Radio sensitization programs were aired on the local and global environmental impacts of using trees as firewood or charcoal for cooking. The community members were sensitized on how using energy efficient stoves and groundnut briquettes( as oppose to tree woods) can contribute to environmental sustainability both locally and globally.

Since metal work in this community is a male dominated job, the males were targeted for the training of the metal stove whilst the female were targeted for the pottery stove training as pottery is a female dominated job. The sensitization events focused on the female groups as they women are the main decision makers when it comes to how the cooking is done in this community.

The project aims to benefit 5000 households in the beneficiary communities by providing them with access to energy efficient cooking stoves. The NGO implementing the project collaborated with department of community development and The Young volunteers for The Environment Organization,who took up the responsibility for the community sensitization. Since culturally women are responsible for the family cooking, the sensitization mostly targeted women. Both skilled and unskilled labor were recruited from the beneficiary community for the purpose of job creation and to inject sense of ownership of the project by the community.

The training of the local youths and women in the art of pottery and metal work will build the capacity of the existing craftsmen. These skills will allow for the maintenance of the energy efficient stoves. Once families realize the energy efficient stoves use less charcoal and less wood for cooking, implying more money saved, they will repair any broken one or buy a new one; this will sustain the project for the long term.