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Concern Universal

Marcus Brigstocke presents The Radio 4 Appeal for Concern Universal.
Registered charity No: 272465
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Thu 17 Apr 2014 15:27

Concern Universal

There are now over 56,375 families in Malawi using a ‘Flower Pot’ stove thanks to , an international development charity based in Hereford, UK.Ìý We are leading a national programme to help getÌý 2 million fuel-efficient ‘flower-pot’ stoves out to rural families by 2020.Ìý These stoves allow women and children to spend more time at work or at school, they reduce the amount of deadly smoke inhaled, help save wood and encourage tree planting.Ìý

With nine country programmes across Africa, Asia and Latin America, we find long-term solutions to poverty.Ìý Reaching over 2 million people each year, other projects include; providing boreholes for safe water, training families to grow enough food, providing micro-finance loans in rural villages and irrigation schemes for drought areas.ÌýÌýÌý These are just some of over a hundred projects that Concern Universal implements to help families living in extreme poverty around the world.

Nefa Kaliati

Nefa Kaliati
Nefa from Ching’ombe village, Makwangwala, Malawi, uses her stove to cook food for her five grandchildren and to keep warm after sunset.

Stove Production group

Stove Production group
Women from Mg’anja village in Dedza stove production group show off their newly fired stoves ready to sell to other villagers.

Woman using fuel efficient stoves

Woman using fuel efficient stoves
As the flowerpot stoves use such a small amount of wood, many women use more than one stove at a time to allow them to boil water and cook food.Ìý

Women making clay stoves

Women making clay stoves

Concern Universal trained groups of women in Mbengo village, Balaka, how to mould clay into ‘sausage’ shapes, before using the moulds to produce stoves to a carefully tested template.

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  • Thu 17 Apr 2014 15:27

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