Ecomandate

Ecomandate Foundation is a Community Based Organization registered in Kenya with objective of research, identification and promotion of adoption of sustainable fuel options in East Africa. Ecomandate is emerging at a time when the need for sustainable energy solutions for climate change mitigation is paramount. Ecomandate is helping societies move a step closer to achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - from the Ecomandate website
Solar Cookers International began partnering with the Ecomandate Foundation in late 2018 at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, to bring solar cooking to Kakuma families. Ecomandate brings experience, expertise, and knowledge of local customs and cooking habits to this effort. Ecomandate oversees the construction and distribution of solar cookers to residents. They implement training and follow-up to ensure successful continued use of the solar cookers. Over 1,900 Kakuma residents are now enjoying nutritious solar-cooked meals. From 2019 until mid-2022, 234 box solar cookers have been constructed in Kenya by residents, with locally sourced materials, for use by Kakuma families. 
It is estimated that these solar cookers will avoid 5,229 metric tons of carbon dioxide over the cookers’ expected lifetime of 15 years. Solar cooking allows Kakuma residents to breathe cleaner air, drink safer water, and experience increased safety and opportunities for women and children. Efforts to increase the use of solar cookers continue in Kakuma and these impacts and figures will grow. 
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Ecomandate training of the enumerators with the large ULOG box oven, 8-8-22.png|Ecomandate training of the enumerators with the large ULOG box oven - Photo credit Ecomandate Foundation
Ecomandate manufacturing facility, 8-8-22.png|The Ecomandate manufacturing facility - Photo credit Ecomandate Foundation
Sixty-four Standard size ULOG box ovens ready to ship, 8-8-22.png|Building capacity, sixty-four Standard size ULOG box ovens are ready to ship - Photo credit Ecomandate Foundation 
They manufacture the solar cookers using inexpensive and readily available materials at the foundation's assembly and distribution centers. Interested customers can review the solar cookers they have for sale at their online store
Ecomandate officers include co-founder and Logistics & Operations Manager Wilkinson Mwenda, and Sales & Communication Manager Cleophas Kosgel. 
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*March 2023: Solar Cookers International in partnership with the Ecomandate Foundation - The organizations have implemented an ongoing solar cooking project at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. Solar Cookers International emphasizes and applies best practices in project development and project monitoring and evaluation. Ecomandate Foundation brings hands-on construction, their local experience as part of the community, and familiarity with local customs, practices, and languages. Read more...
*March 2023: Ecomandate ULOG box cookers PEP tested - Results for the Performance Evaluation Process(PEP) testing for the ULOG solar box cookers assembled by Ecomandate members are now available. They produce the cooker in two sizes. See test results for the Standard and Family size models. 
*February 2020: Solar cookers to Kithuia Village - Distribution of Haines 2.0 solar panel cookers took place in Kithuia Village, Kenya, and was combined with a training session in their use.
*April 2017: Solar Cooking Festival - On April 29, 2017, a solar cooking festival for 500 schoolchildren was held at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. The idea was originated by three of the participants at the 6th SCI World Conference 2017, put on in January by Solar Cookers International in Gujarat, India. Roger Haines, CEO of Haines Solar Cookers, Ritesh Raithatha, CEO of Simplified Technologies for Life, and Godfrey Mawira Kaburu, an engineer with the World Food Program in Nairobi, and co-founder of Ecomandate. In October, 2016, solar cooking was the second-most preferred method of cooking at the Kakuma Refugee Camp, even though very few solar cookers were available at that time.
*2017: Projects were also conducted at the Kiini Institute of Advanced Technology and at the University of Nairobi.
==Audio and video==
*2017: Kakuma solar cooking festival
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==See also==
*Eco-Impact Hub CBO
==External links==
*https://www.facebook.com/ecomandate/
*https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecomandatefoundation/
==Contact==
Ecomandate
Mbagathi Road
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 729 001 702
Email: info@ecomandate.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecomandate/
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