Training

This is the agronomist who gave us some training on how to make charcoal using vegetable waste instead of precious wood. He trained four teams of four teens (say that fast!) so we will always have charcoal. We'll save on propane which is super expensive and we won't need to buy the charcoal that comes from cutting down trees which Haiti can no longer afford to do.

Cob

All this is corn cobs after we've stripped them of kernels. Even the pigs turn their snouts up when offered this stuff. We will transform this vegetable waste into charcoal.

Barrel oven

The barrel is partially filled with layers of corn cob and vertiver roots and then set on fire.

Barrel covered

This keeps the air from getting to the material inside and allows it to smolder and form charcoal.

Final Product

Our very own charcoal briquettes