Low Tech/High Impact Cookstoves for Moroccan Women
Efficient wood cookstoves Morocco
Summary
Fuel-efficient cook stoves and ovens made from clay reduce women's hard labor for firewood collection, diminish harmful smoke, protect the environment, make time for more education & income generation
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Moroccan girls as young as 8 and women as old as 60 spend as much as 120 hours finding firewood for essential cooking and heating. Simple clay appliances can reduce this labor & decrease wood consumption by 50% (30,000+ tons of wood saved annually in 7 villages alone). Reduce health hazards & premature aging; increase enthusiasm/energy for education; make more time for income generating activities.
Activities
Provide fuel-efficient cook stoves and baking ovens to Berber village women in Morocco's High Atlas Mountains. Train local women leaders to teach other women & girls their use. Reinforce education/self-improvement & supplemental income.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,870
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,870 . The original project funding goal was $1,870.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.nefdev.org)
- Fuel-Efficient Cook Stoves for Moroccan Villagers (http://www.nefdev.org/main/news/article.aspx?id=511)
- 2005 Annual Report Morocco (http://www.neareast.org/main/annualreport/20)
- 'I Don't Really Like School...But My Father Says' (http://www.nefdev.org/main/news/article.aspx?id=521)
- Education Reform in Rural Morocco Obtains Funding (http://www.nefdev.org/main/news/article.aspx?id=497)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Demonstration that simple changes can signficantly improve quality of life for entire families. Far-reaching impact for continuing female education. Reversal of environmental degradation. Model for widespread replication.
Project Message
Before the project "I lived in total ignorance and had no hope that conditions could improve for either myself or my children."
- Fanna Aguerchaw, Woman leader from Iminoulaoune Rural Commune
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Roger Hardister
Regional Director, Near East Foundation
4, Ahmed Pasha Street
Citi Bank Building, 11th Floor
Garden City, Cairo, Egypt
Egypt
+(20) 20-2-7944726
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Near East Foundation (NEF)
90 Broad Street 15th Floor
New York,
NY
10004
United States
+1 (212) 425-2205
http://www.neareast.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Morocco
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Morocco, read the Human Development Report on Morocco or the Wikipedia entry for Morocco.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 6, 2006
Latest Update from the Field
Cook stoves and bake ovens distributed to 20 families
By Sarah Atwood - Development Associate, January 30, 2008 06:06 PM
Four additional training sessions on the use of the cook stoves will take place in February, in coordination with a public awareness campaign to better sensitize the community as a whole on the use of cook stoves and bake ovens. It is anticipated that the project will be completed by early March 2008.
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