When firewood is burned in good conditions for a fire, it produces very little smoke or unhealthy particulate matter. Burning dry firewood makes all the difference: it burns hotter and cleaner and is also 30 percent more efficient than logs with a high moisture content. Firewood that has been split, dried, and stored under cover for at least a year burns best and produces fewer harmful chemicals that remain in your system for years.

That is why continuously training the cooks at schools on how to best store the firewood is an important part of our programme. The training is also monitored, at least 6 times every year, to ensure the school follows the “Best Firewood Practice Manual”, because cleaner firewood burning not only means higher savings, but also a healthier environment for all.