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Wood-Conserving Stoves:  Healthy Hearths

LorenaStoveWood-conserving lorena stoves
are saving thousands of trees and greatly improving women’s and children’s health in Central America.  These stoves require half the amount of firewood of an open fireplace and reduce the amount of smoke in the home.  Women and children using open fire places in their homes in Honduras were breathing smoke fumes equivalent to eight packs of cigarettes a day!  Now, with SHI’s support, hundreds of families are building simple lorena stoves for cooking and heating, while smoke is funneled outside via a chimney. These stoves are easy to construct with mostly local material and are greatly improving the lives of many.

“The smoke goes up the chimney as opposed to getting in my eyes and lungs.”
-Ofelia Sho, New Owner of Lorena Stove in Belize
Click here to read the more from Ofelia Sho.
 
 
$25 is all it takes to provide a family with the basic materials to construct one of these stoves.  In Fiscal Year 2004, SHI helped 54 families construct lorena stoves, thereby saving thousands of trees and improving the health of many.  CLICK HERE to donate now.


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