Gorilla Protection

Category: Community, Year of the Gorilla | Date: Jul 25 2009 | By: tuver wundi

Hi,this is Tuver

With the help of the Gorilla Organization, local households in Goma are happy that Aide Kivu has now been able to meet their mounting requests for jiko stoves.

Boniface Bisimwa, Aide Kivu’s Technician, based in the Karisimbi area of Goma, learnt his trade in Kigali, Rwanda in 1986 and has specialised in this aspect of manufacturing ever since. He has recently been producing six stoves a day.

This increased production has been necessary to meet rising demand as local households increasingly recognize that by using the jiko stoves, they can save money and protect the national forest.

Interestingly, whilst to date, the local community has been used to the Kenya and Nguvu Nyeusi  stoves, people are now asking for the Kuni Mbili jiko stove more and more, as this uses both charcoal and wood. In my next blog post, I’ll describe the differences between the several types of stove that are made at the Aide Kivu workshop.

The high demand for jiko stoves continues…