| Contributed by
Dr Karabi Dutta |
| 25 February 2008 |
Cedesol is one of five organizations around the world selected by the EPA in this partnership and will be using the grant to up-scale the industrialization process for an uniquely designed wood-burning rocket stove.
Bolivia is the poorest nation in South America where 40% of the population lives in extreme poverty. People often do not have the time or money to go to the doctor yet Bolivia has the highest rate of infant mortality in South America, largely due to respiratory illness. A significant reason for this is the way people cook.
The Cedesol Foundation works to help the people of Bolivia by providing creative market practices, subsidies and participative workshops through which the people can obtain our ecological cookers that greatly reduce the negative aspects of their current cooking methods.
Cedesol is one of five organizations around the world selected by the EPA in this partnership and will be using the grant to up-scale the industrialization process for an uniquely designed wood-burning device called a rocket stove.
Major improvements will be made in the production process so that 2,000 of these stoves will be produced every month, compared to 300 or 400 being made before the up-scale. Consultants are working to improve the design of the stove which has already proven to be at least 42% efficient, does not pollute the environment and gets about 95% of harmful gas particles out of the living space. The goal is to deliver 20,000 stoves by mid-2009 and they will by then be impacting cultural change and improving the lives of a significant sector of the population.
The Cedesol Foundation is currently running a project in partnership with GiveMeaning, an organization with a website that allows anybody to invest in projects that have achievable goals to accomplish measurable life-change. For just $12 invested one can enable a poor Bolivian to acquire an ecological stove that can improve their life in so many ways and also reduce damage to the environment.
To know more about this project click here
Visit the CEDESOL website here
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