A new “institutional” cook stove that will radically reduce fuel and air pollution was today launched by Envirofit Company in an effort to conserve the environment and prevent deaths.
Speaking on Friday at the launch held Makini School in Nairobi, the Envirofit Chief Executive Officer Mr. Ron Bills urged all school heads and administrators to embrace the new technology as it reduces fuel costs and air pollution.He said that most schools that use fuel for cooking spend approximately 20 to 50 percent in their annual budget.
“Through working with schools we can demonstrate the economic and social benefit of adopting clean cooking technology to house holds. When you use these traditional types of stoves, 90 percent of the fuels energy is wasted and the smoke generated is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day,” he said.
The National Coordinator of the Green Kenya Initiative Trust (GKIT) Mr Peter Odhengo, said that the government is conducting a research to come up with technologies that will make cooking healthy and not lethal while using the new cook stove.
“GKIT and the Ministry of health are collaborating to see how our women and children are catered for in order to reduce indoor air pollution that leads to diseases and deaths from the emissions of smoke and harmful chemicals,” said Odhengo.
Several head teachers including one Mr Titus Kioko from Ngelani Primary School, testified how their schools have benefited from the cook stove , noting that they have made huge savings as they spend less on purchasing firewood, which he said was more efficient as they use it three times.
“Before embracing the stove, our chef would start cooking at 6am and by 1.00pm lunch will not ready for the children. But now she starts at 10am and all the meals are cooked. With the new institutional stove, we can cook a meal of 300 students with just three pieces of wood,” said Kioko.
Among those who graced the occasion were the Director of the school Dr Mary Okello, CEO of Kaluworks Dr Manu Chandaria and US Ambassador to Kenya Mr Robert Godec.
By Peter Muthomi
“Through working with schools we can demonstrate the economic and social benefit of adopting clean cooking technology to house holds. When you use these traditional types of stoves, 90 percent of the fuels energy is wasted and the smoke generated is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day,” he said.
The National Coordinator of the Green Kenya Initiative Trust (GKIT) Mr Peter Odhengo, said that the government is conducting a research to come up with technologies that will make cooking healthy and not lethal while using the new cook stove.
“GKIT and the Ministry of health are collaborating to see how our women and children are catered for in order to reduce indoor air pollution that leads to diseases and deaths from the emissions of smoke and harmful chemicals,” said Odhengo.
Several head teachers including one Mr Titus Kioko from Ngelani Primary School, testified how their schools have benefited from the cook stove , noting that they have made huge savings as they spend less on purchasing firewood, which he said was more efficient as they use it three times.
“Before embracing the stove, our chef would start cooking at 6am and by 1.00pm lunch will not ready for the children. But now she starts at 10am and all the meals are cooked. With the new institutional stove, we can cook a meal of 300 students with just three pieces of wood,” said Kioko.
Among those who graced the occasion were the Director of the school Dr Mary Okello, CEO of Kaluworks Dr Manu Chandaria and US Ambassador to Kenya Mr Robert Godec.
By Peter Muthomi
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