Cooking over a traditional open fire or chimney-less stove can cause increased health problems brought on from the smoke, particularly lung and eye ailments, but also birth defects. The health problems associated with cooking using biomass in traditional stoves affect women and children most of all as they are the ones who spend the most time near the domestic hearth. Replacing the traditional cook stove or open fire with an improved one and venting the smoke out of the house through a chimney can significantly improve a family’s health.
The primary goal of smoke-free stoves is the reduction of the negative health impacts associated with exposure to toxic smoke from traditional stoves.
Our Chimneys for Chiul programme brings together local and international volunteers and provides training for local masons. Families are self-selected by the community itself, and comprises mostly widows and orphan families. Such a simple thing can make such a difference in the life of a child or adult, protecting their eye and lung health so that they won´t be prone to pneumonia and even blindness. And the cost is low: just $360 (£225) for 15 years of life for each member of the family.
The primary goal of smoke-free stoves is the reduction of the negative health impacts associated with exposure to toxic smoke from traditional stoves.
Our Chimneys for Chiul programme brings together local and international volunteers and provides training for local masons. Families are self-selected by the community itself, and comprises mostly widows and orphan families. Such a simple thing can make such a difference in the life of a child or adult, protecting their eye and lung health so that they won´t be prone to pneumonia and even blindness. And the cost is low: just $360 (£225) for 15 years of life for each member of the family.
