For people like Eunice Odhiambo,there is no more smoke in her kitchen since she started using a fireless cooker and (LPG).For many years women like Eunice have cooked on a typical three-stone wood fire-fires that expose their families to health problems caused by smoke. Practical Action has been working with people in these vulnerable communities training them about the hazards of smoke inhalation and looking at alternative means of cooking.
Since her training Eunice has changed her life for the better. She has purchased a fireless cooker and cooks with LPG, which has saved her time, reduced her cost of buying firewood, saved on hospital bills and reduced the smoke emissions in her kitchen. Visitors to her home, including her children who live in Mombasa, Kenya"s coastal city were so impressed they have ordered a cooker for themselves.
"I request Practical Action to keep up with the spirit of helping people especially women so that we reduce the kitchen smoke, which is a very serious hazard in our homes," Says Mrs.Odhiambo.
 
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