This same women's group was also trained in how to build energy efficient stoves.
In turn these woman go out into their community and teach other woman how to build energy efficient stoves. These stoves reduce the in-hut smoke by (it seemed to me) more than 50% (piped out the hut) and burned the wood at (I think I remember) 1/3 of the usual rate!
Both of these advantages help with the individual’s health and the environment.
CPAR works on the model of “we’ll train you and then you train others." By using this method, reports indicate that up to 800 households are now using energy-saving stoves which are produced using local recycled materials.