About CHF International

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About CHF International

Mission CHF International serves as a catalyst
for long-lasting positive change in low- and
moderate-income communities around the world,
helping them to improve their social, economic
and environmental conditions.
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About CHF International
Founded in 1952, CHF International is an
international development and humanitarian relief
organization that empowers low-income
communities by serving as a catalyst for
long-lasting positive change. CHF currently
operates 88 programs in 30 countries throughout
Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and
the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe.

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Our Impact Around the World

• Through our programs last year
• 115,000 displaced people are living in homes or
  shelters
• 141,000 women and men received loans worth 49.5
  million to build or improve their homes or
  businesses

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Our Impact Around the World

• 540,000 community members are living in more
  peaceful societies through community
  strengthening programs
• 1.5 million people have expanded their
  income-earning potential through employment and
  training programs

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Our Impact Around the World

• 3.5 million individuals involved with
  community-based organizations have become more
  self-sufficient through capacity building
  programs
• 6.5 million men and women are experiencing more
  social cohesion through community projects

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CHF has been working in Darfur since September
2004 to address
CHF International in Darfur

• Food Security
• Shelter
• Income- Generation
• Preserving the environment

Secretary Rice visits CHF sites in Darfur
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Building on three successfully completed programs
in Darfur, CHFs current Beyond Relief in a
Complex Environment (BRICE) project aims to
reduce the suffering of displaced families in
Darfur by helping them move from free handouts to
self-sufficiency while
CHF International in Darfur

• Providing shelters to IDPs
• Introducing fuel-efficient technologies
• Implementing income-generating opportunities for
  women and youth

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The Darfur Stoves Project

• This projects key objectives are to
• minimize womens exposure to rape when collecting
  firewood
• increase household income and
• reduce land denudation.

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Benefits of the Stoves
The Darfur Stoves Project

• Reduces household expenses for fuelwood (160
  annually, based on local prices)
• Cuts by factor of 3 the time needed for women to
  forage for fuelwood (1 trip per week, rather than
  3)
• Reduces the amount of firewood necessary to cook
  per family (by a factor of 3)

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The Darfur Stoves Project
First few of the Berkeley-Darfur stoves made in
Khartoum in 2006
The Berkeley Darfur Stove cooks meals of the
Darfur people, in their pots, with 70 less
fuelwood than the baseline
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The Darfur Stoves Project
IDP women being trained in the use of the
Berkeley-Darfur stove, at the start of the
technical field test. Dec. 2006
Some of the IDP women recipients of the first 50
stoves for field testing in Dec 2006 - Jan 2007
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The Darfur Stoves Project
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The Darfur Stoves Project
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The Darfur Stoves Project
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The Darfur Stoves Project