$10 will provide a family in the Tulum refugee camp with a mud "Safe Stove." Darfur Women Network trains women in the camp to make and sell mud stoves, giving them an income source. The stoves significantly affect families' lives, reducing the health hazards associated with traditional cooking methods of an open fire and reducing the amount girls need to make the dangerous journey to gather fuel for the fire.
Families in the Tulum refugee camp use traditional wood-burning cooking stoves, which can be costly and hazardous. These refugees have no consistent source of income, and children suffer malnutrition. Firewood scarcity due to deforestation leaves women and girls vulnerable as they trek long distances into dangerous high-conflict territory, which puts them at risk for rape and violent attacks. In addition to safety issues, smoke inhalation and fire hazards are a constant concern.
We train 20 women time to make mud stoves, and then Darfur Women Network buys them and distributes them to families in the camp at no cost to them. The stoves only require sticks to burn so women can gather the necessary fuel much closer to the camp, greatly reducing the chance of being attacked while gathering wood and eliminating the need to cut down trees. In addition, the mud stoves produce much less smoke, which is beneficial for the health of the refugees.
Safe stoves significantly impact families' lives. They help reduce the health hazards associated with traditional cooking methods and protect girls from dangerous situations. Providing women with training to make these stoves empowers them and provides a source of income. In 2023, DWN successfully provided 890 safe stoves to refugee families. Once every family in the Tulum Camp has a safe stove, DWN plans to replicate this program and offer safe stoves to the remaining 11 refugee camps.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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