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Mila Rano

Community based

Clean Water

The Mila Rano project aims to provide safe drinking water to households in rural communities in southern Madagascar.

Tulear, Madagascar

VCS – Verified Carbon Standard

SDVISta – Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard

3936

Because clean water is a source of dignity, health, and time regained

In rural Madagascar, unsafe water fuels disease and deforestation, as families boil it with wood—risking health, trees, and the climate.

5 solar-powered systems now deliver clean water to 3,999 households—cutting biomass use in half and restoring dignity to daily life.

By constructing solar-powered water supply systems, Mila Rano provides safe drinking water, reducing the need for boiling and thereby decreasing the consumption of nonrenewable biomass.

Avoided emissions, safe water access for 24,800+ people, restored time, and 165 jobs created across rural Madagascar.

Deliver safe, accessible drinking water

Cut emissions from wood-fueled boiling

Reduce deforestation and resource strain

In southern Madagascar, water is hard to find—and even harder to trust. What’s available is often unsafe. Those who can afford it boil it using firewood, cutting trees and breathing smoke just to avoid disease.
Mila Rano, meaning “needs water” in Malagasy, meets that need. With 5 solar-powered systems now serving 3,999 households, CCC and its local partner Madaprojects are bringing clean, drinkable water to communities—no boiling, no smoke, no forest loss.
Health improves. Time is saved. And water becomes a right, not a risk.

Fetching water was never just about thirst. In Tulear, it meant hours lost walking long distances, boiling polluted water with firewood, and risking health with every sip.
CCC partnered with Madaprojects, a local organization, to flip the script—installing solar-powered water systems, reducing emissions, and backing it all with a carbon finance model that turns climate action into safe water and stronger communities.

Health risks

Contaminated water spreads disease. Boiling it doesn’t always make it safe—and smoke from firewood adds respiratory threats.

Environmental pressure

Burning wood to purify water accelerates deforestation and depletes already fragile ecosystems.

Lack of access

In rural Madagascar, families walk far for untreated water and wood—risking health and losing time for school, work, and rest.

Safe drinking Water Systems

Households engaged

Solar-powered units deliver microbiologically safe drinking water.

Households no longer rely on firewood to purify unsafe sources.

Forests are spared, emissions reduced, and health risks cut.

Local teams trained to operate and maintain the water systems.

150 jobs created during construction; 15 during ongoing operations.

Skills, wages, and dignity flow into communities alongside water.

5 systems installed across 5 rural towns, serving 3,999 households.

Nearly 25,000 people now have daily access to clean, safe water.

Less time spent collecting water means more time for life.

Though not all impacts are monetized, the benefits go far beyond offsetting

Cleaner water means fewer illnesses, safer routines, and better futures.

The value of dignity, time, and health can’t be measured in tons.

Environmental Impact

We brought clean water into the heart of the community

~13,565 tCO₂e avoided during the monitoring period
50% reduction in firewood use for water purification
Safe, drinkable water for 3,999 households across 5 towns
Reduced pressure on forests and fewer emissions from wood burning