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Some of the energy savibg stove at Arua public SS. By Anslem OjaruArua City Schools in Arua city are struggling to cope up with the proposal to adopt to eco-friendly technologies as most of the schools are still stuck to the traditional cooking methods which c
Some of the energy savibg stove at Arua public SS.
By Anslem Ojaru
Arua City
Schools in Arua city are struggling to cope up with the proposal to adopt to eco-friendly technologies as most of the schools are still stuck to the traditional cooking methods which contributes to the depletion of the forests.
Asuman Sabiri the head teacher of Ikhals nursey and primary school attributes this to the lack of technical guidance and complications in finding alternative energy source.
“We lack technical man power. We want people to work for us but most people are in Kampala. So, transporting them, then with trust issues, it has become a gap. Those are the people who could train us in using alternative source of power. Wood fuel is so costly and time consuming. There are days the wood fuel does not bring out fire timely, there are also days when you want it and it’s out of market. So, it’s tiresome to use it.”
However, some schools have embraced the energy saving stoves to save the cost spend on woos fuel in a term.
Maxwell Dramadri the head teacher of Arua public secondary school reveals that the high consumption of firewood and smoke production made him come with the idea of school energy saving stoves in 2022.
“We have really reduced on consumption of wood fuel. We came up with the idea of energy saving stoves. Because of the energy saving ovens we put, I think it cut fuel consumption by almost 75%. Initially, we would use almost a cubic meter just in two days. We would bring a full truck and in one week it gets finished. That is why I came up with that idea of energy saving stoves. Generally, we are now saving money,” he said. 
Maxwell Dramadri the head teacher of Arua public s.s
Brenda Abaru, the store keeper of the school says the school using 2 cubic meters in a day to cook for over 2000 plus leaners and staff. “It has saved us a lot. When we were using the three stones, I think we used to use more than that. We could use 10 cubic centimetres per day which used to be costly. The energy saving stoves also cooks faster. Beans take only 30 to 40 minutes to be ready,” Abaru stressed.
According to statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO) lack of access to clean cooking methods has affected almost over 2 billion people worldwide and more than half of it is in Africa.