Cooking Should Not Kill– Why there is urgent need to tackle deadly Indoor Pollution!, By David K. Nk

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) (2016) puts the number of people whose health is affected by indoor pollution in the East African Community to 138 million, resulting in 60,000 premature death. [...] While the discovery about my mam’s cancer was devastating, on top of the pain, the tragedy provided a motivation for me to explore ways in which millions of women and girls could be saved from the risks. [...] 1 The ADAPT+ Ethanol Stove Ethanol has been termed as the ‘fuel for the future’ in rural and peri-urban Africa because it is clean and can sustainably be produced as a renewable energy. [...] The main source in Uganda is from molasses – a by-product of the sugar-making process The major limitation currently with ethanol adoption in Uganda has been highly priced imported stoves which are also scarce and not customized to local conditions. [...] The ADAPT+ Ethanol Stove that is customized to the local conditions and is affordable to the wider population, being less than half the price of an imported stove.