Peko Pe Stove, Fuels, Charcoal vs Firewood
Paal Wendelbo, Norway, paaw@online.no, June 2008

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Insights Into Fuel Efficiency and the Dissemination of Mud and Ceramic Stoves in Southern Africa
Peter Scott, Biomass Energy Consultant, December 23, 2007
Lorena 2 Pot 2003

Shielded One Pot 2003
Dear all

Fuel Efficient Stove Programs in IDP Settings - Summary Evaluation Report, Uganda
Academy for Educational Development for USAIDi, September 2007

Introduction: Evaluation Objectives

Around the world, conflict and natural disasters have displaced millions of people. Displaced populations fleeing to settlement camps and seeking safety in host villages often put great stress on natural resources, leading to environmental degradation and conflict with local populations. One of the greatest needs of all people affected by crisis, be they displaced, settled or on the move, is firewood or other types of fuel to heat their homes, cook their food, and treat water for drinking and food preparation. The risks endured (especially by women and children) collecting sometimes scarce wood resources constitute some of the most challenging and serious protection concerns both in IDPi camps and in villages where the conflict over resources is high.

USAID’s Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDAi) has been one of the key US Government funders of humanitarian agencies implementing fuel-efficient stove (FESi) programs in IDPi settings. The FESi programs are intended to help the agencies accomplish various goals, such as improve food security or decrease deforestation, by reducing fuel consumption. However, the large number of implementers, their varying motives and degrees of expertise, and differing conditions within and among IDPi communities have made it difficult for OFDAi to determine the relative efficacy of the FESi interventions and provide guidelines for USAIDi-funded entities working in IDPi settings.

Therefore, OFDAi enlisted the assistance of the USAIDi Energy Team to undertake a multi-phase evaluation in order to derive “best practices” for future FESi interventions. While the primary purpose of this evaluation is to provide guidance to USAIDi-funded organizations, USAIDi hopes to inform the broader humanitarian community by sharing the results of the evaluation with them as well. Eventually, the best practices will be developed into a series of recommendations and toolkits for use by NGOs, donors, and other groups operating FESi programs in IDPi settings.

AIDUGANDA: Why are these Women Carrying Stoves on their Heads? and Other Images from Uganda and Darfur
Ken Goyer, AidUganda, October 2007

Aiduganda has been installing stoves in Uganda and Darfur. The following are links to images and videos from those activities courtesy of Ken Goyer.

Why are these Women Carrying Stoves on their Heads?

Cooking with the standard pot in Darfur

SixBricks Rocket stoves in Lira Refugee Camps

Preparing Cassava for mingling into posho

Mingling Posho on the open fire

Mingling Posho on the SixBricks Rocket Stove

Cooking Beans on the SixBrick Rocket Stove in Hut

Institutional Barrel Stoves in Northern Uganda: Theory vs. Reality
Damon Ogle, Aprovechoi Research Center, February-March 2007
FredaPerforms Controlled Cooking Tests

Biomass Consumption in rural areas: The Vulnerability and Resilience of Local Communtiies in the Face of Forest protection in and Around Mabira

Uganda: Ssebunya Uses Banana Peelings to Make Charcoal

From Richard Stanley Legacy Foundation to Steve Amodio in Burkina Faso on Presses December 14, 2006
Subject: response to your report on Burkina Faso...

Richard:Steve,
This is in response to your email sent earlier, below in which several issues are presented.

Steve: We set out to build three pressed I had designed during our initial month of talks. We were grossly inefficient in 
spending, but we produced three presses to try out in three villages.

Richard:The press you designed is clever. Thought I'd share a few other designs with you too.

1) A hinged base with a miniature ladder arrangement, the rungs of which provide a multi position pivot for the lever, from Mozambique Keith and Alberto of the SPARK association outside Maputo: Shown is Alberto with bqs in hand lever leaning against cylinder. with mini ladder welded on ot top end of cylinder. I think it hinges at base to open for briquette release.
Contact: ketoooo@fastmail.fm

Production of Sixbricksi Rocket Stoves in Uganda and Darfur 2006
Ken Goyer, AidAfrica, International Lifeline Fund, November 12, 2006

Dear Tom,

GTZ-Projects in the sector of household energy with financial support of DGIS (Dutch Directorate-General for