Project presentation
In Myanmar, 90% of the population relies on traditional cookstoves that consume large amounts of wood or charcoal, contributing to deforestation. These stoves also produce harmful smoke that negatively affects both the environment and human health. Women are the most affected, as they are the primary users of cookstoves and are traditionally responsible for collecting firewood.
The project aims to improve households' access to fuel-efficient cookstoves, whose use helps reduce forest degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. By using these improved stoves, women spend less time collecting firewood and are therefore able to devote more time to other activities.
Local artisans are trained to manufacture and sell the improved cookstoves, creating new employment opportunities within local communities.
