Like many mothers in Kenya, Cecilia wakes up early to feed her children before school. It’s at the start of the day when her first decision regarding household energy must be made. Charcoal takes nearly 20 minutes just to heat up, unlike a gas flame which is available at the turn of a button. However,… read more
Over the last 5 years, Envirofit’s Women’s Empowerment Program (WEP) has helped transform the lives of many hundreds of women. The program is designed to increase self-knowledge and guide women to develop an actionable growth strategy towards achieving personal goals. … read more
LivelyHoods’ vision is a world in which everyone is able to provide for themselves and their families through dignified employment. They work to achieve this vision by teaching Kenyan women and youth sales and business skills to help them sell much needed products to their fellow Kenyans, such as solar lanterns and clean cookstoves. They… read more
After two years of rigorous research, and months of focus group tests surveying over 2,000 customers, the new Envirofit SuperSaver Charcoal Stove went on sale throughout Nairobi in July. Our team in Kenya hit the ground running with demand for the new stove pouring in from partners, distributors and customers. … read more
Envirofit, a social enterprise that designs, develops and delivers the highest performing, lowest cost clean energy cookstoves, announced today that it has been awarded a grant from the Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) Program in Southern and East Africa to expand their Women’s Empowerment Programs in Kenya.… read more
Majority of Kenyans depend on firewood and charcoal for their cooking needs. Envirofit International is offering them efficient Jikos and the benefits are immense.… read more
I recently returned from the Cookstove Futures Summit, hosted by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves in New York, where I was impressed by the response from the international community to commit 4 billion dollars to the clean cookstove sector. This support marks a monumental change in raising the voice for the clean cookstoves movement… read more
