Dear Stakeholder,

Burn Manufacturing Co its affiliates and related entities ('Burn') will implement voluntary carbon project activities in Malawi under the Gold Standard Programme of Activities (PoA) “Clean Cooking Biomass Solution Program for Africa”. In this context, a Local Stakeholder Public Consultation will be carried out for 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 in the Republic of Malawi under “Clean Cooking Biomass Solution Program for Africa” PoA, provided that they are homogeneous, i.e. deploy the same stove type(s), target the same end-users and consist of the same project boundary.

Burn Manufacturing Co its affiliates and related entities ('Burn'), as the project representative, are pleased to invite you to participate in the following Local Stakeholder Consultation meetings:

Lilongwe – Malawi
Date: 7 April 2026
Venue: Sogecoa Golden Peacock Hotel, Presidential Way, Area 13, City Centre, Lilongwe, Malawi
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/09pm6C08TfuRLj9j1lXqfQ

Lilongwe – Malawi
Date: 8 April 2026
Venue: New Dawn Hotel, Along Bypass Road (1.1km from Bunda Roundabout), Lilongwe, Malawi
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/yZZZDv7LRrSVIeL2Q8AO8g

Blantyre – Malawi
Date: 10 April 2026
Venue: Sogecoa Golden Peacock Hotel, Glyn Jones Road, Mandala, Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2jBqzkqTSAqYAWRtobITaA

Stakeholders who cannot physically attend the meeting will have the opportunity to participate online via Zoom. The login details will be shared before the meeting.

Please find attached a Non-Technical Summary of the project. In case of any questions or if you want further details and project information prior to the consultation, please write an Email to the Project manager Stanley Kiriungi via his email address; stanley.kiriungi@burnmfg.com or give a call to Kelitah Lufesi, Ecoa climate capital MRV coordinator in Malawi, (+265 991 845 523).

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)

Kuitanidwa ku Msonkhano wa Anthu Okhudzidwa M’dziko la Malawi wokonzedwa pa
VPAs pansi pa Pulogalamu ya Gold Standard PoA ‘Clean Cooking Biomass Solutions
Program for Africa’.

Okondedwa Okhuzidwa,

“Kampani ya Burn Manufacturing Co, ndi mabungwe ake omwe ali mgwirizano komanso mabungwe okhudzana (‘Burn’), ipanga ntchito za projekiti zokhudzana ndi carbon mwanjira yolunjika ku Malawi pansi pa Pulogalamu ya Gold Standard Programme of Activities (PoA) ‘Clean Cooking Biomass Solution Program for Africa’. M’mudzi mwa izi, kupezeka kwa Local Stakeholder Public Consultation kudzachitikira kwa onse omwe ali nawo chidwi komanso okhudzidwa, kuphatikizapo mabungwe opanda boma, magulu a akazi, mabungwe ophunzira ndi mabungwe/omwe ali ndi chidwi pa nkhani zokhudzana ndi ntchito ya projekiti, komanso otsogolera ndondomeko pa mzinda ndi boma, komanso anthu am’mudzi, madera kapena oyimira omwe akhudzidwa mwachindunji kapena mwachinyezi ndi projekiti. 

Chonde dziwani kuti Local Stakeholder Consultation iyi idzakhala yogwira ntchito komanso kwa ntchito zina zilizonse za Voluntary Project Activities (VPAs) zomwe zikuchitikira ku Republic of Malawi pansi pa Pulogalamu ya ‘Clean Cooking Biomass Solution Program for Africa’ PoA, pokhapokha zitakhala zofanana, mwachitsanzo kugwiritsa ntchito mtundu wosakanikirana wa stove, kulimbikitsa ogwiritsa ntchito omwewo, komanso kukhala ndi malire a projekiti omwewo.”

Kampani ya Burn Manufacturing Co, mabungwe ake omwe ali mgwirizano komanso mabungwe okhudzana (‘Burn’), ngati oyimira projekiti, akuyembekezeka kukuitanirani kuti mutenge gawo m'misonkhano yotsatirayi ya Local Stakeholder Consultation:

Lilongwe – Malawi
Tsiku: 7 April 2026
Malo: Sogecoa Golden Peacock Hotel, Presidential Way, Area 13, City Centre, Lilongwe, Malawi
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/09pm6C08TfuRLj9j1lXqfQ

Lilongwe – Malawi
Tsiku: 8 April 2026
Malo: New Dawn Hotel, Along Bypass Road (1.1 km kuchokera ku Bunda Roundabout), Lilongwe, Malawi
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/yZZZDv7LRrSVIeL2Q8AO8g

Blantyre – Malawi
Tsiku: 10 April 2026
Malo: Sogecoa Golden Peacock Hotel, Glyn Jones Road, Mandala, Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2jBqzkqTSAqYAWRtobITaA

Anthuwu omwe sangathe kukhala pamsonkhano mwamunthu adzakhala ndi mwayi wokhudzidwa pa intaneti kudzera pa Zoom. Zotsatira zolowera (login details) ziperekedwa musanayambe msonkhano.”

Chonde pezani Chidule Chosavuta Kumva (NTS) ya projekiti m’phokoso la cholembera.

Ngati muli ndi mafunso kapena mukufuna zambiri za projekiti musanayambe msonkhano, chonde lembani imelo ku Project Manager, Stanley Kiriungi, kudzera pa imelo yake:

stanley.kiriungi@burnmfg.com

kapena foni ku Kelitah Lufesi, Ecoa Climate Capital MRV Coordinator ku Malawi, (+265 991 845 523).

NDONDOLE YA MSONKHANO WA LOCAL STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION
WOKHUDZIRA MWAMUNTHU

▪ 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)