Clean kitchens, paid work and solar power for Nakivale.
75% less charcoal used. Cooking time cut in half. Less indoor smoke in refugee homes. 3 young refugees employed on renewable 12 month terms. Seasonal paid work for women who collect household waste. Less deforestation and a cleaner settlement.
From waste and sunlight to a cooked meal
Women in the settlement gather household waste and plant debris and are paid daily wages for it, and that waste is pressed into green charcoal briquettes made right here in Nakivale. Young refugees then build solar cookstoves that use up to 75% less charcoal, and families cook with sunlight in half the time, with no smoke in the kitchen.
Less charcoal used with a solar stove, at most
3
long-term jobs for young refugees, plus daily work for others
Half
The cooking time
The year we started
How much could your family save?
Tell us what you spend on charcoal each week. We will show what a solar stove could keep in your pocket.
Our impact
In the home
Families cook without smoke, so the air indoors is cleaner for women and children. Food is ready in half the time, and less money goes on fuel that keeps getting more expensive.
For women and youth
Women earn daily wages collecting household waste and plant debris. Young refugees hold long-term jobs building stoves and pressing briquettes. Steady income means more independence and more say at home.
For the environment
Waste that once piled up becomes green charcoal. Fewer trees are cut for fuel, and the settlement stays cleaner.
Solar installation
Our technicians fit solar panels on rooftops in Nakivale, bringing clean electricity to the settlement alongside clean cooking.
Help us bring clean cooking and solar power to the next home.
Your support pays women’s wages, keeps young refugees in work and puts solar stoves and panels in more homes in Nakivale.