A not-for-profit initiative, bringing safer, more efficient cooking to communities in need.

Two girls with thier fire for life stoves

At Escea, our purpose is simple – to create better fireplaces. Whether that means fireplaces in homes, or safer cooking fires in the developing world.

We’re also committed to solving problems in innovative ways. One we couldn’t ignore was open-fire cooking in developing countries – unsafe, unhealthy, and inefficient. So, we designed the Fire for Life Cooking Stove – a lightweight, portable stove that’s easy to use, burns cleaner, and uses less fuel.

Every fireplace we sell helps fund the production and distribution of these life-changing cook stoves.

Fire for Life Featured on TVNZ

We recently caught up with the team at New Zealand’s TV1 News to share the story behind Fire for Life.

Watch this segment to learn more about the project and how the cooking stoves are making a difference to displaced families in Syria.

“Making innovative fireplaces is at the core of everything we do. So, when we saw an opportunity to improve the lives of people who only have an open fire to cook on, it was a no-brainer for us to get involved.”

 Nigel Bamford, Escea Fireplace Company Founder

 

Fire for Life: The Beginning

Discover how Escea’s founder and CEO Nigel Bamford teamed up with ReliefAid to get our first stoves to families in Syria – united by a shared mission to improve lives in crisis-affected communities. Learn how the project began, and the journey to bringing Fire for Life, to life.

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Umm Asmaa’s Story

Umm Asmaa lives in a Syrian displacement camp with her husband and three daughters. Life in the camp is difficult enough without the challenges of open fire cooking. In 2021, with the help of ReliefAid, Umm and her family were one of the first recipients of a Fire for Life cooking stove–making daily life just a little bit easier.

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 STOVES DELIVERED 

8,186+

 PEOPLE IMPACTED 

42,609+

*Figures as of January 2025, since distribution began in 2021. Additional deliveries are currently underway.