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Green Stoves for Rwanda

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Summary

CHF in partnership with Disney and Spencer Brodsky will be utilizing fuel efficient stoves to prevent deforestation, improve health, and create income for Rwanda's orphans and vulnerable children. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Women and children will benefit most as they are tasked with gathering firewood and cooking. Children are most susceptible to health issues due to prolonged exposure to indoor air pollution – which doubles their risk of developing respiratory disease – and pregnant women run the risk of complications during labor. The environmental impacts of traditional cooking methods exacerbate the issue of deforestation which is estimated to have claimed 78% of natural forest between 1990 and 2000 by WRI.

Activities

CHF International has partnered with E+Co to develop a contextually appropriate form of a fuel-efficient stove through market research of existing production capacity, identification of local partners and collaboration on a design for production.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $5,300
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $94,700
Total Funding Goal: $100,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The stoves require as much as 75% less fuel than current stoves. They reduce exposure to indoor air pollution and improve the health of the children of Rwanda. Also, they will assist in reducing the rate of deforestation and improve forest habitat.

Project Message

The CHF/Disney Green Stoves Project improves the health of both the population and the environment of Rwanda, educates families and small business owners on the benefits of fuel efficiency in cooking.
- Annaliese Herring, Global Green Initiative Program Officer

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Erin Mote
Manager of Resource Development
8601 Georgia Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20910
United States
3015874700
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Project Sponsor

CHF International

Organization

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CHF International
8601 Georgia Ave, Suite 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910
United States
301-587-4700
http://www.chfinternational.org

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in RwandaRwanda and can also be found under Climate Change (GG Green)Climate Change (GG Green).

For more information about Rwanda, read the Human Development Report on Rwanda or the Wikipedia entry for Rwanda.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on February 3, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 10, 2009

Latest Update from the Field

Maryland Teen Raises Over $3,000

By Natalie Taggart - Communications, February 03, 2010 01:01 PM

Spencer Brodsky, a Maryland teen, has raised $3,300 for CHF International’s Fuel Efficient Stoves program in Rwanda through Global Giving’s Give More, Get More Challenge. Through social media, Spencer encouraged hundreds of like-minded individuals to give to CHF through Global Giving, who matched donations.

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