Dear Stakeholder,

Effective Climate Solutions 1 FZCO (“ECCS1”) and its affiliates will implement carbon project activities in Malawi for the proposed Gold Standard Programme of Activities (PoA) ‘Effective Clean Cooking Biomass Solutions Program for Africa’. The proposed projects are being developed with the objective of displacing the use of traditional, low efficiency cookstoves households in Malawi. This will be achieved through the distribution and installation of modern & improved cooking devices (including improved wood and charcoal cookstoves).

The PoA will be managed by ECCS1 and its appointed affiliates. In this context a series of Local Stakeholder Consultation (“LSC”) live meetings have been planned in Malawi. The LSC meetings will be carried out to gather feedback from all local, affected and interested stakeholders, including non- governmental organizations, women groups, research institutes and organizations/individuals working on topics related to the project activity, policy makers on a national and state level as well as for local people, communities and or representatives who are directly or indirectly affected by the project.

Please note that this Local Stakeholder Consultation would also be valid for any other Voluntary Project Activities (VPAs) implemented later in Malawi under the proposed PoA ''Effective Clean Cooking Biomass Solutions Program for Africa’’, provided that the VPAs are homogeneous, i.e. deploy the same stove type(s), target the same end-users and consist of the same project boundary.

ECCS1 invites all interested parties to attend one of the following Local Stakeholder Consultation meetings:

• 14th April 2025, 8:30 am to 13:00 pm in Lilongwe-Malawi Crossroads hotel,

P.O Box No: 1, Post Dot Net, Crossroads Complex, Lilongwe, Malawi.

• 15th April 2025 8:30 am to 13:00 pm in Lilongwe-Malawi New Dawn Lodge

Along the Bypass Road, New Dawn Lodge Complex Building, Lilongwe, Malawi.

• 17th April 2025, 8:30 am to 13:00 pm in Blantyre-Malawi Crossroads hotel, Crossroads Mall.

Blantyre, Malawi.

Stakeholders who cannot physically attend the meeting have the possibility to participate online through Zoom. The login details are the following:

• 14th April 2025, 8:30 am to 13:00 pm in Lilongwe-Malawi Crossroads hotel,

Meeting Zoom Link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/agVR1OJfRkiViZkzux4VqQ

• 15th April 2025 8:30 am to 13:00 pm in Lilongwe-Malawi New Dawn Lodge

Meeting Zoom Link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZdcnHXjFQx6plQPLrPapIQ

• 17th April 2025, 8:30 am to 13:00 pm in Blantyre-Malawi Crossroads hotel, Crossroads Mall.

Meeting Zoom Link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Xu-V1dTFQVGJewFBauepIw

Please find attached a Non-Technical Summary of the project.

In case of any questions or for further details and project information prior to the consultation, please write to us via email to:

• Stanley Kahira, Project Manager-Carbon operations (stanley.kiriungi@burnmfg.com).

AGENDA OF THE LOCAL STAKEHOLDER CONSULATION LIVE MEETING:

• Reception – Signing participants list (8.30 am)
• Introduction & Project presentation (9:00 am)
• Questions and comments on the project (9:30 am)
• Safeguarding Principles Assessment of the project (10:30 am)
• Sustainability assessment of the project (11:15 am)
• Discussion on grievance mechanism and monitoring of sustainable development impacts (12:15 pm)
• Evaluation forms and closure of meeting (12:30 pm)
• Cooking demonstration (12:45 pm)
• Lunch (13:00 pm)

Okondedwa Okhuzidwa,

Kampani ya Effective Climate Solutions 1 FCZO (“ECCS1”) ndi makampani othandizana ake ikuyambitsa zochitika za pulogalamu yosamalira chilengedwe (kaboni) pogwiritsa ntchito ndondomeko za Gold Standard: "Njira Zabwino Zophikira Pogwiritsa Ntchito Nkhuni ndi zina Zothandiza Kuteteza Chilengedwe mu Africa.

Zochitika za pulojeketi imeneyi zokhazikitsidwa ndi cholinga choletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mbaula za chikale zomwe zimaphika mosayenera m’makomo mwathu kuno ku Malawi. Izi zikwaniritsidwa podzera pogawa mbaula zamakono zophika moyenera pogwiritsa ntchito makala kapena nkhuni.

