How solar stoves are changing lives and protecting the environment ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌







Dear friend,

Solar-powered stoves in Uganda are changing lives.

Uganda hosts more than 1.5 million refugees, many from South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). But the influx of refugees has put a strain on limited resources, like firewood.

In refugee settlements in rural Uganda, women and girls travel miles to find firewood for cooking and boiling water.
In Uganda, sisters Jacklin and Martha carry water for their family. Their mother helped farm this maize field and participated in a Mercy Corps training to learn about drought-resistant crops and agricultural techniques.
The long treks to gather firewood make women and girls more vulnerable to assault. The scarcity of firewood can also mean intense competition and conflict.

The practice is also taking an environmental toll — the deforestation rate has risen as more people cut down trees for firewood, and wood fires produce carcinogenic smoke and pollution.

But innovative technology is helping to keep women and girls safer, and building climate resilience by reducing reliance on scarce natural resources.

Mercy Corps has partnered with Pesitho, an organization that develops solar-powered cookstoves. Learn more about how Mercy Corps is using innovative technology to address climate change and conflict.
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In Uganda’s Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, participants took part in a pilot program using solar-powered cookstoves. Photo by Guya Francis.
In Uganda, the solar-powered cookstove is giving women and girls more time to care for their families, participate in community meetings, and earn income.

Mercy Corps is working with local partners and communities to use innovative technology to address complex challenges. Thank you for being part of a community that’s dedicated to building a more resilient future.

Sincerely,

The Mercy Corps team