Energy is a core pillar of sustainable development and is essential to meet basic human needs including cooking, lighting, heating, and accessing clean water. Yet, millions of displaced people around the world have inadequate access to safe and reliable energy. Improving refugee and host community households’ access to clean energy can improve their health and safety, reduce gender-based violence, reduce time spent on labour-intensive domestic chores, and provide opportunities for income generation including increasing women’s participation in the energy value chain.

With more than 1.55 million refugees, Uganda is Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country. LIVE IN GREEN recognizes that reliable energy is critical for poverty reduction and society’s social and cultural transformation. LIVE IN GREEN established Waste Recycling, Energy and Resource Recovery Centre in Kyaka II, which helps advance its goals by increasing refugee and host communities’ access to affordable, reliable and clean energy. The Centre focuses on increasing energy access for household and productive uses, decreasing reliance on biomass (Fire-wood & Charcoal), and increasing awareness and adoption of clean energy solutions.