IN THE FIELD

Tackling Nutrition Gaps in Uíge: The Clean Cooking Program

Africa, Angola
Nutrition Training in Africa
In Africa, 970 million people lack access to sustainable cooking solutions. In Angola, only 50% of the population adopted improved cooking methods. In Uíge Province, this figure drops to 25%: reliance on firewood and charcoal for cooking worsens deforestation, pollution, and health risks.
For several years, we have been running the Clean Cooking project in collaboration with the Don Bosco Salesians, Eni, and the Government of Angola. By replacing traditional stoves with improved cookstoves (ICS) across 16 municipalities in Uíge Province, in northern Angola, we promote health-related activities, with a particular focus on hygiene, health, and nutrition. Based on the “Family Model” methodology, we aim to raise awareness of household hygiene and health behaviors and reduce the prevalence of malnutrition, malaria, and infectious diseases at the family level.

A Uige lavoriamo per migliorare le condizioni nutrizionali della popolazione.

  • Nutrition
    Through the distribution of improved cookstoves, we promote safer and healthier cooking methods, with particular attention to preventing malnutrition.
  • Training in Africa
    We train local staff to identify cases of moderate and severe acute malnutrition and refer them to appropriate care.
Recognizing the link between environment, energy, and health, and providing integrated services in Uíge Province, is essential to promote healthy lifestyles, encourage good nutrition practices, and prevent malnutrition. This is a commitment we have made in Angola, in Uíge Province, for mothers and children, who are the most affected by this condition.