Summary

By addressing the main contributor to deforestation—the extensive use of firewood for daily cooking—this project protects the forests surrounding IDP Camps. This project measurable lowers carbon emissions and makes homes safer by giving families the cookstove. 

Reduced wood burning results in less harmful smoke, cleaner indoor air, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. This is because more fuel-efficient cookstoves are being produced.

How it works

Food is cooked over an open flame by 40% of the world’s population. This means that if trees are cut down daily, three billion people will not be able to eat a warm meal. Deforestation-related CO2 emissions can be avoided by lowering the fuel required for open-fire cooking. 

The Cookstoves maintain conventional cooking techniques while switching out inefficient fire pits and charcoal pots for a cleaner, more fuel-efficient option. The combustion chamber of the Clean Stove uses a ceramic liner to insulate it, lowering fuel consumption by 50–60%. The cost of the cooker is reduced through carbon financing, making it more affordable.

Why we chose it

This project not only eliminates the risk of women inflicting physical harm on themselves, but it also substantially improves health conditions, particularly for women and children. Additionally, it empowers the women by giving them a significant role in the project. 

Furthermore, without the need to gather firewood, women have more time to pursue handicrafting or other jobs and send their kids to school. The clean cooker will only burn hotter and cleaner, and it will also be quicker to use and cost less to fuel. Families will benefit from these time and financial savings, with women being the main beneficiaries.

The Location

More than two million people have been compelled to leave their homes due to the armed conflict in Nigeria. While some of them have now been internally displaced, others have sought safety in neighbouring nations. 

Camps for internally displaced people were established in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Borno, Benue, Adamawa, and other States of Nigeria to house Nigerians who had been compelled to flee their homes but were still present inside the nation.