I was aware that the Creche Project had partnered with the International Humanitarian Foundation to provide each creche family with a smokeless cookstove. Recently I accompanied Selvum and Sixton to observe an installation first hand. We found grandmother and creche child's brother at home, anxiously awaiting our arrival. The village families are thrilled to receive these stoves, a vast improvement over traditional open cooking fires which fill the one room homes with smoke that irritates the lungs and stings the eyes. By enclosing the fire and adding a chimney there is a significant reduction in indoor air pollution.
It was a hot day and a steep climb to the house with the materials needed to install the stove. (Masks are on order to replace the handkerchief!)
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