CHITETE-ZO MOVABLE STOVE “PROTOTYPE”

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Today 6th July 2016, is the day we scheduled to continue doing the first prototype for the Chitete-zo movable Stove. Again this post interlocks with my previous update on the production of the same. After what we made on Monday the 4th of July together with the women, the anticipation was high  which was coupled with an excitement and yearning for more action towards the completion of our “Prototypes” for this project. The women came early as usual and following our agreement during our last meeting, the women brought sweet potatoes, some brought salt, groundnuts flour and pots to prepare some food cooked using the stationed Chitete-zo stove that we made on Monday. It was very interesting to see that our stationed Chitete-zo Stove was nearly ready and we decided to use it still for the purposes of demonstrating to the women how they can be cooking their foods using this stove with its numerous advantages.

We ate the sweet potatoes which were cooked on the stove. The potatoes were mixed with groundnut flour and this meal is known as Futali in Chichewa.
the women making the fire ready

the fire is set and our food being prepared 
Everybody loved how the meal was cooked in no time. The meal was delicious and we really loved the day. This gave us the energy to move on with the preparation of the movable stove.
enjoying Futali with the women

Futali is ready 

While some women were busy preparing the sweet potatoes, the other women were engaged in preparing of the clay for the movable Stove. Although we couldn't find a perfect steal bucket to use for the prototype, we worked diligently in utilizing the available bucket so that the women could still learn on how to make this type of stove.
Our prototype for the movable Chitete-zo stove ready being finalized 
It was amazing to see the women sharing roles and participating while working as a group towards our common agenda for the day, no wonder our day was incredible and enjoyable.

After we finalized the first phase for producing our second prototype, we agreed to leave our stove and visit it after a day to finalize with adding stands and handles. This is going to be an amazing project, and I love it so much. The IWETI Project is surely on course

 watch this short clip here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlddz599oig 

Futali is served 


women preparing the potatoes 

healing the clay in process


finally the prototype is out 

the stove ready to be pulled out of the bucket

Mai Sarah Yohane working on the clay

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