Glossary
Compacting
Diameter
Dimensions
Fire chamber
Flue
Insulator
Panga
Portable
Pot hole
Reinforcement
Stove door
Sufuria
Taper
Vent
Vermiculite
Viscous
using force to make mud bind
length from one side of a circle to the other passing through the centre
measurements
space where fire burns in the stove
hot gases from the stove
any material use to reduce loss of heat
machete
that which can be carried
space where the pot is placed on the stove
strengthen
opening used to feed fire wood
the metal cooking pot
reduce in thickness towards one end
opening or passage
clay soil material with calcium found naturally
not flowing freely
Written by Spephen Gitonga
Illustrations by Michael Alando & Elijah Njoroge
This booklet was published by IT Kenya (now Practical Action East Africa) in 1997 and originally
published by Africa Church Information Service. ISBN 9966-9606-4-3
The manual was produced with the support of the Overseas Development Administration – Joint
Funding Scheme (ODA-JFS) and Charity Projects of the UK.
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