Why Clean Cooking

Three billion people (as depicted in the photo below) cook on open fire stoves worldwide and the effects are responsible for approximately 4 million premature deaths annually.

Massive deforestation, as well as contribution of several tons of CO2 and black carbon to our planet’s fragile atmosphere, make it a huge contributor to climate change.

Women, often holding or caring for a child, spend several hours of their day collecting fire wood, maintaining the fire and cooking for their families, putting their health at risk and themselves at a disadvantage compared to their male counterparts for higher education, possible career choices and other household duties or income possibilities.