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| Fuel-Efficient Wood-Burning Clay Stoves (Mbaula) Project, Nkhata Bay District, Malawi In Nkhata Bay District, 98% of the population use firewood for cooking. There has always been an abundance of wood and, normally, families use a three-stone fire. This consists of three bricks on which to balance a cooking pot, and the logs are placed between these. This is a very wasteful source of energy, and a family of five would probably burn 120 small trees per year. |
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RIPPLE Africa is setting up mbaula groups to make these fuel-efficient wood burning clay stoves. Mbaula have many advantages. Firstly, they use one third of the wood, reducing the annual usage of a family to 40 small trees a year; secondly, they produce less smoke which has a major health benefit; thirdly, they cook quicker; and lastly, they are portable. We are in the process of setting up 35 mbaula groups who will potentially make 20,000 units per year which could save 1.6 million trees. This project will not only have a huge benefit for the environment, but it will also provide sustainable incomes. To find out more about the mbaula (fuel-efficient wood burning clay stoves) project, please click on the link. We need to raise funds for... |
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