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3.5 billion people rely on dung, charcoal, firewood and crop residues to get energy for basic daily necessities...

Kenyan women in the Rift Valley toting firewood. (Picture by Hans-George Michna, 2003. Used with permission.)

They face tremendous challenges: Death and illness from indoor air pollutants, deforestation and environmental degradation, and poverty. It doesn't have to be this way... AHEAD is working on solutions!