[fsf60k] Re: cutting down on smoking
- From: michael cipoletti <ikecip@xxxxxx>
- To: fsf60k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:11:09 -0600
And he was a major piece of the Chac water project.
I met with him in ’07 and Peter knows him well.
MC
On Mar 21, 2014, at 7:09 AM, Kathryn Shreck <kcshr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We worked with Elmer in Amatitan .
> Kate
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> On Mar 20, 2014, at 6:34 PM, michael cipoletti <ikecip@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Elmer Zelaya will be in touch next week with info regarding the project
>> CHICA is doing with stoves in Chac.
>>
>> mc
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Mar 20, 2014, at 4:32 PM, akillelea@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> I agree, lots of health implications.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: richard wiltamuth <dwiltam@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: fsf60k <fsf60k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wed, Mar 19, 2014 4:06 pm
>>> Subject: [fsf60k] cutting down on smoking
>>>
>>> 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!
>>>
>>> ShareEmail Print
>>> 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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