To refresh minds, Carbon Manna is a carbon micro credit scheme invented by my folk David Palella, a San Diego based entrepreneur with the cause of the poorest of world's rural populations in heart.
The project aims at creating an incentive for rural people to offset their carbon footprint through the adoption and use of high-efficiency charcoal stoves, in lieu of burning the limited wooden resources. Carbon Manna system is based on existing infrastructure and uses simple mobile text message to transfer micro credits on recipients mobile devices. The good news is that mobile phone penetration amongst world's rural individuals has reached levels comparable to those in developing countries.
I came across this brilliant idea during MBA classes and fell in love with it, as I was fascinated by its simplicity and its exclusion of the middleman, hence zeroing any corruption risks and any form of admin costs. Another point fort which I immediately caught is its ability to stand firm against rampant inflation which is often a plague in poor spots.
Charcoal Stoves Distribution in Kenya (Carbon Manna Implementation)
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