 |
|
Stoves ready for distribution |
|
| Description |
The Berkeley-Darfur Stove is more than a stove. It equates to safety, improved nutrition, the opportunity to earn an income and the chance the environment needs to recover. It's an awful lot for a small stove to promise but the Berkeley-Darfur Stove delivers. Because of the efficiency of the stove – four times more efficient than traditional 3-stone fires and two times more efficient than clay stoves.
This stove fully encloses the open flames, and thus substantially reduces the danger of the dense straw-and-stick shelters burning down because of open fire cooking. The stove produces much less smoke and thus reduces smoke inhalation in the cramped shelters during indoor cooking. |
| Editor's Comments
|
**** |
| Primarily For
|
Nutrition |
| Other Purposes
|
Energy, Environmental, Environmental Preservation, Forest Preservation, Innovation, Nutrition |
| Climate |
Cold, Dry/Arid, Tropical |
| Emphasis |
Communities, Individuals |
| Effort to Implement
|
Simple |
| Maximum Cost |
$
30 |
| Why |
It's a life raft, a call to action and proof to Darfur refugees that their problems have not been forgotten.
Imagine having to knowingly put yourself at grave risk just to feed your family. Imagine the fear of being hours from safety with no hope of protection. Imagine having to rely on food rations to live — and being forced to sell some of them to buy wood just to avoid the risk of rape. No one should have to image this yet it is reality for thousands of women every day in Darfur.
The stove itself is nothing more than a handful of metal pieces but combined with creative problem solving and engineering innovation, it becomes a symbol of hope. It can keep women safe and help them provide better nutrition to their children. Because the stove frees women from hours of searching for fire wood, they can reallocate that time to money-making ventures like weaving mats.
But it's not just hope for Darfur families. It's hope for Darfur itself. Since it uses significantly less fire wood than a traditional three-stone fire, the Berkeley-Darfur Stove gives the environment a chance to recover. And that's really all that Darfuris want — a chance to recover. |
| URL(s) |
http://darfurstoves.org
|
| Availability Limits |
Currently limited to Darfur |
| Resources |
|
| Email |
minifarms@gmail.com |
