Monday, September 21, 2009

CETAF Trials Stoves in Aileu to Improve The Health of Villagers

One of the stoves - at Paster Pedro Soares in Fahisoi village, Lequidoe sub district


CETAF have funded a project to build 7 of these stoves in different villages in Aileu as pilots (trail versions). The stoves are use 75% less firewood (helping reduce deforestation and soil erosion) but more important for villagers they minimise carbon monoxide emissions that in cramped huts damage lungs and shorten life. CETAF's September 2009 delegates looking at how successfully they were used during the visit.

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