1- Empowerment of women The women trained, as 'Chulha Mechanics' in the Smokeless Stove project will be able to earn an additional income for them by constructing stoves in the houses of the villagers. Furthermore the Women CDCs or Community Development Committees formed in each village w ill be entirely involved in the project. They will motivate other women to install the stove and later evaluate it and discuss how to improve it in meetings. 2- Women's health With the introduction of the smokeless stove the women cooking on it no longer inhale the poisonous smoke and neither will the smoke get into their eyes. The smokeless stove is time saving, energy saving and is much less exhaustive for the women cooking on it.

A 3-day workshop will be held in 51 villages of Tehsil and District Haripur. These workshops will be held at the village level. 30-40 women will be trained as 'chulha mechanics' during each workshop. The local blacksmiths or 'lohars' of each village will also be trained in making the steel chimneys, stove gates and the chimney damper. Thus the women of the village should be able to easily have the 'chulha mechanic' make the stove and simultaneously they can recycle their old steel bins etc. by taking them to their 'lohar' and having him make the chimney etc. out of this material if they want to have the stove made in the cheapest possible way. Regularly, however, the blacksmith will use his own steel to make the stove chimney etc. Thus the smokeless stove project has the salient characteristics of being simple in design and concept, easily imitable, sustainable, cost-effective and beneficial to the environment.