1,500 Clean Cookstoves for Haitian Families

One of the best parts about working for Trees, Water & People (TWP) is the variety of angles from which we approach a problem.  We see access to clean energy as a human right, and believe that providing that access can be a win not only for a family's health and economy, but also for the entire planet.  Daily...

Recently, Haiti Program Manager Jean Gabriel took a batch of Zanmi Pye Bwa (ZPB) cookstoves on a journey north from Port-au-Prince, to see how people in other markets would respond to it.  Since most of the improved cookstove work going on in Haiti has been centered in the capital city, many communities outside of the...

Trees, Water & People's Haiti Program Manager, Jean Gabriel, continues to deliver in Port-au-Prince, expanding the Zanmi Pye Bwa (ZPB) sales force to include vendors in four other Haitian cities.  Since our last Global Giving report, hundreds of stoves have been sold, and prototyping work has started on a new...

With more than 15 vendors recruited to sell the Zanmi Pye Bwa (ZPB) Cookstove at different points throughout Port-au-Prince, Trees, Water & People’s Haiti Program Manager, Jean-Marie Gabriel, has taken to the TWP cookstove program like a fish to water.  This is only moderately surprising – he grew up...

It gives us great pleasure to welcome the newest member of the Trees, Water & People (TWP) family, Jean Marie Gabriel.  Jean is our new Haiti Program Manager, and will be living in Port-au-Prince representing TWP locally, and moving our projects forward. Jean was born and raised in Port-au-Prince, and held a...

Zanmi Pye Bwa (ZPB) cookstoves have officially entered the marketplace in Port-au-Prince, where they are being made available to consumers at a promotional price to build excitement around this innovative new product. By way of Trees, Water & People’s partnership with International Lifeline Fund, two retailers...

Trees, Water & People (TWP) continues to push forward in Haiti, building inventory of its Zanmi Pye Bwa cookstoves and keeping 10 metalsmiths employed in the process.  By the end of the year we hope to have a total of 2,500 units in circulation with the support of our partner International Lifeline Fund (ILF),...

Our Haiti team continues to innovate in response to feedback from cookstove users, who continually request a second clean cookstove to replace both traditional stoves in their household kitchens.  Like most homes around the world, people use two burners simultaneously to prepare various parts of their meal at...

Trees, Water & People (TWP) continues to push forward with projects in Haiti, as Deputy International Director Sebastian Africano and International Program Coordinator Claudia Menendez prepare for a three week trip to the country to launch new operational partnerships.  In Port au Prince, TWP has partnered with...

Hello Friends, It has been one year since the devastating 7.0 earthquake rocked the country of Haiti, killing some 230,000 people and displacing another 1 million. Trees, Water & People (TWP) is reflecting on the past year in Haiti and looking forward to the future. In the weeks and months following the earthquake,...

I’d call on everybody to keep their eyes and thoughts on Haiti in the coming weeks, and to think of ways forward as the country prepares itself for the era that will see them either emerge as a functional democracy, or remain buried mentally and physically in the rubble of the past several decades. This quote from a...

Sebastian Africano, Trees, Water & People's Deputy International Director, sends this very personal account from northwest Haiti, reminding us of the epic challenges faced by the Haitian people each and every day. Sebastian has been in the country since November 8th visiting TWP partners and assessing the current...

Dear Friends, On October 13th, I embark on a 6-week trip to Central America and Haiti to visit the international programs of Trees, Water & People (TWP). November 5-18, I will be in Haiti and below are a few of my key itinerary activities while there: Arrive in Port au Prince and conduct analysis of Rocket stove...

Trees, Water & People (TWP) continues to develop key partnerships and progress in activities and communication with local and international organizations working to rebuild Haiti after January’s devastating earthquake. Recently, TWP earned designation as one of about 10 organizations in the Improved Stoves Working Group in...

Trees, Water & People’s Haiti project has taken center stage this year at Aprovecho Research Center’s Stove Camp in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Every year, 50 stove designers, practitioners and hobbyists get together to share best practices and tackle the challenges found in the field. Reports from Trees, Water & People’s...

Haiti is the poorest and least developed country in the Western Hemisphere. The population suffers greatly from widespread disease and inadequate health care. A long history of political instability has further plagued the country and its nine million inhabitants, and has resulted in necessary international intervention....

Trees, Water & People’s efforts in Haiti continue to move forward with the help of our partners from the International Lifeline Fund who have begun distributing more fuel-efficient Rocket stoves to families displaced by the earthquake. Interactive trainings are being held daily for groups of 20 women - cooking a communal...