Refugee Camps: Fuel Log and Coffee Grounds

refugee camps: Thousands of women and children from refugee camps in Africa spend hours and hours collecting firewood, said Sam Bennett, an MBA student at UofT's Rotman School of Management, according to Metro News. Not only is it exhausting for them, it is also dangerous. Students from the business and engineering programs have partnered to build Moto, a fuel log made from used coffee grounds, wax and sugar that acts as substitute for firewood. Through our research we found that very often they are attacked and assaulted. With coffee grounds collected from local Starbucks, Second Cup and Tim Hortons, the group has gone through different mixes to produce the current fuel log. Bennett hopes that Moto can serve as a safer, environmentally-friendly alternative to firewood, which many refugees rely on for heating and cooking. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.