When the neighbourhood oven starts up again, the morning smell drifts down the streets; the master returns to his counter and an apprentice learns the craft at his side.
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Community Oven: Local Jobs, Steady Bread
At first light the iron door of a stone oven, cold for months, creaks open once more, and the ash strewn hearth inside is lit again by your hand. Our repair crew restores the existing ovens in Gaza and Mogadishu on site, rebuilds the bellows and the kneading trough, and locks in the flour supply on a direct contract with the mill; we keep the baker on a protected wage and proper safety, then hand priority bread vouchers to the most fragile households. As more than eight thousand loaves return to the counter each day, the oven's daily output log and a GPS stamped photo reach your account every week. On the day the bread comes out, the neighbourhood tailor writes a note on the flour dusted counter with one finger.