rural energy and community reforestation in Burkina Faso. With the support of the Tiipaalga NGO, the “Livelihoods-Tiipaalga” project aims to manufacture and provide improved stoves to 30,000 households. These efficient stoves are designed to reduce the consumption of wood, the sole source of fuel in the African countryside. Some 150,000 people in Bam and Loroum provinces should benefit from this initiative, which significantly eases the burden on women, helps to preserve forest resources and improves the health of the local populations