By Dr. LeRoy Boikai | President/CEO
The past year has been challenging for VIP to make progress with its cook stove project in Liberia. Several grant applications to help launch the project were unsuccessful. Improved cookstove technology is advancing in Ghana with a number of ventures already penetrating the market with locally produced stoves because they have received capital to manufacture and develop a distribution network throughout parts of the country.
Liberia remains an untapped market for improved cookstoves in West Africa. Due to limited financial resources, VIP has been unable to pursue a larger pilot study on improved cookstoves at this time or to advance this enterprise to the manufacturing stage.
We are pursuing new grant opportunities and partnerships that we hope will yield positive results in 2017. We want to be one of the first to introduce new technology in cooking that has the potential of reducing household air pollution and reducing deforestation caused by a high demand for charcoal and firewood.
We note with gratitude the ongoing support we are receiving from you, our donors. The funds you have provided have allowed us to purchase a sample rocket stove being used in Liberia and to locally produce a sample rocket stove in Liberia for field testing.
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