Leke is a mother of four living in a village in Malawi. She cooks for the family and currently uses a 3-stone fire in their living space. A lot of smoke is trapped in their living space, and it can be damaging to her and her family's lungs.

In addition to the current team implementing the Cooker, local community members who engage in trades (ceramics, electrical, metalworking, etc.) will be building the ISE Cooker.

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• Salma 

  • In Togo, meeting with him to understand his manufacturing processes, as well as challenges in manufacturing the ceramic heaters 

  • Potential resource in Togo: utilizing a pottery shop that makes “quick and inexpensive” ceramic liners for cookers

• Crevan

  • In Uganda, they have been working on the ISEC to optimize it 

  • Utilizing Wednesday morning meetings to communicate with him

    • Has experience repurposing stove tops for the ISEC

    • Cost is important (i.e. concrete was cheaper to utilize than clay, and it has been found that concrete is more resilient contrary to common belief)

• Abe

  • Working with the African STEM Education Initiative to allow students to enhance their skills, working with the ISEC, and learn engineering skills along the way

The air quality in the home will improve when an ISE cooker is implemented, improving the lives of Leke and her family. No wood burning is involved in heating an ISE cooker, so the world will benefit from less CO2.

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Builders

Economic support is needed to produce the ISE cookers.