The Borehole Rehabilitation Project in Rwanda prevents approximately 120,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually by providing clean water from 150 million litres of water from rehabilitated boreholes, eliminating the need for boiling water using firewood. This impacts over 68,000 people positively by avoiding cases of diarrhea and fatalities while also conserving about 85,000 tonnes of wood.

1. Environmental Social Health
120,000 tonnes CO2
prevented annually
Positively impact on
15.000 infants
Clean Water supplied:
150 Million litres
annually, equal to 60
olympic swimming pools
Approximately 85,000
tonnes of wood saved
Total positive impact on
68,000 people
1,100 likely cases of
Diarrhoea avoided
70% less firewood
needed compared with
the traditional three-
stone fire
23,000 children positively
impacted
Likely cases of fatalities
avoided: 100
Borehole Rehabilitation Project in Rwanda
About LIKANO
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in the development of climate protection
projects. Our projects are certified under the
Gold Standard, the most widely respected
certification standard globally for carbon
offset projects. The projects generate high
quality emission reductions with the focus
on social, health and community benefits to
the families within the project area, in
addition to carbon savings. For purchases of
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Michael Novoszad, Managing Director
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Johannes Naimer, Sales Manager
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Climate protection starts with clean water
Gatsibo is a largely rural district in Rwanda in
which local people typically use wood fuel on
inefficient three-stone fires to purify their
drinking, cleaning and washing water. This
process results in the release of greenhouse
gas emissions from the combustion of wood.
This can be avoided if a technology that does
not require fuel (like wood or fossil), supplies
the clean water desired by households. The
rehabilitation of boreholes helps to prevent
the carbon emissions through the provision of
clean water, thereby removing the need to
boil the water to purify it.
While tackling climate change caused by the
combustion of unsustainably harvested
biomass, the project also reduces pressure on
woodlands and wildlife, and deminishes
atmospheric pollutants inside the owner’s
homes.
Applicable UNFCCC Methodology: Gold Standard Technologies and Practices to
Displace Decentralised Thermal Energy Consumption V.1
Scale: Gold Standard Micro-Scale (10,000 tCO2 available per VPA)
Project Registered: GS1247