Traditional African stoves consist of three stones set up as a tripod to hold a pot over top of sticks of wood that are burned as fuel. This kind of stove is extremely inefficient and generated an excessive amount of smoke which leads to respiratory illness for women and children in the household. Moreover, these traditional stoves consume large amounts of fuel in the form of forest wood which required hard work and long hours to collect each day. Kenya is experiencing deforestation.http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/good-practices-in-bioenergy-feedstock-production/