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Hussein, an artisan stove maker in Mwanga, Tanzania
Hussein D'Oto, an artisan potter making a 'clean cookstove' in Tanzania.
Hussein has been making clay pots for 18 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 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.
Hussein is already using one of the cookstoves in his own home, and can already produce up to 50 clay stoves per day. He's now looking to partner with a local metal worker, so that they can be clad and then sold in larger towns where there is lots of demand for them.
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
Hussein, an artisan stove maker in Mwanga, Tanzania
Hussein D'Oto, an artisan potter making a 'clean cookstove' in Tanzania.
Hussein has been making clay pots for 18 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 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.
Hussein is already using one of the cookstoves in his own home, and can already produce up to 50 clay stoves per day. He's now looking to partner with a local metal worker, so that they can be clad and then sold in larger towns where there is lots of demand for them.
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