The NGO Eco-BÉNIN recruited by the CWP and the youth association REJEVE has trained women and young people and some craftsmen on the manufacture of improved double-walled stoves and the WANROU ones.
The training session held from 25 to 27 March 2019 in the village of Tamande (Birni/Birni district/Commune of Kouandé) to teach women housewives and those in agri-food processing units, young people from the REJEVE-Benin association and some craftsmen in the Birni district to manufacture and maintain two types of improved stoves, in order to reduce the pressure they put on forest resources through firewood collection.
28 participants were trained on how to build the Wanrou improved stove for domestic and productive use and the Double Wall Improved stove adapted to the needs of those who are transforming agricultural products.
Among the participants were 3 craftsmen trained on the design of the metal components, 20 young people and women from the surrounding villages, 4 members of REJEVE-Benin and the facilitator of the TFTC project trained on building stoves made of clay.
Helping communities to use extensively the improved stoves is a local measure, aimed at reducing the ecological footprint of local residents on trees and related ecosystems at the head of the Mekrou basin. This will reduce the difficulties encountered by women and children when cooking meals and agri-food products and contribute to improve their health.