Cook stoves: facts about Chad

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Solid fuels such as wood or wood charcoal are used by more than 95% of the Chadian population. These fuels are mostly burned either with the "three-stone" cookstove, or the traditional "wire cookstove." (see video)

However, according to the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, only 0.022% of the population used any form of improved cookstoves. The combination between poor cooking fuels and inefficient cookstoves creates a difficult environment for women, who still largely carry the responsibility of cooking, and gathering fuels. 

cook stove project

Offering clean Eco-Charcoal and proposing solutions for more efficient cookstoves go hand-in-hand. Seeking cleaner, safer environment for households opens doors to vocational opportunities in Chad. 

With the technical help of the East Africa Trust, ENVODEV will engage in preliminary tests in June 2013 to adapt the Rammed-Earth Cookstove to the Chadian socio-cultural context.

For more information about the Rammed-Earth Cookstove, visit: 

East Africa Trust
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Rammed-Earth Cookstove Photo: Courtesy of Tristan Cooper (East Africa Trust)

KEY FACTS - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

The World Health Organization (WHO) has established the following key figures*:
  • Around 3 billion people cook and heat their homes using open fires and leaky stoves burning biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal.
  • Nearly 2 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to indoor air pollution from household solid fuel use.
  • Nearly 50% of pneumonia deaths among children under five are due to particulate matter inhaled from indoor air pollution.
  • More than 1 million people a year die from chronic obstructive respiratory disease (COPD) that develop due to exposure to such indoor air pollution.
  • Both women and men exposed to heavy indoor smoke are 2-3 times more likely to develop COPD.

For more information, visit: World Health Organization.
*source: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs292/en/