We were honored to be welcomed into the home of a family living in the mountain village of Dumre, Nepal. These ladies are preparing a meal over the traditional cookstove found throughout Nepal. The haze in this photo is the smoke that these women and children breath daily. HealthEd Connect is exploring potential cookstove solutions that will help alleviate the numerous health issues associated with the smoke. Although this particular village is in a wooded area and has access to wood to burn, most Nepalese mold cow dung into patties or sticks to use as fuel.
-- Michelle Mahlik
Philosophy Department, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
BOD, HealthEd Connect (www.healthedconnect.org)
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