Promote Sustainable Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico

 
$12,203
$11,934
Raised
Remaining

Promote Sustainable Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico

Promote Sustainable Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico

Traditional Stoves

Traditional Stoves
This is a typical stove that you might see in homes in Chiapas. When it is in use the smoke circulates in the house causing health problems from respiratory infections and asthma to cataracts and carbon monoxide poisoning.

Wood Burning Stove

Wood Burning Stove
This woman demonstrates her wood-burning stove. Instead of the room being smokey, the flue (just to the left of the woman) takes the smoke outside.

Wood Burning Stove

Wood Burning Stove
This wood burning stove has been recently installed and the smoke goes directly outside. It allows people to cook more efficiently and uses a lot less wood than traditional stoves.

Community Store

Community Store
DESMI opens small grocery stores with the goal of creating an integrated network of producers and consumers as backbone to a strong rural economy.

Funded

Thanks to 143 donors like you, a total of $12,203 was raised for this project on GlobalGiving. Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.

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Organization

Project Leader

Gillian Wilson

IDEX Latin America Program Director
San Francisco, CA United States

Where is this project located?

Map of Promote Sustainable Agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico