The stove system with firebox and chimney

• cooks their food with 60% less wood, reducing deforestation
• cuts cooking smoke in their windowless homes by 90%, reducing their family's respiratory disease
• reduces women's wood collecting time from about 20 to 7 hours weekly
• empowers teams of women who learn how to build and maintain the stoves and then teach others

View a short video on the stove system and solar energy system.

The solar energy system

• lights their windowless homes with solar energy instead of burning kerosene
• provides daytime and night time lighting, strengthening motivation to keep children in school
• provides cell phone charging in the home, avoiding fees and delays
• charges radio batteries with solar energy, eliminating frequent and costly purchase of low quality batteries to stay up with the news
• empowers teams of women and men who learn to install and maintain the solar systems and then teach others