The difficult and dangerous job of collecting firewood falls to women and girls, who must venture long distances to find trees jutting above the surface.
But hyacinth is safely and easily gathered near the water's edge using long rakes, and dried by the sackful under the sun. The process requires little training or specialised equipment, said Simon Riak, who oversees the initiative funded by the World Food Programme . Wood is in short supply and hard to reach, with trees rotting and collapsing in the high water. The scarcity has doubled the price of charcoal in the past year alone, said Riak.
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