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Clean cooking in Kenya. Efficient stoves for homes that cook over open fires.
This project brings efficient cookstoves to rural homes in Kenya that still cook over three-stone fires and open stoves. Carbon finance pays part of the cost of each stove, so families who could not otherwise afford one can have one.
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- Kenya
- 0.5°N, 37.8°E
In short
- Where: Rural households across Kenya.
- What: Replacing three-stone fires and open cookstoves with efficient stoves that burn far less firewood.
- Who: BURN, which makes its stoves in Kenya, working with Key Carbon.
- Why: Less firewood burned means lower emissions, cleaner air at home, less pressure on forests and less time spent collecting fuel.
Why it matters
Many rural homes in Kenya cook on a three-stone fire: a pot balanced on three stones over burning wood. It is cheap to set up and very wasteful to run. Ecologi’s page describes these fires and open cookstoves as using large amounts of firewood and filling homes with smoke.
That smoke is a health problem. Ecologi links it to pneumonia, stroke, heart disease, chronic lung disease and lung cancer, and says women and children are hit hardest because they spend the most time near the fire.
The wood has to come from somewhere. Burning so much of it drives the loss of forests and wears out the soil, so it holds less water. And collecting it takes time. That job falls mostly on women and girls, and in some communities it keeps daughters out of school.
How the project works
The project replaces the open fire with an efficient stove that cooks the same food with much less wood. Ecologi’s summary says it uses BURN’s Jikokoa stove technology and the BURN and Key Carbon delivery model. Its benefits section names the stove as the Kuniokoa, with a thermal efficiency of 42.4%.
Money from carbon credits is used to bring the price of each stove down, so it reaches households that could not otherwise afford one.
- It burns less wood. Ecologi says a household’s firewood use falls from about 2.57 tonnes a year to about 1.01 tonnes.
- It cleans the air at home. Ecologi’s page says 99.23% of households have better air indoors.
- It eases pressure on forests. Less demand for firewood means fewer trees cut down, which helps protect the soil and the water it holds.
- It saves families money and time. Fuel is a big regular cost for low-income households. Buying or collecting less of it leaves money and time for food, school, health and work.
Who does the work
The stoves are made by BURN at its factory in Kenya. BURN also employs the people who sell, market, deliver and monitor them, so the work stays in Kenya. Ecologi says the project creates at least 25 jobs across manufacturing, distribution, sales, marketing and repairs.
Handing over a stove is only the start. BURN trains each household when the stove arrives, then follows up with home visits and calls after the sale, so the stove gets used properly and keeps getting used.
67,315improved cookstoves are expected to be handed out over the project’s first crediting period, according to Ecologi. This is an estimate, not a counted result.
How the project is checked
We do not choose or run the projects ourselves. They are selected by Ecologi.
The project is also checked from outside. Ecologi says it is verified by the Gold Standard and links to its entry on the Gold Standard registry, where it is project 2748.
What Printlogik has funded here
Ecologi keeps a public record of the projects each of its members has helped to fund. That record names this project among those Printlogik’s contributions have gone to, through the Print A Tree Project, and Ecologi lists it as funded since 2026. Ecologi does not publish a figure for us project by project, so we cannot tell you how much of the work here was paid for by our orders, and we will not guess. Our total across all the carbon projects we have supported is shown on the Print A Tree page.
Ecologi lists this project as live, but its page says it is not available for new funding at present. Every order we print still makes a contribution through Ecologi, and it goes to the projects Ecologi is funding today.
How your order gets here
- You order printAny order, of any size. There is nothing to tick and nothing extra to pay.
- We make a contributionEach invoice triggers a contribution from Printlogik to Ecologi.
- Emissions are cutEcologi funds projects like this one, and records what we have funded in public.
The UN global goals it supports
The United Nations has set 17 Sustainable Development Goals for a fairer, healthier planet by 2030. Ecologi records this project as supporting 8 of them.
- 1No poverty
- 3Good health and well-being
- 4Quality education
- 5Gender equality
- 7Affordable and clean energy
- 8Decent work and economic growth
- 13Climate action
- 15Life on land
Where it is
Kenya · 0.5°N, 37.8°E
| Location | Kenya |
|---|---|
| Type of project | Cleaner cookstoves |
| Run by | BURN |
| Status | Live, but not open for new funding on Ecologi at present |
| Full record | See it on Ecologi |
Questions
Clean cooking in Kenya, answered
Where is the project?
In Kenya. The stoves go to rural households that cook over three-stone fires and open stoves, and they are made in Kenya by BURN.
What does the project do?
It hands out efficient cookstoves, with part of the cost covered by carbon finance, to replace fires that waste firewood and fill homes with smoke.
How does a stove cut emissions?
It cooks the same meal with less wood. Ecologi says a household’s firewood use falls from about 2.57 tonnes a year to about 1.01 tonnes.
Is this the same as the other Kenya cookstove project?
No. Ecologi lists it as a separate project, with its own Gold Standard entry. Both are run with BURN.
Does this project plant trees?
No. It is a carbon project. It cuts emissions by reducing the wood people burn, which also eases pressure on forests.
How does my print order help?
Every Printlogik order funds tree planting and carbon reduction through Ecologi, at no extra cost to you. Ecologi’s public record names this project among those our contributions have gone to. It does not publish a separate figure for us at each project.
Can I check this?
Yes. Ecologi publishes the project and links to its entry on the Gold Standard registry. Our public profile can be reached from the Print A Tree page.
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