What We’ve Learned about Implementing

Successful Stove Programs

and Why It Matters

Joyous photos are a good thing, but the background to the photo is fundamental

In our case, our background began in Haiti in 1999

Artist, J.R.PH. AugustePhoto credit: Haiti Visuelle

Local production allows for tuning to market demands

Our first big success… was not OUR success

Local resources

Local fuel production

Taking ownership

While it is key to marketing to show

one’s own stoves in a good light, it is

important to also respect the local

stoves

Local people have very likey figured out things we/you have overlooked

Knowledge transfer is a two-way street

We are all in this together

Additional, tangible benefits are important as they are easier to explain

Summary • Adapt stoves to local cooking traditions• Locally owned and operated hubs• Profits must remain in local community • Local technology transfer• Local fuel production• Respectful representation of local people• Shift from global assistance to local comminities to local comunities

helping the world• Only develop products that you would use • Every step of program (not just technology) must be designed to be

industrializable and be brought to scale.• Locally run, and co-developed, evaluation programs every 3-6 months