Pulojeketi imeneyi ikuyendetsedwa ndi Kampani ya Effective Climate Solutions 1 FCZO (“ECCS1”) ndi makampani othandizana ake. Kotero, misokhano ya anthu onse omwe ali okhuzidwa yakonzedwa kuno ku Malawi kuti timve maganizo ndi ndemanga za onse okhuzidwa kuchokera kumagulu osiyanasiyana monga awa; mabungwe omwe si a boma, magulu a amayi, sukulu za ukachenjede, atsogoleri a m’dera, nthumwi zochokera ku mabungwe omwe amagwira ntchito mofanana ndi za polojeketiyi, komanso onse okhuzidwa mwachindunji kapena mosadziwika.

Dziwaninso kuti misokhano imeneyi izatsimikizira ntchito za ma polojeketi ena omwe akugwira m’dziko muno molingana ndi ndondomeko za pulogalamu ya Njira Zabwino Zophikira Pogwiritsa Ntchito Nkhuni ndi zina Zothandiza Kuteteza Chilengedwe mu Africa” omwe akupereka mbaula za mtundu wofanana ndi zapulogalamu yathu, anthu Ofikiridwa ndi ofanana, komanso malire a zochitika za polojeketi ndi ofanana.

A “ECCS1” akuitana anthu onse omwe ali ndi chidwi pa zochitika za polojeketiyi kuti atenge nawo mbali pa zokambirana zimenezi popezeka ku misonkhano yomwe yakhazikitsidwa motere;

• 14th April 2025, 8:30 am to 13:00 pm in Lilongwe-Malawi

Crossroads hotel,

P.O Box No: 1, Post Dot Net, Crossroads Complex, Lilongwe, Malawi.

• 15th April 2025 8:30 am to 13:00 pm in Lilongwe-Malawi New Dawn Lodge

Along the Bypass Road, New Dawn Lodge Complex Building, Lilongwe, Malawi.

• 17th April 2025, 8:30 am to 13:00 pm in Blantyre-Malawi

Crossroads hotel,

Crossroads Mall, Blantyre, Malawi.

Kwa omwe sangakwanitse kukhala nawo pa misonkhanoyi, pali mwayi wozatsatira zokambirana kudzera pa ZOOM, ndipo ndondomeko yakalowedwe ili motere;

• 14th April 2025, 8:30 am to 13:00 pm in Lilongwe-Malawi Crossroads hotel,

Meeting Zoom Link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/agVR1OJfRkiViZkzux4VqQ

• 15th April 2025 8:30 am to 13:00 pm in Lilongwe-Malawi New Dawn Lodge

Meeting Zoom Link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZdcnHXjFQx6plQPLrPapIQ

• 17th April 2025, 8:30 am to 13:00 pm in Blantyre-Malawi Crossroads hotel, Crossroads Mall.

Meeting Zoom Link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Xu-V1dTFQVGJewFBauepIw

Dziwani zambiri ya polojeketi imeneyi mwachidule powerenga gawo ya mbiri ya polojeketi yomwe yaikidwa limodzi ndi uthengawu.

Ngati pali mafunso kapena mukufuna kudziwa zambiri za polojeketi imeneyi tsiku la msonkhano lisanafike, muntha kulemba kalata kwa a

Stanley Kahira, Project Manager-Carbon Operations (stanley.kiriungi@burnmfg.com)

Tikuyerekeza kuti dongosolo la msokhano lizayenda motere;

DONGOSOLO

• Kulandira Alendo – Kalembera wa anthu oitanidwa (8:30 am)
• Kufotokozera za polojeketiyi (9:00 am)
• Mafunso ndi ndemanga pa zochitika za Polojeketi (9:30 am)
• Kuwunika ndondomeko ya katetezedwe ka zochitika mu Polojeketi (10:30 am)
• Kuwunika kukhazika kwa zochitika mu Polojeketi (11:15 am)
• Kukambirana njira zopelekera madando komaso kuwunikira za Chitukuko Chokhazikika m’dera (12:15 pm)
• Kawuniwuni wa m’mene msonkhano wayendera komanso kutseka msonkhano. (12:30 pm)
• Chiwonetsero cha Mbaula (12:45 pm)
• Nkhomaliro (13:00 pm)