2011 Aug. 9: Featured on PBS Newshour: (dangers of girls spending hours collecting firewood daily, diseases caused by smoke inhalation): Girl Up: Helping Girls around the Globe Help Each Other …

2011 Aug. 9: Featured on PBS Newshour: (dangers of girls spending hours collecting firewood daily, diseases caused by smoke inhalation): Girl Up: Helping Girls around the Globe Help Each Other

Through Girl Up, girls in the United States can find information about,
spends collecting firewood and the risk of diseases caused by smoke inhalation.

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Excerpt: Berhane Hewan training, for example, provided Sesuagno with the skills to build a more efficient cooking stove for her kitchen. The stove burns longer and with less fuel, and emits smoke out the back instead of the front— reducing the time Sesuagno spends collecting firewood and the risk of diseases caused by smoke inhalation. (See Building a Methane-Fueled Fire and Got Biogas? )
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