Last Monday we celebrated the International Day on Forests. The World Bank reported that between 1990 and 2015 we have been losing the equivalent of 1.000 football fields of forests per hour.

Together with the participating schools, our contribution with the installed institutional improved cook stoves (IICS) means the school daily cooking activities now reduce their wood consumption to over 60%.

This week we have installed IICS in 4 schools in Gangu, Butabika, Mbuya and Namugongo. 12 new IICS of different capacities have replaced the traditional 3-stone fires and unnecessary excessive firewood consumption. As we continue with our efforts to include new schools under the project, we feel encouraged that together we can make a contribution to keep the trees standing.