By Markus Faigle | Volunteer
In our last project report we announced that the team in consultation with the community and the parent’s associations had decided on a new pre-requisit to attend a Zahana school: that the family uses an improved cookstove in their home. The public schools also adopted the new Zahana principle for school their attendance.
The use of improved Zahana cookstove as fee to attend Zahana school has helped to convince parents of the benefits of this approach, bringing small changes in their kitchen with big environmental impact. ‘Before’ numbers are from the last report. ‘Now’ are the 22/23 school year.
Before: 58% Now: 65.4% in Analakely
Before: 88,7% Now: 88.7% in Tsaramandroso
30% Now: 50% in Fiarenana
33% Now: 74.8% in Fiadanana
The biggest impact was in Fiadanana. With the biggest school, with now 2 buildings, almost 200 students and 5 teachers paid by Zahana they are our ‘first’ village. We built their first school in 2006. Over time we had the feeling the community in Fiadanana was becoming complacent and took Zahana’s presence for granted.
We are very happy to report, that a very simple formula ‘not using an improved cookstove = no kids in school’ spurred many parents to action. And we have the numbers to prove that: A jump from 33% to 75% in the adoption of improved cookstoves in their homes.
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