Impacts

We contribute to SDGs

Efficient, low-maintenance stove with reduced health risks, time savings, and long-lasting performance

  • Service life of 30 years
  • 61 % less wood/garden waste and less time spent collecting it

Improved health through fume-free cooking and enhanced hygiene

  • Air quality meets European standards

Women are the primary beneficiaries

  • 98% of direct beneficiaries are women trained in stove use and kitchen hygiene
  • Tree planting and care is equally shared between women and men (50/50)

Use of local renewable fuels

  • 500 households per year (approximately 4,000 people per year) are benefitting from efficient, clean cooking

Local production and job creation, skill training, and community empowerment

  • 12 permanent jobs and 350 part-time jobs are created
  • 6 artisans are trained in steelwork
  • 12 - 15 community savings and credit groups are established across villages

Local stove production

  • 500 stoves with flue gas systems are manufactured & installed per year and the beneficiaries are trained
  • Stove owners contribute 60 locally fabricated bricks for installation of their stove

Reduced CO2 emissions and tree planting


Eased pressure on forests

  • afforestation (tree planting)
  • use of high wood-fuel efficient stoves
  • awareness creation on environmental protection
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