. In our efforts to develop valuable business models aimed at creating a financial value chain for the rural woman, by providing her with the necessary […]
Partnership with Department for International Development – Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (DFID/NIAF)
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has developed a working Monitoring and Evaluation as well as a Management Information System toolkit for the RUWES initiative. The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System is critical to RUWES in carrying out its projects effectively and efficiently and boosting accountability to beneficiaries, donors and other stakeholders. The M&E […]
Innovative Financing Mechanism for SLCP Mitigation through Clean Cookstoves in Nigeria (CCAC Funded Project)
This project is being funded by The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). CCAC was launched by UNEP which is committed to protecting the climate and improving air quality through actions to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). 15 April 2019 – RUWES in partnership with Nexleaf Analytics identified 5 groups of women that were supplied […]
Skill Acquisition Centre For Women and Girls In Partnership with Kaduna State University (KASU)
In the northern part of Nigeria, women are subjected to abject poverty due lack of direct access to social and economic empowerment. According to WHO, a woman empowered is a generation taken from poverty and this is one of our goals, to ensure women are enlightened and empowered in the aspect of renewable energy. To […]
Survey Administration for Country-Wide Improved Cookstoves and Water Filtration Distribution – The African Stove Company (TASC)
In 2021, RUWES entered into a discussion to distribute up to one million Improved Cookstoves and one million water filtration systems across 6 states in Nigeria. As a prerequisite, The African Cookstove Company (TASC) conducted a baseline study that included; a Habit Survey (which was used to determine energy access, access to finance, fuel consumption […]