This project empowers rural women in Eastern Uganda to build and use improved cookstoves that reduce harmful smoke, save firewood, and improve family health. Through hands-on training and small business support, women will produce and sell clean cookstoves, creating income opportunities. The initiative will reach 2,000 households, helping protect forests, reduce climate impact, and promote sustainable livelihoods in vulnerable communities.
In Eastern Uganda, rural households cook on traditional three-stone fires, producing smoke that causes respiratory diseases in women and children. Women spend hours collecting firewood, limiting education and income opportunities. High demand for fuelwood drives deforestation, worsening climate change. Access to affordable clean cooking solutions is limited, leaving families exposed to health, economic, and environmental risks.
This project trains rural women in Eastern Uganda to build and use improved cookstoves from local materials. These stoves reduce smoke, use up to 50% less firewood, and cook more efficiently. Women receive entrepreneurship training to produce and sell stoves, creating income. Awareness campaigns will promote adoption, improving household health, saving time, protecting forests, and fostering sustainable livelihoods.
The project will improve health by reducing indoor smoke exposure, especially for women and children of 2,000 households. Families will save time and money from reduced firewood use. 500 rural Women will gain income and financial independence through cookstove businesses. Reduced deforestation helps protect the environment and combat climate change. Over time, communities will sustain clean cooking practices, creating lasting social, economic, and environmental benefits.
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