Sunday 26 July 2009

Rwandan Stoves


Electricity and gas is very expensive, so most families cook with wood. This has lead to a very creative way of efficient cooking. The stove consists of 5 to 6 bricks (from clay and sand). This bricks are then built into the ground with an opening for fire wood. Only 3 pieces of wood is required to keep the cooking going for a whole day. More than one stove can be positioned adjacent to each other, with sand filling the gap in between to conduct heat from the one stove to the other. The normal amount of wood required for cooking has been reduced with a 3rd using this oven.This stove was invented locally and the people have now been contracted by the local authority to spread the stoves to the surrounding regions. You can buy a stove for just £15. And it’s easy transportable when you move. Just dig the bricks out of the ground and reassemble when you get to your new place. Any orders?

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