It is a crucial part of our carbon project requirements to monitor the usage of the stoves at least 6 times every year. That means every other month we visit all participating schools to ensure that they are not only using the institutional improved cook stoves (IICS) to prepare their daily meals, but they are also keeping a clean kitchen environment.
During our visits, we collect several indicators, check on the condition of the stoves, saucepans and kitchen building, follow up with the schools’ bursars on the purchase of firewood and subsequent dry storage, and take this important time to go through our training manuals with the cooks on the operating IICS instructions.
The on-going support to all schools throughout these past 9 years has resulted in achieving excellence in all the kitchen spaces, and very satisfied customers - both cooks and administrators as the expenditures on firewood savings make a remarkable impact in their lives.
