The Gua Teliman project is Mansa Carbon's first major project, based in Mali.
It empowers women to construct their own efficient cookstove from mud bricks, replacing the traditional, inefficient three-stone fire
Mud brick cookstoves are fit-for-purpose in remote Malian communities. They are easy to build, maintain and repair.
Less smoke = healthier environment for women to cook in
Less firewood = reduction in the alarming rate of deforestation
Less time poverty = women can add around 20 hours in their week by cooking more efficiently and collecting less firewood
Safer for children = less change of children suffering burns