[fsf60k] Re: cutting down on smoking
- From: michael cipoletti <ikecip@xxxxxxx>
- To: "fsf60k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <fsf60k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:49:26 -0600
There is an organization already working in Chacraseca on
a stove project
I will gladly get the contact to you
Let me know
mc
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> On Mar 19, 2014, at 2:06 PM, richard wiltamuth <dwiltam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> dear friends,
> the sight of nicaraguan cooks hovering over smoky fires all day has always
> bothered me, as well as the amount of wood hauled in from the hills to
> prepare meals. there may be an answer.
> i have made contact with brian davis, who is part of a nonprofit group called
> the nicaragua initiative for community advancement. among other things, it
> has a factory near granada that has produced about 2,000 brick stoves of the
> "rocket stove" type for about $10 each. the "coci-nica" is said to cut smoke
> and fuel usage by 50 percent.
> during our spring trip, i propose visiting the factory and buying a few to
> have our communities test them. if the stoves pass muster, more of them could
> be purchased.
> below is an article written by brian davis that includes a link to their
> website. or you can google "coci-nica" to find out more.
> best to all,
> dick wiltamuth
>
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> The Coci-Nica is changing the rules of the kitchen
>
> By: Brian Davis | March 1, 2014
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> The Coci-Nica is providing employment and healthier cooking in the Nicaraguan
> countryside
>
> Most poor Nicaraguan families cook with firewood. You’ve seen the “three
> rock” open fires and the blackened walls of their smoke-filled kitchens.
> Imagine the lungs of the mothers and children that spend much of their time
> in those kitchens.
>
>
> The traditional way of cooking
>
> Consider also that a family of five spends about 20 Cordobas a day to
> purchase their firewood, or cuts down trees and carries the wood long
> distances on their backs. Children are often burned by the exposed fires and
> women spend their days in the hot, smoky kitchens. Around the world, over 2
> million women and children die yearly from inhaling the smoke from cooking
> fires. All told, smoke emitted by cooking fires contributes more to climate
> change than automobiles do.
>
> Over 2,000 Nicaraguan families have found a better way to cook: the
> Coci-Nica, a highly efficient clay-brick wood-burning stove based on a rocket
> stove design.
>
> Produced in Las Comarcas de La Laguna, near Granada, and made entirely of
> local materials and with Nicaraguan ownership and labor, the Coci-Nica uses
> one-third of the firewood, emits very little smoke, cooks much faster, and is
> protected from the wind and children. It can burn firewood of any size, from
> large chunks to small twigs and cooks up to 5 gallons of food. It even works
> with charcoal. The Coci-Nica last for many years and saves the average
> family about $150 each year.
>
>
> The 'new way' of cooking
>
> A simple, low-tech, realistic solution to a big problem!
>
> At 250 Cordobas ($10) the Coci-Nica is accessible to all but the poorest
> Nicaraguans. There are more efficient wood-burning stoves in the world, but
> none at a realistic price that is sustainable within the true economy of
> Nicaragua.
>
> The 2,000 families who currently use this energy-saving stove paid for them;
> they were not charity! And the production and sale of the Coci-Nica is
> providing good jobs for five residents of the comarcas.
>
> Although we never give it away, some of the very poorest families still
> cannot afford the full price of the Coci-Nica. Would you like to help by
> subsidizing stoves for some of these families? Do you have a business that
> could finance or subsidize stoves for its employees? Are you connected to an
> NGO that would like to subsidize stoves? One hundred dollars will allow 17
> families to purchase a stove at a price they can afford.
>
> Please contact us at nancy.brian@xxxxxxxxx or call us at 8991-0543. More
> detail is available at our website.
>
> It’s a small investment with a guaranteed large return!
>
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> About Brian Davis More by this author
>
>
> Brian and Nancy first came to Nicaragua in 2007 to visit a son who was living
> in the country after a stint in the Peace Corps. They fell in love with the
> land and people of Nicaragua and eventually bought property on the rim of
> Laguna de Apoyo. The next year they built our house and began their adventure
> into discovering how the culture works here.
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