Fuel Efficient Stoves for Darfur

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Fuel Efficient Stoves for Darfur

Summary

The project will manufacture and distribute low-cost fuel-efficient metal stoves in Darfur. Our stove design is field tested, fuel-efficient in breezy conditions, and can be manufactured in-country. read updates from the field

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	$25 - Buys the raw material for a fuel efficient stove
	$50 - Buys a tool kit for a team of blacksmiths to manufacture the stoves and earn an income
	$100 - Buys three stoves including training of users, provision of fabrication tools to local blacksmith
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Women and the families of internally displaced persons in Darfur risk rape and mutilation as they make long trips to collect fuel. Women buying fuelwood face hunger and malnutrition from skipped meals because: they have insufficient funds to purchase wood or they have sold part of their food rations to get money for wood. A more fuel-efficient stove reduces the number of wood-collecting ventures made by IDP women and increases the number of cooked meals possible from purchased wood.

Activities

Designed through a collaboration between the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Engineers Without Borders, and CHF International, the new model is being produced in Darfur and being distributed to displaced families in the camps.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $44,894
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $205,106
Total Funding Goal: $250,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The stoves need 75% less fuel than current stoves. They pay for themselves in about two months. They reduce exposure to rape, hunger, physical hardship, and humiliation. Also, they help in the recovery of the nearby vegetation and local environment.

Project Message

The stoves, which are 75% more fuel-efficient than traditional models, are making a major impact, particularly for women from the camps who would otherwise spend several hours a day collecting wood.
- Naila Mohamed, Senior Program Officer for Sudan

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Erin Mote,
Manager of Resource Development
CHF International
8601 Georgia Avenue, Suite 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3440
United States
(301) 587-4700
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Project Sponsor

CHF International

Organization

CHF International
8601 Georgia Ave, Suite 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910
United States
301-587-4700
http://www.chfinternational.org

Learn more about CHF International and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Sudan and can also be found under Environment.

For more information about Sudan, read the Human Development Report on Sudan or the Wikipedia entry for Sudan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 16, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 14, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Stoves & Baskets and a Story of Inspiration

By Erin Mote - Manager of Resource Development , October 16, 2008 01:22 PM

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