StoveTeam Blog

Once Upon a Stove in Mexico

Elly Seelye - Tuesday, March 27, 2012

On Friday, March 23rd our very good friends, Yoli and Victor Del Rio, hosted, in their lovely home, a traditional Mexican comida featuring Enchaladas Rojas together with all the trimmings. And the stars of the event were two of the healthful, efficient, practical and ever versatile Ecocina Stoves! Over 50 guests were in attendance and $12,000 pesos was raised to assist with the purchase of an Ecocina Stove for each of the elderly folks served by Antonette & Joe Lim of So Others May Eat, a project that they have been selflessly running in San Miguel for over 23 years. Thank you to the many who made donations toward the cause and to those that attended the event. Thank you to the lovely ladies who cooked the delicious meal and to our good friends who volunteered as servers. And a very special thank you to Yoli and Victor who worked tirelessly and with great enthusiasm to make this event possible.

-Sharon Doherty

A very special thank you to John and Sharon Doherty, who tirelessly work as volunteers to promote clean cookstoves in the San Miguel de Allende area. 



2011 PCIA Forum

Sanya Detweiler - Wednesday, February 23, 2011

StoveTeam President Nancy Hughes, El Salvadoran Factory Owner, Gustavo Peña, and Administrative Assistant, Sanya Detweiler are all attending the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) Forum this week in Lima, Peru.  


Nancy and two other partners testing a stove prototype

The Forum is held biennially to get together the 400 partners from 150 countries who are all involved in the cleaner cooking community.  Hosted by the U.S. EPA's PCIA, this year also in attendance is the Peruvian first lady as well as other prominent government officials.  So far the forum has discussed topics of national stove programs, highlighting Peru's program, stoves for humanitarian crisis, such as Haiti, and the latest developments in technologies, fuels and testing.

Participants will have the chance to visit local communities who are using improved stoves in the areas surrounding Lima tomorrow and StoveTeam president Nancy Hughes will speak about manufacturing strategies on Friday.  The forum will conclude Saturday with sessions on carbon credits and their application for stove projects.