KONPAY's Alternative Charcoal & Clean Cook Stove Program
KONPAY is a partner of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a public-private initiative led by the United Nations Foundation to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women and preserve the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean cooking solutions. Since 2011, KONPAY has advocated for community health by bringing awareness to environmentally responsible cooking methods, leading workshops that educate on the benefits of alternative charcoal, training organizations and individuals to assemble stoves and produce alternative charcoal, and engaging local youth in all aspects of this process through the JDS Saturday program.
Learn more about the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves at www.cleancookstoves.org.
Learn more about the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves at www.cleancookstoves.org.
How Clean Cook Stoves are Making a Difference in Haiti
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Facts:
1. Four million people globally, mostly women and children, die each year from daily exposure to the harmful smoke produced by cooking over open fires. Our work in Haiti is combating this health issue with the Alternative Charcoal & Clean Cook Stove Program!
2. Only about 1.5% of Haiti's natural growth forest remains. Most has been cut for charcoal and firewood production
3. Approximately 75% of ALL energy consumed in the country is based on wood fuels, and that's not just for cooking
4. Studies have ascertained that few Haitians understand the health implications of cooking with firewood and charcoal. People may become sick, some my succumb to respiratory disease, but few comprehend the correlations. education, as practiced within the Alternative Charcoal and Clean Cook Stoves Program is an important component of the project.
5. Similarly, few households, when asked for their gravest environmental concern, mention the issue of deforestation. Instead, symptoms of deforestation such as vulnerability to landslides or floods are cited as core problems.
2. Only about 1.5% of Haiti's natural growth forest remains. Most has been cut for charcoal and firewood production
3. Approximately 75% of ALL energy consumed in the country is based on wood fuels, and that's not just for cooking
4. Studies have ascertained that few Haitians understand the health implications of cooking with firewood and charcoal. People may become sick, some my succumb to respiratory disease, but few comprehend the correlations. education, as practiced within the Alternative Charcoal and Clean Cook Stoves Program is an important component of the project.
5. Similarly, few households, when asked for their gravest environmental concern, mention the issue of deforestation. Instead, symptoms of deforestation such as vulnerability to landslides or floods are cited as core problems.
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