The living arrangements in the villages of third world countries are vastly different from those available in the urban sectors of the countries. The rural life is a completely alien lifestyle to foreigners and urban citizens who are exposed to new technologies and use them on a regular basis. The disadvantages of living in such rural sites include the scarcity of everyday technology like stoves, microwaves, and other kitchen appliances that we take for granted. Often, people have to sacrifice their health to make up for the lack of resources in their community. Garrick Blalock highlighted the issue of bringing modern stoves to a village in Uganda, where women burned wood, that they chopped themselves, to heat their pots and pans. The health risks associated with inhaling the heavy influx of smoke from the wood is very high and often children, who are in the kitchen with their mother, have to inhale that smoke.  However, a lot of the families have refused to adopting new methods of cooking as it is not feasible for them to spend money on gas stoves. How is it possible to convince the villagers to take up a new method of cooking? It’s not.

Garrick explained that the he and his team had an idea of bringing modern gas stoves to the village and the new gas stoves emitted much less smoke than what the villagers were actually using. Unfortunately, the new gas stove also cost about 5 times the weekly salaries of the villagers. In order to get them to try the new stoves. Garrick and his team made a deal with the villagers in which they would pay for the stove in weekly installments if they actually found it useful. Even though, 50% of the villagers kept the stoves after 5 weeks, when Garrick visited after 2 years, he saw that almost all the families who had originally kept the stove had switched back to the old stove. The problem lies in the fact that it is impossible for a person to make another person change their regular hobbits. The change must come within. If the villagers realized that the new stove would be of no use to them, they would go back to their old stove no matter how harmful it might be. They are probably more concerned about their economic situation than their health, so if it means giving up a new piece of technology they will do it without any hesitation.  In order for the Ugandan village to see the change, they have to to propel it themselves.