BHS students design stoves for Ugandan tribe

On Jan. 15, Bonsall High School 10th graders hosted an event marking the end of a two-month project. The Sophomore World Studies class partnered with the non-profit organization Ecolife to develop a solution to a real-world problem. Ecolife is currently trying to build stoves for the an indigenous group in Uganda, the Batwa.

The Batwa need a method of cooking and source of light that is safer and healthier than the three stone fires they use. The foundation approached the students with guidelines for stove safety, the requirement that they needed to be culturally appropriate and 50 percent mor...