Hestian Innovation

Hestian initiatives provide strong developmental benefits

• Less exposure to smoke in the kitchen;

 

• Significant poverty reduction effects resulting from household income-savings for participating households  (due to decreased dependency on purchased woodfuel);

 

• Avoided deforestation significantly mitigates major socio-economic and environmental costs of soil erosion, river siltation, increased flooding vulnerability and sinking water-tables which aggravate rural household drinking-water access;

 

• Less  burden on women and children to collect woodfuel and less health-endangering physical labour.

 

• Safer - fewer burns and scalds.