Since 2016, we have been distributing institutional improved cook stoves (IICS) of different saucepan capacities, that range from 30 litres up to 600 litres. We have made the IICS to exactly match the existing saucepans found in the school kitchens. The saucepan sizes are directly correlated to the number of students that eat in each school, and whether they have a daily or boarding modality.
Smaller IICS sizes usually accommodate the teachers special dishes, typically used for frying the beans with sauce, teachers special meals and the kettles for the tea. This is why the 50 litres capacity has been the most popular size since we first started disseminating the IICS.
Out of 452 IICS currently in operation, 25.9% of the IICS correspond to the 50 litres capacity, followed by 150 litres (16.8%), 100 litres capacity (14.4%) and 200 litres capacity (13%), making 70% of the total IICS capacity in 120 participating schools.
