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Rahel Shigela artisan stove maker near Mwanza
Rahel Shigela, an artisan stove maker who lives near Mwanza in northern Tanzania.
Rahel has been making clay pots and stoves for 20 years, but has recently received training in how to also make 'clean cookstoves', as part of a UK-supported programme being implemented by the Dutch NGO SNV.
The sign behind her is her brand identity, Jiko Shigela, which she developed with the help of SNV. It reads:
"Clean stove, nice fire, little money".
"Enjoy cooking today!"
The clean cookstoves can use wood or charcoal for fuel, but use less of either, and produce less smoke, than traditional open fire cooking - meaning they're more fuel efficient, and less harmful in terms of the fumes they emit. This in turn means that people have to spend less money on buying charcoal, less time collecting firewood, and are less exposed to smoke and fumes that affect their health.
The SNV project ensures consistent quality of cookstoves through training and the introduction of standardised production methods. Since the start of the project in 2012, about 28,500 people have benefitted from clean cookstoves across Tanzania's Lake Zone.
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development
Rahel Shigela artisan stove maker near Mwanza
Rahel Shigela, an artisan stove maker who lives near Mwanza in northern Tanzania.
Rahel has been making clay pots and stoves for 20 years, but has recently received training in how to also make 'clean cookstoves', as part of a UK-supported programme being implemented by the Dutch NGO SNV.
The sign behind her is her brand identity, Jiko Shigela, which she developed with the help of SNV. It reads:
"Clean stove, nice fire, little money".
"Enjoy cooking today!"
The clean cookstoves can use wood or charcoal for fuel, but use less of either, and produce less smoke, than traditional open fire cooking - meaning they're more fuel efficient, and less harmful in terms of the fumes they emit. This in turn means that people have to spend less money on buying charcoal, less time collecting firewood, and are less exposed to smoke and fumes that affect their health.
The SNV project ensures consistent quality of cookstoves through training and the introduction of standardised production methods. Since the start of the project in 2012, about 28,500 people have benefitted from clean cookstoves across Tanzania's Lake Zone.
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development