GS1247 VPA 178 Zoba Debub Community Boreholes

Audit Analysis

A community borehole project in Eritrea displacing thermal energy for water heating, with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but undermined by a significant baseline water-boiling-test correction, a usage-rate contradiction (95% applied vs. a 90% cap mandated by the BAMG), a leakage-deduction discrepancy between the PDD (5%) and the verification report (0%), and a long list of open corrective actions and forward action requests that raise data-reliability concerns.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline Water Boiling Test value corrected from 0.3 kg to 0.8892 kg because the original test inadvertently used kerosene; the correction was required as a CAR and indicates the initial baseline was materially misstated.
• ⚠Usage rate of 95% was applied in the 2024 verification report, yet the material findings record a BAMG-mandated cap of 90%, implying a ~5.6% over-claim for the period.
• ⚠Leakage deduction is 0% in the 2024 verification report ('deemed negligible') but the PDD (2023) specified a 5% deduction; the justification for the change is not documented.
• ⚠Dozens of open corrective actions and forward action requests remain unresolved, including duplication checks for user lists, grievance-evidence submission, and dry-season water-consumption field tests.

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