
The $50 Loan That Could Save Ethiopia: Why Banks Don’t Finance Clean Stoves for Families Like Birke’s
At 5:30 in the morning in Addis Ababa, ten-year-old Lemlem is already awake—coughing. Smoke from the family’s charcoal stove coils through the one-room house, catching in her throat as her mother, Birke, crouches over the glowing embers. This is not a rare …