Mbaula za Makono, Banja la thanzi (Improved cookstoves, a healthy family) project – Dowa District

The purpose of this Gold Standard Project is the distribution of fuel-efficient improved cookstoves (ICS) in Malawi. The ICS distributed will replace the existing practices of cooking over an open fire(with an efficiency of 15%), or on low-efficiency traditional cookstoves. The ICS burns non-renewable woody biomass more efficiently, thereby improving thermal energy transfer to pots(thermale efficiency of 30.63% without remaining char and 36.76 with remaining char). Not only shall the envisaged project save fuel wood and reduce greenhouse gases (CO2 and non-CO2), it also creates additional SDG benefits such as improved health and well being, reduced time for fuel collection and cooking for women, and improved educational possibilities and outcomes. Specifically, health benefits arise from the reduction in hazards from indoor air pollution (smoke), and improved rights and educational outcomes are obtained from the reduction in time spent collecting fuelwood. The 'Mbaula za Makono, Banja la thanzi' project in Malawi aims to reduce wood consumption for cooking, thereby mitigating deforestation and improving health outcomes by providing cleaner, more efficient cooking solution