PROJECTS

Clean cookstove

implementing partner

We have deployed thousands of clean cookstoves across Uganda and Rwanda. The impact on the planet and the lives of the thousands of people in need – the rural poor – is immediate and significant.

Nearly 2.4 billion people cook their meals using inefficient three-stone fires, typically three-stone fires that burn solid biomass fuels, like wood & charcoal. They’re inefficient, unhealthy, dangerous, and a major contributor to carbon emissions worldwide.

In the growing movement to promote the adoption of clean cooking, we are leading the world.

How we’re solving it

Together with our Partners, we deploy efficient, improved cookstoves that can be readily deployed to the people who need it – with lasting benefits for their families, communities, and the planet. And we’re deploying them at scale – currently over 1,000 stoves per month.

In the growing movement to promote the adoption of clean cooking, we are leading the world.

Benefits

Better health thanks to reduced exposure to toxic off-gassing and particulate matter in biomass smoke (PM 2.5 concentration reduced by 47%)

Reduced injuries from lifting and carrying wood, burns, and animal attacks when collecting firewood

Better food – thanks to the efficient cooking process

Less drudgery – 2 hours per day less time spent collecting heavy wood for fuel (often collected many kilometers away from their villages)