GS1247 VPA 33 Improved Kitchen Regimes : Kaliro Safe Water Project

Audit Analysis

The Kaliro Safe Water Project (GS1247 VPA 33) is a Gold Standard safe drinking water project in Uganda with confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but it is burdened by an extraordinary volume of material findings, a 0% leakage deduction that was reduced from 5% in the PDD without clear justification, no buffer pool, and a project-specific baseline. The verified usage rate exceeds the assumed rate, which is positive, but the sheer number of open corrective actions and unresolved forward action requests across multiple verification cycles raises serious concerns about data reliability and project management.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction reduced from 5% (PDD, 2023) to 0% (verification report, 2025) with only a 'deemed negligible' justification — no quantified analysis documented for the change
• ⚠Over 50 material findings (CARs, CLs, FARs) accumulated across verification cycles, with multiple open items including missing fNRB calculation spreadsheet, missing GPS-located photos of all water systems, and unresolved SDG indicator documentation
• ⚠Usage monitoring method discrepancy: the 2024 monitoring report references smart metering while the 2025 verification report states annual survey — a less robust method
• ⚠fNRB value inconsistency: 0.8 in the 2025 verification report versus 0.82 in the 2022 validation report and material findings note a correction to 0.82

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