Sustainability

Myanmar Stoves Campaign

Distributed 57,000  stoves

An 80% reduction in air pollution

270,000  People benefitted

340,000 carbon credits issued

 

Myanmar has one of the fastest rates of deforestation in the world, with most of the wood used for domestic cooking. The Myanmar Stoves Campaign is a Soneva Foundation programme that distributes fuel efficient cook stoves to thousands of families. It is the first Gold Standard-certified carbon project in Myanmar.

 Indoor cooking on inefficient stoves is a silent killer. Air pollution from domestic cooking is responsible for the premature deaths of over four million people a year worldwide, more than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. 

 

Each fuel-efficient stove saves 2.5 tonnes of wood per year and reduces air pollution by 80 percent – improving the health and safety of the whole community. 

 

The Myanmar Stoves Campaign has been successfully operating for a decade, together with our implementation partner Mercy Corps Myanmar. So far, 57,000 stoves have been distributed, benefitting 265,000 people. 

 

You can support the rapid delivery of stoves by buying carbon credits to fund our continued distribution of fuel-efficient cook stoves to improve the lives of Myanmar families. 

 

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