Imagine cooking, sleeping and taking care of children in a space about the size of a small U.S. bedroom…along with your extended family. Now imagine that you cook over an open fire which is smoky, hot and dangerous to your small children. On average, each Ecocina stove impacts the lives of 8 family members, alleviating upper respiratory ailments and burns while cutting down on deforestation and the time it takes to collect firewood.