Sahar Ali

Women were excited about getting the stoves, said Sahar Ali, an Oxfam America program officer, who paid a monitoring visit to Abu Shouk in late January.
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,Traditionally, the provision of firewood and fuel for cooking has been the responsibility of women,, said Ali, in a report she filed after the visit. ,There are few other sources of cooking fuel available to them.,

But with the introduction of kerosene and gas, they now have other options.And the small round stoves that burn wood efficiently,as opposed to open fires,means women will need to make fewer of the dangerous scavenging trips.

Still, convincing women that gas is a smart way to cook has taken some doing, said Ali.
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,North Darfur is mostly desert, and the few trees that provided a nearby source of cooking fuel when the camps were first created more than two years ago are all gone,, said Ali in her report.