Portable clay stove construction

Pictures and Instructions from IFSP, Malawi

1: pound the clay until it is soft

2: remove all stones and plant residues

3: make a flat base - the size of your pot

4: start building up the body of the stove

5: the height should be 20 cm when moulding

6: join the 'sausages' and don't leave gaps

7: smoothen the walls outside and inside

8: flatten the edge with an inclination inside

9: fit three pot rests in equal distance

10: potrest height should be 1.5 cm (one finger)

11: draw the door 12 cm high between two potrests and mark the position for the handles

12: make holes in the wall to fit the handles right through the wall, so they don't break off

13: finished handle

14: cut the door after one day and fit a knob

15: the stove is finished and needs to dry slowly for 2 - 3 weeks covered in a cloth or bag

16: the stove can be used like it is or get fired after it is dried. See the how-to guide on construction of a kiln for firing clay stoves. Firing increases longevity.

All pictures were taken by Christa Roth, Advisor for Food Processing and Biomass Energy Conservation in the Integrated Food Security Programme (IFSP), Mulanje, Malawi. The IFSP programme is commissioned by the German Ministry of Economic Co-operation and Development and implemented by the German Technical Co-operation (GTZ). IFSP started 1996 and is operating currently in 185 villages in Mulanje District in south-eastern Malawi. Since June 1999 , it has been co-operating with ProBEC (Programme for Biomass Energy Conservation in Southern Africa).

More than 15.000 stoves are in use in the Mulanje area. The stove design was advised by expertise from Tanzania and Kenya (e.g. ITDG Kisumu, Kenya). The training of producers and awareness campaigns were carried out mostly by the home economics of the Ministry of Agriculture.

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For any further inquiries please don't hesitate to contact the authors. We are happy to share our experiences.

Christa Roth and Christoph Messinger c/o Integrated Food Security Programme Mulanje P.O. Box 438 Mulanje (Malawi) Phone + 265 - 1- 466 279, Phone/Fax 466 435, cell +265- 8-860 936 email: messinger.roth@...

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Portable clay stove construction

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