We are a company based in Kenya working on Clean Stove research and development, with local stove production in Lower Karen Nairobi Area. We believe using agricultural waste to cook food can help and slow down the rate of deforestation and help reduce global warming. We also use agricultural waste that is a surplus in the animal food chain or not in the the food chain at all. The waste produces charcoal which can be used for cooking another meal or as an additive soil improvement to help crop yield where required. Using our type of stoves helps to reduce indoor pollution and health related problems.
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Our Focus
The type of stoves we are developing in Kenya uses any woody biomass as well as traditional firewood as a fuel source. We use waste products that are either surplus in the animal feed chain or not used in it at all. The main advantage of our stove is that it offers the lowest forms of indoor pollution which will help in reducing health risks associated with tradition stoves. The stove uses a form of technology that burns off most of the harmful gases which would create indoor pollution and allows the user to start cooking within a short period of time.
We make the stoves within the country of the end users to help create jobs within the local community; we find that most clean burning stoves in the market are not affordable to most people, so we aim to make stoves locally, user friendly and mostly important affordable.
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
In Sub Sahara Africa there is the lack of awareness and understanding of renewable biomass energy and a poor understanding of indoor air pollution. With a small amount of training most people grasp the benefits of this type of stove and can clearly see why its better to use than the traditional type of stoves.
We plan to hold meetings with local leaders to facilitate this into the local community to create few social barriers. Our renewable energy policy will help to promote family health and reduce child mortality. We simply try to reverse traditional cooking methods i.e. three stone fire. The whole project can be taken to schools to show young children new practices and then they can talk with their parents about new methods to create a safer environment and promote health in the family.
We plan to hold meetings with local leaders to facilitate this into the local community and work with self help groups that can access the youth in Kenya and help in creating localised employment. We aim to keep it simple so that most people can understand our aims and help in community development.
We will use the same methodology in all our projects unless different localised reasons cause us to change. The project will be within the scope to end users, who will benefit the most from it.
We have designed a system to monitor the use of the stove and fuel by the end users, from this data we will be able have a clearer understanding of how the stoves and fuels are being used. The main purpose is to collect data to improve educational training and how we can improve what is happening on the ground.
Relevant Publications or Studies
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Our Contribution to the Partnership
We believe strongly that we can add a lot to the the forum in helping reduce indoor pollution, reducing peoples health risks in Africa and sharing information once we have understood the data. We aim at disseminating affordable technologies to the large populations.
