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Rwanda

In Rwanda, clean-burning cookstoves use crowdsourced biofuel image

Rwanda In Rwanda, clean-burning cookstoves use crowdsourced biofuel

on November 9, 2011 and filed under: Non-profit, Social cause

Seeking to provide an alternative to brush-fueled cook fires, Inyenyeri aim to bring carbon-negative stoves into the majority of Rwandan homes at zero cost to rural users.

Sanitary pad franchise creates jobs & improves lives image

RwandaUnited States Sanitary pad franchise creates jobs & improves lives

on October 22, 2009 and filed under: Non-profit, Social cause

Add / Remove According to research carried out by SHE — Sustainable Health Enterprises, around 50 days of school or work are missed by girls …



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