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How much would it cost to build a kitchen in a hut in Ghana?

I would like to know how much it would cost to improve a hut in a poor part of Ghana by building an indoor kitchen (obviously not the fancy ones you find in UK and USA)? Thanks Incase you didn't notice.. this is in >Homework< help. Why? Because it would help with my >homework<..

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1. why would you be interested in doing that... Almost nobody lives in mud huts in Ghana... Your time would be better spent trying to develop low cost housing...
2. Don't mind the previous poster, he's clueless. Yes, people in Ghana do still live in mud huts. Obviously, he's never been to Bolgatanga, Ghana! Anyway, building an indoor kitchen to improve a hut in a poor part of Ghana. First, you'd have to assume they do NOT have electricity, not in the rural areas. What then the person would use is a small gas burner, single or double, but more likely single, that is attached to an LPG tank. It's lit with boxed matches, and the tank looks kind of like a propane tank, only usually more narrow and taller. The tank with a burner is about $40; refills of the tank are about $6. Second, there is also likely no plumbing in the house; water is brought from a communal faucet and kept in large plastic barrels. It's used for cooking and washing. Washing would be in a large plastic basin, done outside of the house so the water can be dumped. If the person has to buy the barrel, that's about $10, the basin is about $4. I am sure they'd like to at least have a table to work on, that can be built be a local carpenter for about $7-8. A cabinet built to store goods would be about $13-15. You're talking less than $25 for both items, labor included. Because there's no electricity, they'd keep things cold by using an ice chest, with ice bought from a vendor who does have electricity. Most people who make foods like local soup will not refrigerate it, but will keep it covered and reheat it often to kill bacteriia. Lighting would either be by candle or kerosene lamps. Hope this helps. Barb, an American who lives in Ghana