ESDS Market-Based Energy Access (E-Waste)
The Humanitarian E-Waste Network (HEWN)
The SUN-ESDS focuses on market-based energy solutions by providing global advisory services, implementing technical and financial measures and cooperating with relevant stakeholders in order to provide Access to energy for livelihoods in displacement settings. In Kenya, the project seeks to promote access to sustainable energy supply for refugees and their host communities in Turkana West Sub-county. The SUN-ESDS provided both technical and financial assistance for the construction of more than 40 km of low and medium voltage power distribution lines in Kenya's Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement which hosts approximately 47,000 refugees.
In 2021, SUN-ESDS established a working group called the E-waste Reduction in Displacement Settings, which was further re-named to Humanitarian E-Waste Network (HEWN). This group aims to minimize the environmental and health hazards caused by the accumulation of electronic waste in humanitarian crises and displacement situations. It serves as a platform for UN organizations, international organizations, NGOs, and others involved in the humanitarian sector to collaborate and advocate for responsible energy access and e-waste management in and around refugee settlements.
E-Waste Reduction in Displacement Settings
E-waste
