Impressions

Master Stove Builder Bel Bahadur explains

Our most experienced stove builder and trainer Bel Bahadur Tamang shows how to clean the chimney and explains the correct usage of the pots (Nepalese Original, but well understandable anyway).

Cooking on the smoke-free Chigir Fechi stove

Sewagegnehu is living in the Simien Mountains in Ethiopia. She demonstrates how to cook on the Chigir Fechi stove and reports the benefits she sees in her smoke-free stove.

Building smoke-free stoves in Simien Mountains, Ethiopia

In early 2017, Die Ofenmacher  built 12 pilot stoves in the Simien Mountains in Ethiopia. In the months thereafter, feedback from the owners yielded information about performance of the stoves and  satisfaction of the households.

Sita and Sushila building a stove

Watching two of our most experienced stove builders in action in a village in rural Nepal

Interview with a Stove Owner in Nepal

She has her stove now for three years and tells how much better her life is now.

Why they love their smoke-free stoves

Women from Kenya reporting on the benefits of their smoke-free stoves

Stove builder David about the benefits of smoke-free stoves

and why he is so excited about the project in Kenya

Stovemakers on the road

This video with pictures from our outpost in Kathmandu and of life in the villages and hills in Nepal gives and impression of the work of the Stovemakers.

Elias has a Jiko

How to build a stove?

You can find the stove makers 4-Minute-Video documenting the making of a stove from the preparation of the clay to cooking the first meal.