Shift to clean cooking to save lives and trees

Clean Cooking Association of Kenya CEO David Njugi with Programme Manager Mariam Karanja and Dan Marangu Ministry Of Energy Director Renewable Energy during the launch of the Annual Clean Cooking Conference 2021 at KICC. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

There is something called "furudut" where I come from. It is a pipe, about 90cm long, used to blow air from a safe distance to restart fire when using wood fuel.

Woe unto you if you inhale smoke from the fireplace through the pipe, and it gets to your lungs and somewhere in the head! It takes a split second, but the cough and tears that follow is unbearable, not forgetting that if the fire does not start, more smoke will affect your eyes and nose. It is one of those unforgettable experiences I have had in the village.