Dear all, I was contacted by my friend Ferny who does amazing work at local Kenyan hospitals, she is very concerned about the number of children coming in with serious burns from the cookstoves.
Here is part of the email in which we were discussing this: "I have a question or rather suggestion. Can you or maybe you know of someone, think about the following.I initiated a project 7 years ago to entertain kids in hospitals with clowning, puppetry, storytelling music etc. We work in 10 locations. We see a lot of children with severe burns, like really bad almost 50% of their body, from falling in hot sufuria's. Can someone think of some sort of safety device, a frame to put around or anything to protect the kids from falling in. Maybe you could even get funding for this so that people don't need to spend a lot of money buying it. I don't know if there is a market, I am only thinking out loud to prevent the kids from getting burned. And maybe you have nothing with this then that is also fine. I am just concerned and thought maybe someone can have a very good idea....juts a thought. And maybe you can get some business out of it, or if someone wants to sponsor it. Would love to hear your thoughts. have a great day salaams,Ferny www.sarakasihospitalproject.org"" Please let us know if anyone has any ideas about saftey systems for stoves. I feel that perhaps it could also be alot of social issues surrounding this, i.e. working mom's whose eldest children cook for the rest, lack of kitchen saftey training etc. Many thanks in advance. Teddy *Cookswell Jikos* www.cookswell.co.ke www.facebook.com/CookswellJikos www.kenyacharcoal.blogspot.com Mobile: +254 700 380 009 Mobile: +254 700 905 913 P.O. Box 1433, Nairobi 00606, Kenya
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