Bio-briquettes

Rachel and Emily produce bio-briquettes

Rachel Niyomuhoza and Emily Nzoisenga live in the Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania. Here they produce bio-briquettes for the benefit of both refugees and the climate. Meet them here:

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Bio-briquettes are changing the lives of women in the camp

Bio-briquettes are changing the lives of women in the camp

In Tanzania, refugees and host communities rely on firewood for cooking. Therefore, for many years, children and adults have naturally headed to the forest to cut down trees. But logging is a difficult process and the journey to and from the forest is highly risky for girls and women, who are at risk of sexual assault along the way.

"The bio-briquette project helps me and other women. It means that we no longer have to go outside the camp for firewood and risk abuse," says Rachel.

It means a lot to me to be part of this project. I've learned a whole new way of sourcing firewood that I didn't know before. And I take pride in spreading the message to others.

Emily Nzoisenga

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