Darfur
Cookstove Project
The Darfur Stove Project is a non-profit organization based in the bay area dedicated to the design and local-production of fuel-efficient cookstoves for refugees in Darfur, Sudan.
The Details
In June, 2006 the local chapter of Engineers Without Borders collaborated with Lawrence Berkeley National Labs to develop a fuel-efficient cookstove for refugees in Darfur, Sudan. To facilitate the long-term sustainability, both organizations wanted to produce and distribute the stoves within the camps. The stoves have several benefits: providing women in the camp with a measure of safety, are four times more efficient than traditional 3-stone fires, require less foraging of fire wood by the women outside of the camps.
In spring 2007, D2M engineers participated in a brainstorm to help the EWB-Darfur Stove project lead investigate various low-cost fabrication methods of a high-cost component of the stove. Our engineers painted a picture of the tools, skill set, and materials available in Darfur to generate several solutions that would help reduce part and consequently assist in the dissemination of this technology to thousands of refugees.
Support the Darfur Stove Project at darfurstoves.org.