Annex 3: Guidelines for Construction of Institutional Energy Saving Stoves

KMT has recommended the “Rocket” stove as the preferred institutional stove to be constructed
in ASAL schools under the School Development Fund project. IIRR-KNEF will therefore follow
the guidelines below as they implement this component in Marsabit county to support 40 schools
to install the rocket stoves.
1. Selection of trainers
The KMT has held discussions with GIZ ENDEV Kenya to recommend appropriate trainers to
support the roll-out of the SDF projects in the ASALs. Given that the technology is new in Kenya
and has been introduced through GIZ ENDEV projects, there are only a handful of ToTs in the
country. KMT has held discussion with Improved Stoves Association of Kenya (ISAK). GIZ
ENDEV and ISAK have since recommended a list of ten trained artisans to help SDF partners in
the roll-out of construction in their respective counties. Mr Francis Maingi, from the Improved
Stoves Association of Kenya (ISAK), will be the master trainer supervising other trainers. Each
county will be allocated two designated artisans/lead trainers.
2. Pre-selection of trainees
As mentioned during the partner’s planning workshop in March, the timely selection of ten Rocket
stove construction trainees at the county level is important for successful implementation of the
institutional stoves at school level. KMT encourage partners to prioritise and start the process of
identifying potential trainees in April.
Please refer to the pre-selection criteria attached for selecting trainees. It is important that pre-
selection criteria are adhered to, as this will ensure maximum impact and sustainability of this
project intervention in each county.
3. School identification and assessment
KMT recommends that during the baseline survey (to be done immediately after formal approval),
partners identify schools likely to benefit most from institutional stoves1. To determine the size of
stoves and materials required the following data should be collected:
i) The type of structure and dimensions of the existing school kitchen is an important factor
to determine appropriate size.
ii) Enrolment data to determine size of school population and total numbers currently
provided lunch
iii) Type of oven currently in use
iv) Amount of fuel wood or charcoal used currently per month and cost (obtain from school
management and cook)
v) Type and quantity of food cooked on a daily basis for children and teachers
vi) Type of energy used, source and quantity
vii) Cost incurred on fuel wood or charcoal
viii) Related challenges such as, health e.g. symptoms experienced from smoke, fire
outbreaks (frequency)

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The school assessment must include other stakeholders such as the County Education Directors and
county government to avoid duplication of resources and ensure objective need based prioritization.
4. Procurement of construction materials
Immediately after the school based assessments have been completed, the data should be sent
by email to the two selected trainers. These trainers will calculate the size of oven and materials
required for each school2, based on the data provided.
IPs in the same county are encouraged to coordinate their procurement3after calculations for
materials are received from trainers, to ensure timely delivery of materials to the sites.
Given that some of the materials need to be procured from Nairobi, it is important that these
materials are procured and delivered before the start of training of artisans at the county level.
4. Proposed Approach of Implementation
KMT has held discussions with both GIZ ENDEV and ISAK as to the most appropriate approach
for effective and timely implementation of this component.
It is important to note that one of the primary objectives of the project is to enable replication of
technologies beyond the project schools. Availability of skilled artisans at the county level will
enable technologies to be replicated at community level during and beyond the life of the project,
and is part of the project’s Influencing, Dissemination and Exit(IDE) strategy
The following approach has been agreed upon by KMT and ISAK.
4.1 Step 1: Inception training at Tana River
Step 1 is for partners’ information only. To ensure quality standards are met in all counties, KMT
will arrange for the ten trained artisans/TOTs who will be trainers under this project, to participate
in refresher training4To have consistent designs and principles across all counties, the master
trainer (Francis Maingi) will conduct training in Tana River and use project schools to demonstrate
to artisan trainers the importance of keeping to the standard designs.
At the same time, the trainers under the supervision of the master trainer (Francis Maingi) will
train 10 artisans identified by partners from Tana River including theory and demonstrations to
ensure consistency in designs. This initial process of refresher training for the trainers and
demonstration for the Tana River artisans will take at least one week. Thereafter, the Tana River
based trainers will continue with the training of the 10 local artisans while the remaining 8 national
trainers will travel to their respective counties to start their individual county training at the
remaining four counties. The timing of these trainings needs to be closely coordinated between
the lead trainer (Francis) and lead agencies to reduce risks of not reaching the required outputs
on time.
4.2 Step 2: County based training

2In addition to the large ovens for students, please remember to budget for a smaller oven for cooking small
quantities of food.
3KMT will engage Clay works to negotiate costs of materials to be procured in Nairobi and communicate the

same to the partners. An official communication to introduce the partners will be done by KMT to Clay works.
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This will serve a dual objective. Firstly, to ensure that all trainers agree on the designs and appropriate
modification for different scenarios on the ground before they embark on their respective trainings at the
county level. ISAK had mentioned that many of the trained artisans have modified the designs to serve client
interest without understanding the implications on fuel efficiency.
 The county-based trainings of prospective artisans will be coordinated by the lead partner that
will also budget and arrange payments for the same. The training will take place for two weeks
(See proposed implementation timeframe).
The lead partner should closely coordinate with other partners in the county to ensure that artisans
(trainees) are pre-selected according to criteria and representative of the project target areas. At
least ten (10) local artisan trainees should be identified for training at an appropriate site close to
a number of schools where demonstration cook stoves can be constructed in at least two schools.
The training of the local artisans will include an introduction to the technology focusing on designs,
principles of operation, O & M and materials. Thereafter, the trainees will be divided into two
groups to construct further stoves (between 4-6 schools),under the supervision of the trainers.
At the end of the training, new volunteer candidates for on the job training should be identified
amongst the local newly trained artisans to replicate the skills and technology further at
community level. Once again pre-selection criteria should be applied.
4.3 Step 3: Roll out of technology by local artisans
Following the training of local artisans, the roll out of the technology to other schools will take
place for the duration of the project . Partners must decide whether and how to use all the ten
trained artisans or a selected few depending on recommendations from the trainers at the end of
the ToT training. This is important to ensure that the locally trained artisans deployed have the
appropriate skills to determine size and materials required for constructions in the subsequent
quarter.
In addition, the lead partner should follow up with Mr Francis Maingi at ISAK for possible
registration of the local artisans in the national association where they will benefit from possible
access to finance and new technologies.
4.4 Step 4: Training of community based artisans
As the trained local artisans roll out the constructions of the stoves at schools, it is highly
recommend that community based artisans should be given an opportunity to participate in the
construction son a voluntary basis. This is meant to impart the new skills to more artisans at the
community level
5. Proposed Timeframe for Implementation
KMT proposed the following timeline in the implementation of this cpmponent.

Activity Responsible March -15 April-15 May-15

Partner
Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk4 Wk 1 Wk2 Wk 3 Wk4 Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk4

Negotiation of cost of KMT

materials with Clay
works

Contract with Lead KMT/Lead

Trainer Partners
Identification of Lead
county specific Partners/Lead
trainers Trainer

Schools assessment All IPs

Share school data All IPs

with county trainers

Procurement of All IPs

materials

Lead Training at All IPs

Tana River

County specific ToT All IPs

training