LPG Intervention Project By The Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP II 2021 – 2023)
The LPG Intervention of the Nigerian Energy Support Programme Extension (NESP II); a European Union-funded project, led by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The GIZ collaborated with the Nigerian government to develop a viable market for LPG cooking solutions in rural and peri-urban areas. The LPG intervention focused on promoting and developing the […]
Climate Change Sensitization and Adaptation and the use of Energy-Efficient Stoves in 6 Northeastern States of Nigeria (2022 – 2023)
The Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) collaborated with the Rural Women Energy Security (RUWES) to facilitate a technical training session that took place across each of the 6 NEDC States (Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe) respectively. The overall goal of the initiative was to train women from each of the 6 States under the […]
Renewable Energy Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop Focused on Briquette Production, Cookstove Assembly and Usage in Collaboration with Ministry of Environment Sokoto State (2022 – 2023)
The government of Sokoto State, in collaboration with RUWES, held a train the trainers (TOT) workshop to train up to 50 women selected across the State to undergo renewable energy training focused on briquette production, cookstove assembly and usage, and climate action. This workshop focused on the use of agricultural and environmental waste for briquette […]
RUWES-Project Surya Technology Exchange Programme
In October 2016, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s Solution Centre organised an exchange between a group of RUWES women and Project Surya to learn how rural women in Odisha, India are transitioning to clean household energy. They met with women in three villages where they saw different clean cookstove technologies, spoke to rural development […]
Launch of the RUWES Kaura Namoda Partnership
In a bid to scale up access to clean energy for women in the rural Zamfara State, and with support from its development partners, a pilot of the RUWES-LGA Partnership was implemented in Kaura Namoda Local Government of the State on the 6th to 8th September, 2014, the first of its type. Day 1; Technical […]
Launch of the RUWES Woman to Woman Campaign
The RUWES Woman to Woman Campaign was flagged off on the 13th November 2014 by the Honourable Minister of Environment – Mrs Lawrentia Laraba Mallam, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Environment – Mrs Rabi Jimeta and the wife of the Ambassador of the United States in Nigeria – Mrs Pamela Schmoll at […]
RUWES Stakeholders Forum
The Rural Stakeholders Forum held on the 13th November 2014 at the National Universities Commission (NUC), Abuja. The forum, which had in attendance RUWES Advisory Board Chair, the Minister of Environment and the outgoing Permanent Secretary, was the first since the inauguration of RUWES on 10th December 2013. The focus of the workshop was to […]
National Launch of the RUWES Initiative
The National Launch of the RUWES Initiative held on the 10th of December, 2013 at the NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja. The event was chaired by the Minister of Environment, Architect Darius Ishaku. The Honourable Minister highlighted the importance of energy in every sphere of life stating that energy which is important in meeting our most […]
The Rural Energy Access Project (REAP)
The Rural Energy Access Project is the lighting and heating component of RUWES developed to bring affordable energy solutions to the underserved and underprivileged rural dwellers. The average rural inhabitant has no access to electricity or electric solutions to improve the quality of life. They rely mostly on sunlight during the day and kerosene lamps […]
RUWES Awareness Drive
RUWES intends to raise awareness about the connection between health, poverty and fuel sources, and to organise and galvanise rural women to demand for sustainable alternatives that will provide a lasting solution to the problem. In our efforts to create awareness on the health, financial, and environmental benefits for clean energy and advocate for a […]