WEA’s collaboration with WISE has had a transformative impact in Nigeria. In regions severely impacted by climate change, deforestation, poverty, and violence our work focuses on empowering women’s eco-entrepreneurship to improve families and communities’ health and safety, reduce deforestation, increase household savings, and form networks to advocate for clean energy at the local and national levels.

Starting in 2015, WEA and WISE began implementing programs for women leaders which included clean cookstove business training, leadership and advocacy skill development, and financing for clean cookstove purchasing. 

In the face of COVID-19, WEA and WISE have worked together to help build the capacity of social entrepreneurs who expressed that one of their top priorities was to create sustainable ways to earn a living. Since the pandemic started, 60 women leaders have received training and support to launch their own micoenterprises and generate income through the sale of clean energy cookstoves and charcoal briquettes. 1,600+ community members have attended events focused on women-led climate solutions and women's health, brining about economic, health, and sustainability improvements in Kaduna and surrounding regions.