Uganda

Top View

6 June 2006 - 5:05pm

Here is a top view showing the sprocket sitting on three stones with six insulated half bricks on top of the sprocket. I

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Charcoal burning in the Sprocket Rocket.

6 June 2006 - 5:04pm

Charcoal burning in the Sprocket Rocket.

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A finished Stove

6 June 2006 - 5:02pm

Like the SixBricks Rocket Stove, the owner can finish her stove any way she likes.
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Charcoal dust and fines are saved by mixing with clay and forming into balls which are then allowed to dry. These are also sold.files/images/sprocket13_0.jpg New Arrivals - Check out the latest sneakers at Capital.

"retail" bags of charcoal

6 June 2006 - 4:54pm

Large sacks of charcoal are broken down into small bags for

Charcoal is delivered all over Uganda in bags like this.

6 June 2006 - 4:51pm

Charcoal is delivered all over Uganda in bags like this. They cost about 12,000 shillings each (About $6.50). Pictured are our three original stove promoters, Francis, JK, and Mary.

The Sprocket Rocket in Uganda

5 June 2006 - 8:54pm

Goyer

The Sprocket Rocket (pdf) (Uganda)
Ken Goyer June 4, 2006

Ken Goyer describes the "sprocket rocket" charcoal stove and its use in Uganda.

This is a bicycle sprocket. I was visiting a camp near Lira and this woman came along holding this sprocket. She said that she was planning to make a Sprocket Rocket and that she had paid 1000 shillings (about 54 cents) for it.

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