[fsf60k] Re: cutting down on smoking
- From: michael cipoletti <ikecip@xxxxxxx>
- To: "fsf60k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <fsf60k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:54:07 -0600
And yes it is a great and necessary project
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> On Mar 19, 2014, at 2:49 PM, michael cipoletti <ikecip@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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