Makobu Enterprises focuses on commercial initiatives for the Clean Cook Stove and promotes ethanol selles for efficient, clean and environmentally friendly cooking practices. We hope to replace traditional biomass stoves with clean cook stoves to improve households' health and reduce exposure to indoor air pollution.
Contact Information
Ethiopia, initially urban, and eventually rural.
Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas
We try to explain the disadvantages of traditional fuels and stoves in terms of health and safety and imapct of forest degradation on the society.
We demonstrate the stove to government and non government organizations in Addis Ababa and other regions. Payment options, including installment and/or cash sales are discussed and media is also used for advertisement.
The Clean Cook stove in used primarily for cooking; however, the stove can heat rooms in cold weather.
Indoor air pollution monitoring has indicated that Clean Cook stove decreases the risk of respiratory illnesses triggered by indoor air pollution from some fuels as it uses a clean fuel-ethanol. This was found by conducting IAP monitoring. Makobu is also involved in voluntary tree planting for carbon sequestration.
Relevant Publications or Studies
Hazards to natural resources as a result of deforestation, Promotional strategy of improved stove dissemination: Approach of GTZ-HEPNR Project, 2000;Gaia Association. Impact of fuel-wood use with inefficient stoves on human health and natural resource depletion, Promotional strategy of improved stove dissemination: Approach of GTZ-HEPNR Project, 2000;Gaia Association.
Our Contribution to the Partnership
We can share experience on how to improve air quality in indoor environments.
