News Articles - Sustainable Harvest International (SHI)

Origin and Benefits of the DAMAK Wood-Conserving Stove

The first models of the “Justa” wood-conserving stove were introduced to SHI-Panama in 2007 following a staff training in Honduras, where they learned about its benefits, design and construction. SHI-Panama Field Trainer Diomedes Arrocha dedicated a lot of time to the construction of the “Justa” stove model, but he began to introduce some changes since the original model was costly due to the amount of metal used, such as the…

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Our Graduate Survey is Online!

Ever since founding SHI fourteen years ago, it has been my greatest hope and expectation that the changes we make possible in the world will be permanent. I did not want us to be one of those myriad development programs that improves things while they have an active project in an area only to find that everything reverts to the status quo once the project ends.

Partnerships in Action

Helen Keller said, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Almost three years ago, SHI-Panama began putting this principal into action. They recognized that their effectiveness in preserving tropical rainforests while improving the lives of poor, rural families could be multiplied if they joined forces with other organizations. One of their most successful partnerships is with Peace Corps Panama. Both organizations have benefited tremendously, though…

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A New Vision

The rural Nicaraguan communities of Las Breñas and San Sebastian are not easy to access. My recent journey from the SHI-Nicaragua office took nearly six hours and, in transit, everything I passed was either enchanting or disheartening – mangroves, swamps, tropical low-land forests, pastures, the ruins of what was once nature now slashed and burned. As the path took me deeper and deeper into human-induced destruction, ignorance and lack of…

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