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Guatemala
Climate Change
Energy Efficient Cooking Stoves in Lake Atitlan
More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesThe stoves, used in place of the three stone fire, have multiple benefits. They reduce carbon emissions, local de-forestation and lung desease, improve air quality in the home and health for local families and allow increased time and energies for local families to be spent on education, employment and micro-enterprises ActivitiesThe stoves take 2 to 3 days to build depending upon skill, experience and location. The stoves have an estimated life of 15 to 25 years. The benefits of each stove can be applied for that duration, and the decrease on deforestation for longer. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: £2,156 Funding InformationThis project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available. Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled £2,156. The original project funding goal was £2,280. Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf). Resources
Why this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactWith less trees cut down for firewood, less time spent by children searching for firewood, the necessity that to receive a stove, the family must send their children to school and obvious health benefits, the long-term impact is quantifiable. Project Message
When I first spent time with the kids during 2007, most of the kids had a heart-wrenching cough. The stoves are helping to decrease this but threre are many more families to reach. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Ross Deans, Project SponsorGlobal Vision International Charitable Trust--Sponsor Organisation
Learn more about Global Vision International Charitable Trust and the project team. Global Vision International Charitable Trust's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
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For more information about Guatemala, read the Human Development Report on Guatemala or the Wikipedia entry for Guatemala. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on November 10, 2011. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 04, 2008. Latest Update from the FieldGVI win best volunteer organization!By Ross Deans - GVI Charitable Trust Manager, November 10, 2011 12:02 PM
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