Headline : Fuel-efficient stoves are keeping women safer in Nigeria

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Locally-made stoves reduce the health and safety risks for women and girls

There is a great need for fuel and energy for cooking and other domestic activities in many households in northeast Nigeria where traditional cooking methods leave women, in particular, in perilous situations. In response, FAO has been distributing locally-made, fuel-efficient stoves in Borno, home to the region’s largest internally displaced people (IDP) population. FAO trained 100 local artisans to produce about 5 000 stoves since May, with 6 000 more planned until the end of the year - reaching an estimated 77 000 people in 2018. These simply designed stoves lessen the burden of women and girls who are overwhelmingly tasked with firewood collection and who face high risk of gender-based violence during foraging. 

In Maiduguri, Borno State, Bakassi is a sprawling camp for the internally displaced. Before the insurgency, it was planned as a ministerial village for government officials but today, hundreds of half-constructed red-roofed houses are home to thousands of internally displaced people (IDP). The camp serves as a metaphor for the disruption caused by the crisis and how life has adapted in the wake of the nine-year campaign waged by armed combatants.

In IDP camps like Bakassi and across northeastern Nigeria, there is a great need for fuel and energy for cooking and other domestic activities. However, with many IDPs jobless or in precarious manual labour arrangements, few can regularly afford the NGN 100 -150 (USD .27 to USD .40) average daily cost of firewood, the main source of fuel. In effect, families end up selling a portion of their food assistance to pay for household expenses.

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