One of the objectives of the Chandpur TCDC project is ‘Care for the Environment’.  The aim is to preserve and utilise a better quality and more sustainable natural environment. This will help villages be more clean, safe and beautiful, providing a better life than mass migration into the slums of Dhaka city.  As part of this the project has also focused on better care and use of natural resources (eg: ponds, trees), plus better practices for waste minimisation and disposal.

In March 2012, after some investigation, the project decided to trial Improved Cooking Stoves (ICS) supplied and installed by Grameen Shakti.  Dolly Tripura tells her ‘Most Significant Change’ story, resulting from the supply and use of the improved cooking stove...

My name is Dolly Tripura. I live in the Uttor Balia village. Previously I cooked on a traditional village mud stove. The smoke hurt my eyes and my breathing. More fuel (wood) and more time was required. My village kitchen was very dark and unclean due to smoke.