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Eco-friendly Kilns Help Malawi’s Fish Curers Cut Losses — brown clay pots on brown soil

Eco-friendly Kilns Help Malawi’s Fish Curers Cut LossesCEFR A1

28 Apr 2025

Adapted from Charles Mpaka, SciDev CC BY 2.0

Photo by Black Chitsulo, Unsplash

AI-assisted adaptation of the original article, simplified for language learners.

  • Issah Amin works with fish on Lake Malawi.
  • He uses wood to smoke fish in kilns.
  • These kilns cause lots of smoke.
  • Some fish go bad if they are not cooked right.
  • New kilns are better and use less wood.
  • They help people earn more and stay healthy.

Difficult words

  • fisha living animal that swims in water.
  • woodthe material from trees.
  • smokethe black or gray cloud from fire.
  • kilna special oven for burning things.
    kilns
  • cookto prepare food with heat.
    cooked
  • earnto get money for work.

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Discussion questions

  • What do you think about smoking fish?
  • Why is it important to earn money?
  • How can new kilns help people?

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