Community Cooker

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The Community Cooker (Kiswahili translation "Jiko ya Jamii") is a type of stove invented by Nairobi-based architect Jim Archer, designed to produce safe, clean, and cheap energy for cooking from rubbish. It was desiogned to address the accumulation of rubbish throughout the Kenyan slum of Kibera, therefore aiding in addressing deforestation and groundwater pollution. [1] [2]

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  1. ↑ Sesay, Isha (6 April 2011). "In Africa's largest slum, a cooker that turns trash into fuel". CNN Urban Planet. Cable News Network. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Moody, Barry (3 April 2009). "Slum cooker protects environment, helps poor". Reuters. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
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