PLANT-IT 2020 STOVE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM:

Plant-It 2020 has partnered with the organization Trees, Water and People to distribute fuel-efficient cooking stoves to needy families in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Why is this important? The typical stove used in these and most other countries is not insulated and poorly designed; so they require a lot of wood as fuel. For most families worldwide, the process of finding suitable wood for fuel from a vendor and buying it takes a lot of time and money.

Why is this stove program important?

• As these stoves use 70% less wood, loggers have less demand so less trees will be logged.
• Families pay to purchase wood as cooking fuel. With a 70% less need for wood, family income rises.
• Typical stoves release clouds of toxic smoke into the home as there is no 'chimney' or exhaust tube. The 'Huesta' stove drastically reduces particulates, which means that the families receiving them will have better health than otherwise.

There is another 'cutting edge' type of stove called a 'Bio-char stove' that Plant-It 2020 will be fundraising for and distributing in the future. This stove significantly helps the world's forests as it does not even require wood as fuel, decreases poverty (through several means) and increases crop production by up to four times. It is also carbon negative throughout it's use. We will provide more information about bio-char and bio-char stoves in the near future.