Gallery 4: Data Collection and Cookstove
This gallery captures the everyday burden of cooking in the community, from open-fire and charcoal cooking to the heavy smoke that fills cooking spaces and homes. Our team went from household to household to listen, document, and measure what families are facing, especially mothers and children who spend the most time near the fire. The photos show why this work is urgent: burn injuries that leave lasting scars, and health struggles families connect to constant smoke exposure. The purpose of this data collection is simple: we do not guess what people need. We design solutions around real cooking methods, real foods, and real constraints, then place improved cookstoves into homes so families can test them and tell us what works and what must be changed. Every survey, every conversation, and every prototype trial is one step closer to safer cooking and fewer injuries for the next generation.
