Less Time Gathering Firewood. More Time Saved.
In many communities in Bidibidi, reproductive health is rarely discussed openly. WCI creates respectful spaces where women, girls and young people can get reliable information and make their own decisions.
What women get back each day
Time spent on firewood and household chores, per day.
262 households have made the switch
Women told us what firewood cost them: long walks that took most of the day, smoke that caused coughs and sore eyes, and meals stretched to once or twice a day to save fuel.
Now we can have breakfast, lunch and dinner in my household.
Rose, a mother in Bidibidi
How the fuel gets made
Savings groups produce the stoves and briquettes locally. A motorised briquette machine can turn out up to 2,000 kg a day, and a solar drier keeps production going when the weather turns.
Not everyone trusts briquettes yet, and we say so. That is why cooking demonstrations in the villages matter. Seeing a pot boil with no smoke does more than any talk.
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Clean cooking is one part of how women in Bidibidi lead on climate.