This story was compiled by Hon Tugume muzafaru senior news reporter in rubirizi for media coverage call 0702269259.
Over 700 households in Rubirizi have received free cooking stoves from UGASTOVE and PROSPERA to help them cook their food using little firewood aimed at eliminating smoke and conserving the environment ensure that residents enjoy good health and that the environment remains protected. The official launch of ugstove project was held yesterday at Ryeru Sub-county headquarters , residents from butoha, buzenga, magambo, mugogo, Kizurugo and nyangorogoro will benefit first although the project is targeting all Rubirizi residents to benefit with in 5 years on free cost .
According to Mr Mugume Dickson The Technical personnel in UGASTOVE said that this stoves will also help families not to spend a lot of money buying firewood and charcoal, because the cooking stoves given to them use very little firewood and this will
help the government to achieve its plan of bringing clean cooking to every household in Uganda ensure that everyone cooks in a good way that does not cause disease, and does not destroy the environment noted that UGASTOVE is committed to help the government in protecting the environment, eliminating smoke in homes, and ensuring that residents enjoy good health.
Madam Kenema jovita the project coordinator in rubirizi says that the cooking stoves will help the families in Protecting health Eliminating smoke that causes cough, eye problems, and respiratory diseases, Families will no longer spend a lot of money buying firewood and charcoal also it will help in Protecting environment Reducing cutting of trees, protecting trees and forests, and keeping the air clean but also it will help to save time women get time to do other work, business and will Reduce burden in Helping poor households, women, and people in villages.
He Explained that this project will last for 5 years in rubirizi making sure that every household receives a cooking stove ,asked residents to use the stoves well, to keep them well so that stoves help them in their cooking
Urged residents to stop using old stoves that brings a lot of smoke which harms health and the environment.
Meanwhile.Residents who benefited explained the difficulties they have been facing in cooking food recommended UGASTOVE and PROSPERA for giving them good stoves dfor free saying this thing has changed their health and their lives
Museesere Yorokadia explained the difficulties they have been facing as women in cooking food, saying they have been cooking in smoke that caused them cough, their eyes to pain, and their children to keep coughing, some getting respiratory diseases and they have been fetching firewood from far, going far in the forests, spending a lot of money buying firewood and charcoal, money they would have used to educate their children and the Cooking process has been taking a lot of time, food not cooking fast, they had no time to do other work, do business, and rest added that Women have been carrying firewood getting body pain, some getting back pain and tiredness,Some women have been fearing to go in the forests to fetch firewood, because of fear, and leaving their children at home alone and new stoves that UGASTOVE has brought them will save them from all those difficulties.END.
