Clean Cooking

Many villages in the Mbale region currently cook and purify water by boiling large pots over open wood fires, causing devastating loss of local forests and serious indoor and outdoor air pollution. Our team, including Institutional Energy Systems (IES), BURN Mfg, and hundreds of community members, has co-designed a water pasteurizer and 60-L cookstove.  The stove includes a pasteurization-based system that burns very small amounts of biomass to operate, produces about 400L of water per hour, and has been tested and proven for safety. The stove and pasteurizer have proven to reduce wood and charcoal consumption up to 95% and can dramatically increase local capacity to clean water and cook food while preserving the biodiversity of the region.  Early success with this project will provide the groundwork to attract additional experts, teachers, regional partners, and youth to expand their innovations.