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GVEP (Global Village Energy Partnership)

works to increase access to modern energy and reduce poverty in developing countries.

Our programmes help businesses to meet the energy needs of their communities

GVEP brings them the enabling resources they need to take off and succeed.

The Developing Energy Enterprises Project (2008-2013)

DEEP supported over 900 energy businesses, created approximately 3,000 jobs, and reached over four million beneficiaries.

Latest News

Envirofit Jiko, Cooking solutions, rural Kenya, WEDI

After the success of an innovative deal to provide solar solutions to women in rural Kenya, GVEP International has again partnered with Women Enterprise Development Institute (WEDI), this time to help provide cooking solutions.

 

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Innovative and inspiring social and environmental entrepreneurs can win a tailor-made support package to help expand their business.

 Thanks to the publicity generated by the IDEAS Contest, a Jamaican community project of hoop-framed greenhouses on the land of small farmers has significantly expanded, while making key contacts with both with private sector and government.

Our Impact

As a result of our work with businesses an estimated four million people now have improved access to clean energy, whether that’s through efficient cooking stove or a solar powered device to charge their mobile phone.

 

Carbon finance fuels market for cleaner cooking technologies

GVEP has teamed up with the Uganda Carbon Bureau to help improve access to carbon finance for small cookstove producers.

Making solar lanterns accessible to women in rural Kenya 

The LED solar lamps not only serve as sustainable energy solutions to the women and their families, but will also save household budgets for lighting fuel spent on kerosene.

Renewable energy for a sustainable future: a video documentary

Through the Developing Energy Enterprising Programme, GVEP continues to nurture businesses so they can meet the needs of people in their communities.

 

 

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