What’s driving deforestation in Zambia is the same thing that is creating one of the country’s biggest health hazards: charcoal. So to help address both issues in one go, a group of volunteers is empowering women in Zambia with clean wood chip stoves which they can sell in their local communities at a small profit. By replacing charcoal-burning stoves with cleaner stoves, Zambia can reduce their reliance on coal to slow deforestation and stop families from inhaling carbon dioxide released when cooking, all happening while women earn a new source of income from selling the stoves and then continuing to provide the wood chips that fuel them.
This project is helping women support their families while curbing deforestation in Zambia
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