Cooking up a good ole Friday

Work is still chugging along and today was no different. Pinnacle of the day was when I went to go ask a gentleman a question that should have taken all but 5 minutes ended up turning into a two hour trip into three different offices. Made the day go really fast and the best part...payday!

On a good note to end the week there is a group called Envirofit International that is researching and building alternative cooking stoves for impoverished nations. Half of the worlds populations still cooks with traditional solid fuels (charcoal, wood, coal) with usually an open pit. These pits are usually within the dwelling causing the air inside the dwelling to be highly polluted and horrible for the health of those that live within that dwelling. Women are at high risk for health problems as they are the ones tending the cooking and chores within the dwelling.
The group hopes to provide a new more efficient and healthy stove in which to cook on. I give the group so much credit for doing case studies with these women to see what they would prefer to use, down to the color of the stove. I hope that this has a huge impact on the health and the lives of these people. More grassroots improvements like these can seem small but make huge strides!