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FUEL-EFFICIENT COOKSTOVES IN MALAWI, AFRICA
We introduced the fuel-efficient cookstove in Africa to communities in Malawi to provide a safer and more sustainable alternative to the three-stone fire. They are known locally as the Changu Changu Moto (Fast Fast Fire).
Problems
Three-stone fires use three to four bundles of wood each week
This amount of wood takes three to five hours each week to collect
Three-stone fires produce a lot of smoke
Children are more at risk from burns
Solutions
Each Changu Changu Moto fuel-efficient cookstove uses only one bundle of wood per week
It produce less smoke and the fire in the
cookstove is contained and is therefore much safer with less risk of burns
The cookstove benefits from being a double burner
It is cheap and easy to build
https://rippleafrica.org/project/fuel-efficient-cookstoves-in-malawi-africa/
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UN Global Climate Action Awards Activity Database Improved Cook Stoves for East Africa - Rwanda
Improved Cook Stoves for East Africa - Rwanda
This initiative is taking a market-based approach in stimulating Rwandan households to switch to better kitchen practices and save firewood. “Improved Cook Stoves for East Africa” extends a successful project from Malawi to Rwandan women for them to locally produce improved cook stoves, which improve their quality of life and help address the problem of climate change.
Fast facts:
3,425 households reached
1.75 tonnes of wood saved per household per year
More than 250 men and women directly involved
The problem
Many East African households depend on biomass for cooking and heating. In Rwanda, 95 percent of people use solid fuels for cooking, while further south in Malawi, biomass meets 93 of energy needs. But dependency on solid biomass such as firewood is harming the environment, as overharvesting of wood degrades the land and contributes to climate change. Burning wood for fuel also causes indoor air pollution that adversely affects populations that are already disadvantaged, in particular women and children.
The solution
Companies Hestian Innovations and Billem Innovations are heading up a project for women in Rwandan communities to install and sell a clay-based, more efficient Canarumwe stove. Production is simple and partially mechanized, and uses local materials. Along with stove installation, households are also trained in a variety of practices to better manage the kitchen and improve fuel efficiency.
Imparted efficiency measures include collecting small branches instead of cutting down whole trees, growing their own fuel, and using dry firewood that minimizes smoke emissions. Good kitchen management practices include usage of only a small quantity of firewood, dry firewood only, a lid on pots to retain heat, soaking beans before cooking, and preparing all ingredients before lighting the fire. The initiative also encourages households in Rwanda to consume less firewood, and consider trying other forms of solid biomass such as crop residues and briquettes.
Helping the planet
The project aims for efficient and sustainable tapping of natural resources - using less forest resources at the household level helps preserve such resources for the community. Leaving trees standing allows them to carry out an important carbon-storage function, addressing the problem of climate change.
Collecting less firewood from forests can also prevent erosion and sedimentation of rivers, which is harming ecosystems and hydropower generation. Using more efficient stoves also means less air pollution, both indoors and out.
Helping people
Households save time, effort, money, and possible bodily harm by utilizing more efficient cook stoves. Stoves improve quality of life by reducing exposure of especially women and children to smoke. They also allow Rwandans to invest more time in activities besides collecting firewood. Through money generated by selling stoves, they are able to do things like pay school fees, improve their homes, and buy livestock.
Spillover effect
The Rwandan project is to some extent a replication of a similar project in Malawi. It’s still in its beginning stages, targeting households in 11 of Rwanda’s 30 districts.While low-income rural households are currently being targeted, the project will eventually include middle-income households as well as other biomass efficiency projects, such as green charcoal production, green brick production, and development of productive thermal appliances.
https://unfccc.int/climate-action/momentum-for-change/activity-database/momentum-for-change-improved-cook-stoves-for-east-africa-rwanda
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