Cooking Stoves for Flood Victims in Pakistan

AHD Field office Jacobabad team Introduced Smokeless Stove in are being circulated in rural and tribal areas with the objective of introducing hassle-free cooking and a healthy environment for women in their homes

Village women using Traditional stove and facing lot of problems

Many deaths every year caused by acute lower respiratory infections, the leading causes of disease and mortality which are the offspring of indoor pollution and lung congestion caused by the use of traditional stoves emitting smoke. A majority of villagers usually cook on the earthen stove or a three brick earthen burner which over a period of time is responsible for lung disease and blurred vision.

A hut enveloped in smoke and women trying to put up with burning eyes is a common sight in village homes. The eye-sight of hundreds of women is being affected besides causing respiratory problems to them due to inhaling of smoke. On the environmental front, there is a massive consumption of firewood and carbon emissions.

After the result of AHD smokeless stove a villager destroy his traditional stove

The smokeless stove technology being promoted by AHD for the villages of U/c Mubarakpur Jecobabad District. The villagers using less firewood, besides having salutary effect on their health and eyesight. More importantly, the time saved can be utilized by them towards increasing their economic gains. The introduction of smokeless stove  had contributed to conservation of firewood, hygienic cooking atmosphere, reduction in health hazards, and cooking time and diffused deforestation.

Contributing to the Future

Any contribution you can make towards stoves or planting trees will be put into a fund so that when we are able to move forward with a building program, we are prepared.  Please choose from these option: The innovativeness of the smokeless stove program lies in the fact that it is completely localized. From the design of the stove to the method of dissemination, every step has been implemented keeping in mind the rural women’s needs. AHD  conducted a survey among rural women to understand what they want from a cook stove.

EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

The foremost achievement of the AHD’s stove dissemination program has been its impact on the lives of several women in U/c Mubarkpur of  Jecobabad district . At one level AHD has created rural women energy entrepreneurs, giving these women a new lease of life. At another, it has made available effective smokeless stoves which reduce the drudgery that rural women face during their daily cooking. The smokeless stove initiative adopted a strategy that involved women in all aspects of dissemination.

Capacity Building

AHD provides training to rural women to construct their own smokeless stoves. AHD field team conducts trainings for 15 villages in March 2013 of U/c Mubarkpur.

Name of village with number of Beneficiary

SUCCESS STORY of Cooking Stove by Mrs. Shanti near Matli

Mrs. Shanti w/o Jewan Dass age 36 years, resident of village Kermshi Kolhi near Matli. The village has more than 73 families and they are using traditional stove for cooking purposes & the wood is also the responsibility of women to pick from outside the village. As huge work burden the health of the village women has been effected and major problem across smoke has affected the eye of  Mrs. Shanti and no of women and children of the village Kermshi Kolhi . women get up early in the morning and work all the day by preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner and also contributing in agricultural lands as well as care of animals and their grass all work done by village women. The traditional stove hasn’t any chimney and proper place for exhaustion of smoke. Since AHD staff conduct visits in the village during early 2012 and introduced  their FES cooking stoves in the village of Kermshi Kolhi. Mrs. Shanti helped AHD staff and learned cooking stove construction. She also the core group members of the village women group. FES cooking stove has chimney to through smoke 5 to 6 feet high and women get smoke free coking environment.

Mrs. Shanti personally thankful to Global Giving & AHD staff for the training on FES cooking stove and now their whole family and village enjoying safe and smoke free cooking environment. She told no more eyes affected of any village women and children since June 2012 and now they will use AHD FES cooking stove in future.

for more please feel free to contact usat: ahdpak@gmail.com or Ph: +92-22-3860880

More than 1500 cooking stove constructed by AHD staff in Flood affected areas for poor women to have access to safe and smoke free cooking environment

AHD staff busy in supporting Flood affected families via preparing cooking stove at their household level, with limited resources and budget AHD staff intervene and facilitated local women to construct new cooking stove and save women health, wood from fire, women time as cooking stove running two stove in one time and also reduction in cutting of trees too much. AHD vision to bring Environmental Sustainability and all AHD staff busy to support local and rural communities, in this regard your support will help us to spread our work more  and on large scale for please feel free to contact us at Ph: +92-22-3860880 and email: info@ahdpak.org or ahdpak@gmail.com our website is www.ahdpak.org

Or can contact direct to Miss Gulnaz Munawar at +92-334-2616305 or can call to Mr. A. Khurshid Bhatti, President//CEO at +92-333-2661682

Dear Donors

First of all, I would like to thank you for supporting our INNOVATIVE project for WOMEN in rural areas, having safe cooking environment which improving their health. Their 50% time, 50% wood saved and safe from fire, women in their village houses using this technology and enjoying the cooking stove facility. Since last 6 months we recover very limited donation to thus project, we request all of you to support our this project which is now benefiting the Flood Affected families in Badin & Thatta districts.

Hope this report will be useful for you all to see the progress and working of INNOVATIVE COOKING stoves in rural areas of Matli, Gularchi and Jati areas. for more please feel free to contact us 

with best wishes & warm regards, AHD women team, can contact or send email at gulnaz.hr@ahdpak.org ph: +92-22-3860880 website: www.ahdpak.org

Cooking stove (Fuel Efficient Stove) installation in 250 families

AHD staff organized meetings and field visits among 10 women groups for construction and awareness of Fuel Efficient Stoves. Since last 3 months some 250 new cooking stoves constructed in villages. Advantages of Fuel Efficient stove are told to these women as well as disadvantages of traditional stoves which are health hazardous and consume more wood fuel. Then it is demonstrated how to construct cooking stoves and are installed in their homes per unit at each house

women happy and using cooking stoves at their village level

for more please feel free to contact us: +92-22-3860880 or email: ahdpak@gmail.com or cell no. of Mr. Khurshid Bhatti, President/CEO, AHD Hyderabad Pakistan is +92-333-2661682

with thanks