Wood cooking fires are quite common in kitchens in rural Nepal and a cause of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and other respiratory ailments. HealthCare Nepal has installed smokeless stoves in 20 homes in the Sherpa village of Bochur, Solukhumbu District.
Typical kitchen cooking fire in rural Nepal.
Typical kitchen cooking fire in rural Nepal.
Delivery of the stoves from Kathmandu. A 3-hour climb up to Bochur remains.
Delivery of the stoves from Kathmandu. A 3-hour climb up to Bochur remains.
Stove components.
Stove components.
The finished installation and safer cooking.
The finished installation and safer cooking.