Zahana Improved Cookstove Report May 2025

Zahana’s improved clay cookstove is one the product that brought large benefits to the villages, especially with its environmental impact by reducing the need of using firewood from trees to cook.

Together with the reforestation efforts, the villages are getting greener and greener. It also impacted on villagers’ everyday life both for users and local improved cookstove manufacturers.

Zahana introduced the use of cook stove in the four villages. We held a training in the village of Fiadanana

One of the very first cook stove manufactured during the training in 2019 is still used by our Midwife with no damage over 5 years later. She and her husband use it for everyday cooking. They only put few charcoal in the morning and can cook all their food for the day.

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