La Montañita – Posolí Stove Project

The Problem

In the Nicaraguan countryside, families with little means have often lived with very inefficient stoves in their homes. These stoves require large amounts of wood and are poorly ventilated causing heavy smoke to cloud the home resulting in unsafe health conditions for the mothers and families. In addition, because of the need for a lot of wood for these stoves, the countryside has vast areas of deforestation, which leads to soil erosion and flooding.

The Solution

We provided the funding to have several highly efficient cookstoves built for families. The construction of the stoves used local labor and materials and were built on site in several homes. The stoves burn with very little wood and have a ventilation stack to keep the air quality safe in the home.

Located In

Nicaragua

100

People Served

Funded by

27 Donors

Donation Team

Alisun A. Barbara W. Carlos & Deanna Mendiola Carole M. Chris W. Daniel M. Darlene M. Fran V. Harrison N. James B. John Mendiola Family Kevin M. Leslie B. Mary Kay Y. Nancy S. Pam C. Scott C. Stuyvesant High School Thomas Mendiola Family Tricia C. Suzanne B.

In memory of Douglas Shannon, In memory of Ellen Baukney, In memory of Edie Nuemana, In memory of Juan Manteiga, In memory of Judy Thielebeule, In memory of Mr. Small

Project Updates

August 2018

Current conditions of a typical stove at a family home in the rural countryside. These stoves are little more than an area for an open fire with no proper ventilation.

September 2018

Wood forms are used along with metal rebar to provide structure to the fresh concrete pour that will ultimately create the finished stove structure.

January 2019

A finished stove in use in one of the local homes. The new stove is designed to burn less wood at higher efficiency and is properly vented to create a safer environment inside the home.