"Removing the ILF will leave already cash-strapped local authorities even worse off - and they in turn will be looking at ways of cutting back on the support that they provide for disabled people with very high support needs, " he said.

BBC: Mandy Kiddell

The stoves are produced locally, and ILF trains a sales force of female micro-entrepreneurs to sell the stoves in rural villages.

FORBES: Cleaner Cookstoves For Christmas

While entrepreneurial-minded concerns like the Adventure Project and ILF in many ways represent the future of social impact work, corporate, foundation and civic giving practices remain largely charitable in nature.

FORBES: Cleaner Cookstoves For Christmas