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The Zambia Forest and Landscape Project (ZIFLP) has commenced the distribution of 1400 improved cooking stoves to selected communities and boarding schools in Eastern Province.
Under the energy component of the ZIFLP project, the exercise is in a bid to encourage communities to cut down on deforestation by using wood fuel-efficient stoves which have lesser pollutants than the traditional braziers.
Speaking in an interview, Ministry of Energy Principal Energy Officer (PEO) Anna Banda, said the 1400 cookstoves are being distributed to Chipangali, Vubwi, Chipata, and Mambwe Districts under the first phase of the energy intervention.
“We are donating the improved cookstoves with the view of improving efficiency on how we are using wood fuel for cooking.
Government has advised beneficiaries of the village banking programme to be strategic in investing the money so that it can help them to deal with economic challenges that will come with the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chipata District Administrative officer (DAO) Kapembwa Sikazwe said this when he witnessed the disbursement of K200,000 to 200 beneficiaries drawn from five sub centers in the district.
He said beneficiaries should ensure that village bank empowerment money is used to sustain their lives especially now that the economy is being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr. Sikazwe said the K1, 000 each beneficiary has received should be treated as seed money so that it grows the various businesses which the beneficiaries are venturing into.