Western Pacific University has partnered with Sydney based environmental sustainability company Tasman Environment Markets (TEM) to roll out its Cookstove Project here in Southern Highlands.

WPU has come forward as a vital partner for TEM, who are rolling out a cookstove project here in Southern Highlands, particularly Ialibu-Pangia and Imbonggu. As the main academic institution here in the eastern end of the Highlands region, TEM are grateful for the new relationship endeavored by both organizations to rollout this important project.

Having signed a Memorandum of Understanding in February of 2024, the partnership is now 8 months in running, with collaborative efforts between both organizations saw 20,000 units of the cookstove being shipped from Kenya to Western Pacific University where the containers will be house, as well as hold the offices for the TEM team.

The partnership was further strengthened by a visit to site by TEM CEO Adrian Enright as well as Dr. Gabriel Machovsky-Capuska, TEM’s Director for International Projects. Mr. Enright talked on significance of the partnerhsip with Western Pacific University, fostering ties with its a leading higher education institution in Southern Highlands Province which is essential to the rolling out of the cookstove project. He added that the success of this partnership could lead on to additonal areas that the TEM can partner with the University in.

For more stories on the Cookstove project in Southern Highlands Province, click to link to read more on Tasman Environment Markets website https://www.tasmanenvironmental.com.au/insights/creating-lasting-impact-connecting-carbon-finance-clean-cooking-and-communities/