Mrs Kalpana Karia, the briquette projects coordinator at the Briquettes Processing Factory in Dunga, Kisumu County. Inset: The ready briquettes. [Collins Oduor, Standard] Everybody is so busy on this ...

NAKIVALE, Uganda, Aug 9 (UNHCR) - Cooking with a traditional three-stone stove in south-west Uganda's sprawling Nakivale refugee settlement used to be an exhausting daily exercise for 39-year-old ...

In the heart of Mumias town, Kakamega County, a determined group of widows is redefining resilience through an unlikely venture: briquette-making. The Wadada Solidarity Group, made up of 20 widows, ...

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