Darfur Stoves Project

latitude 37.876883, longitude -122.247175

Everyday, women living in the refugee camps of Darfur, Sudan must walk for up to seven hours outside the safety of the camps to collect firewood for cooking, putting them at risk for violent attacks. Now, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have engineered a more efficient wood-burning stove, which is greatly reducing both the women's need for firewood and the threats against them.

Duration: 10:04
Original Air Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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