June 19th, 2008 - OurPledge.org (AADG)  Permalink  View & Add Comments

The Darfur Stoves Project

Every day, women living in the refugee camps of Darfur, Sudan must walk for up to seven hours outside the safety of the camps to collect firewood for cooking, putting them at risk for violent attacks. Now, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have engineered a more efficient wood-burning stove, which is greatly reducing both the women’s need for firewood and the threats against them.

Watch the video below (from KQED QUEST). You can also read more about the Darfur Stoves Project here.