Our Mission:

to improve the lives of Dhaka's slum-dwellers by replacing firewood cooking with gas stoves, one slum at a time

The harmful effects of smoke from firewood cooking on human (mainly women’s) health is widely documented.
In Kalyanpur Pora Bostee, the radiated heat from the firewood stoves is another contributor to poor health, and there are frequent accidents and injuries.
Further, the time impact is significant. Women spend four to six hours a day collecting firewood, attending to fires and cooking.
These four impacts (smoke, heat, injuries and time) are detrimental to health, the ability to find work, the education of children, and people’s dignity.
Smelling of wood smoke is a stigma associated with poverty and many residents expressed their shame about using firewood for cooking.
All women cooking with firewood aspire to gas cooking, which is smoke-free, is safer and requires less preparation time.