Maintenance of institutional improved cook stoves (IICS) never stops. Early this morning, our colleague Robert had prepared all the material necessary to do the free repairs at 3 schools: Queen of Peace primary School, Uganda Martyrs Primary School, and Kasubi Church of Uganda Primary School.
Our commitment to supporting schools throughout a 10-year period includes free IICS maintenance. Every year we ensure the efficiency of the stoves are kept to their maximum standards. Whatever is needed, whenever is needed, we are always there with the necessary parts to replace, or repair, and have the stove performing and looking like new. For example, throughout 2023, we spent 65,725,000 Ugandan Shillings repairing IICS on 105 participating schools. This is the equivalent to USD 17,000.
Today we had focused on replacing corroded chimney pipes and connectors. It is not necessary to wait for the holiday period to perform this kind of maintenance event, the school can continue using the IICS while repairs are being made.
