Micro Enterprise & Justa Stove Project in Honduras

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1 Micro Enterprise & Justa Stove Project in Honduras Making Stoves & Fixing Carbon Trees, Water & People Honduran Association for Development Aprovecho Research Center

2 Trees, Water & People TWP is a 501(c)(3) not-forprofit organization that improves people s lives by helping communities protect, conserve and manage the natural resources upon which their long-term well-being depends.

3 Honduran Association for Development (AHDESA) AHDESA is a Honduran not-for-profit organization that contributes to the sustainable development of marginalized communities.

4 Deforestation Honduras is losing 80,000 hectares (approx. 200,000 acres) of forest per year to deforestation: Lumber Invading farmers Fuelwood/energy

5 Indoor Air Pollution The World Health Organization estimates that 1.6 million people die each year due to indoor air pollution. Women and children are most at risk.

6 TWP in Latin America Has been working in Latin America since 1998 Has established reforestation and fuel-efficient stove projects in Central America, Mexico, and Brazil Has produced and planted 1.4 million trees and built more than 20,000 fuel-efficient stoves

7 Two-Pronged Approach to Sustainable Energy and Forest Conservation Community reforestation to increase supply of trees Fuel-efficient stoves to reduce the demand for trees

8 Traditional vs. Improved Stoves 85% of rural families use traditional stoves (no chimney) 13 % have improved stoves (stove with chimney) 50% of urban families use wood-burning stoves for cooking 40% have improved stoves

9 The Justa Stove TWP and AHDESA have built more than 8,000 Justa stoves in Honduras since Target Populations: Urban Low Income Rural Low Income Rural Medium Income Price: $62 Justa Nunez with her stove

10 The Justa Stove Stove design is adapted to local cooking needs metal griddle to cook tortillas

11 Benefits of the Justa Stove Reduces deforestation by consuming 30 70% less fuel wood, compared to traditional cook stoves; depends on how good the traditional cook is and if she cooks with direct flame, foods cooked, etc.; Climate Care will test

12 Benefits of the Justa Stove Removes over 60% of greenhouse gases from kitchen: Reduces respiratory and eye problems; cleaner clothes and more hygienic kitchen These changes benefit and empower women.

13 The Justa Stove The project is successful because of our community-based approach Identifying leaders in community for stove promotion Dona Justa in Suyapa Training and promoting through women s groups Implementing with good local partner AHDESA Working through local organizations: women s groups, health clinics, church groups, Rotary Clubs

14 Micro-enterprise Stove Project Goals To train stove producers to make and sell improved stoves To tap into the entrepreneurial spirit of the Honduran people To disseminate the improved stoves to the 700,000 families in Honduras still using traditional stoves

15 Funded by United States Environmental Protection Agency s Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) Rotary Clubs and Rotary International Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation Trees, Water & People Ashden Award/Climate Care -- add micro-credit fund to allow poor families to borrow funds for a stove and pay back with comfortable monthly payments

16 Project Results Selected and trained 4 stove producers: 3 metal shops and 1 ceramic producer Developed 5 stove models Trained 20 stove vendors Made 2879 stoves 1271 sold 1239 subsidized Contracts with NGO s and government agencies for 100+ stoves/month Publicity via radio, newspapers, and television

17 EcoStove Models EcoFogon Honduran EcoStove Price: $106

18 Rocket Stoves EcoLenca Ceramic Rocket Price: $10 EcoTina Metal Rocket Price: $10

19 Training Stove Producers Marvin Cordova Micro-entrepreneur

20 AHDESA SHOP EcoHornos EcoStove with Oven Price: $142

21 Rocket Stoves EcoLenca Dr. Larry Winiarski Inventor of the Rocket Rodomiro Ceramic Rocket Micro-Enterprise

22 Vendor Training AHDESA staff training vendors on stove technology, health and environmental benefits, and marketing

23 Stove Marketing & Sales Customer viewing stoves Logo and branding

24 Stove Marketing Flyers

25 Stove Demonstration at Public Market Where do I buy one?

26 The EcoStove Inspired by PROLENA 8,000+ Ecostoves produced and sold in Nicaragua

27 Challenges and Solutions Metal prices have risen dramatically had to raise prices of stoves; - Seek higher volumes to lower metal prices - Subcontract plancha (griddle) and other metal cutting EcoStoves are too expensive for poor Difficulties implementing micro-credit as potential customers don t meet credit standards with CARE - find other micro-credit groups, FINCA. ACCION, etc. e. g. PROLENA in Nicaragua use revolving fund as seed capital for stove micro-entrepreneurs Offer other payment options: -- 3 payments (tres pagos) -- Layaway -- Seek other international and national NGOs and government agencies as purchasers

28 Conclusions Need more advanced stove production methods to reach the 700,000 families who need improved stoves in Honduras Micro-credit is a key component to make stoves affordable for the majority of families in Honduras More linkages with government agencies, other nonprofit groups, and private sector to raise awareness on dangers of indoor air pollution to women and children More research, development, and funding needed to lower costs of stoves and disseminate them more widely

29 Contact Information Stuart Conway Trees, Water & People 633 Remington St. Fort Collins, CO

30 Contact Information Ignacio Nacho Osorto Nunez Honduran Association for Development (AHDESA) Apartado Postal No Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. Honduras Centro America Telephone/FAX: (504)