NO MAMA SHOULD PAY WITH HER LIFE FOR FEEDING HER FAMILY NO MOTHER SHOULD PAY WITH HER LIFE FOR COOKING FOR HER FAMILY. YET GLOBALLY, MORE THAN 3 BILLION PEOPLE, 40% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION, DEPEND ON POLLUTING OPEN FIRES FOR PREPARING MEALS. WOMEN AND CHILDREN SUFFER THE LARGEST HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, BECAUSE IT IS MOSTLY WOMEN WHO, SURROUNDED BY CHILDREN, COOK. BECAUSE FIREWOOD IS RAPIDLY BECOMING SCARCE, THEY BURN OTHER BIOMASS SUCH AS CROP WASTE OR DRIED DUNG, BUT ALSO PLASTIC TRASH. DAILY, THEY ARE INHALING SMOKE AND TOXIC CHEMICALS, WHICH ANNUALLY CAUSE 4 MILLION DEATHS. PUT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE DEATH COUNT FROM HIV/AIDS IS ABOUT 1 MILLION PEOPLE AND FROM MALARIA IT IS ABOUT 600,000 PEOPLE. MANY EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BY INTRODUCING CLEAN BIOMASS BURNING STOVES. BUT THESE NOVEL STOVES, UNLIKE THE STONE OR MUD OPEN FIRE PITS, COST MONEY, WHICH THE VICTIMS DO NOT HAVE, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE MARKET ECONOMY. IT ALSO DOES NOT HELP THAT THE VICTIMS D