Tag: eco stoves

Advent Calendar – highlighting projects & children – day 11

Sarah’s blog 11/12/2023

It’s the 11th December already! Today we are highlighting the Eco Stove Project. Chancy is one of the young men who has been making eco stoves for the most vulnerable people in the community.

Eco stoves are made of brick and mud and are an enclosed method of cooking. These are far safer than cooking on an open fire, especially when children are around or elderly people are cooking. As it is an enclosed method of cooking, it holds heat for longer and can give off a lot of heat if sitting near it. Eco stoves use far less fuel because they are enclosed, so they are much better for the environment as less wood is needed for cooking.

If you’d like to support this project or one of our other projects then please donate at https://gofund.me/d3cf8c3a or email contact_us@changinglivesmalawi.com Thank you for supporting us to continue Changing Lives Malawi, Sarah x

Cooking Club

The cooking club learning to cook sweet potatoes on an eco stove

Sarah’s blog 04/07/23

Levison sent these photos of The Cooking Club. They are all age 8-10 learning how to cook sweet potatoes. These sweet potatoes are the first of the crop that was planted by the students at Bright Futures Secondary School a few months ago. These children are being supported by Jean and Loveness and look so pleased with what they have achieved.

Growing their own food, learning skills for life and having choices and chances will surely lead to a brighter future for each of these vulnerable children? They are using an eco stove to cook on….it is far safer than an open fire for cooking on, it uses less wood and retains heat for longer. Welding Engineers had kindly supplied funds for several of these to be made. Thank you for reading, Sarah x

Three young men, a sponsor & a plan (part 2)

Sarah’s blog 8/3/22

I recently told you that three young men; Chancy, Manase and Lameck were making eco stoves for the villagers. Traditionally it’s the women who do the cooking so these eco stoves are making a hard life just a little bit easier for these women. They are delighted with their new stoves that use less wood, retain more heat and are safer to cook on. So on International Women’s Day we are very glad these women have new stoves that also help the environment.

A generous sponsor is paying the wages of these three young men so they are being paid whilst they set up their business and gain in confidence. You will see the difference in Chancy from his previous photo. As well as eco stoves they are going to be making bricks for future buildings. If anyone would like to sponsor a young person to go to school or to start work then please do get in touch contact_us@changinglivesmalawi.com Thanks for reading, Sarah x