1259 – Energy-efficient cooking bags Klima-Kollekte, Cameroon
Energy-efficient cooking bags in Cameroon
In rural Cameroon, only a few people have access to electricity. Therefore, cooking with firewood is common. Women and children, in particular, have to walk long distances to collect wood and then spend a lot of time preparing food on inefficient three-stone fire cookers. The smoke produced in the process leads to serious health problems. Climate change and the overexploitation of local wood resources threaten the livelihoods of the population.
The project of Pro Climate International (PCI) is counteracting this: 6,000 families in the west and southwest of Cameroon receive energy-efficient cooking bags, the so-called “Wondercooker”. The cooking bags are produced locally by trained sewers. They are made of cotton fabric on the outside and recycled and crushed polystyrene on the inside. PCI is looking for alternatives for the filling and users can return defect cooking bags so that the materials can be reused.