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Objective Help a Bolivian buy an ecological stove and change a life

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Bolivia is the poorest nation in South America where 40% of the population lives in extreme poverty. People often do not have the time or money to go to the doctor yet Bolivia has the highest rate of infant mortality in South America, largely due to respiratory illness. A significant reason for this is the way people cook. Most people in Bolivia are unaware that the fuel they burn to cook and the stoves they use to cook with are harmful to themselves and to the environment. Those that collect their fuel spend a lot of time (equivalent to approximately 7 million days of labor per year) doing so, at significant cost-- financially to themselves and to the environment through deforestation.

There is hope however. The Cedesol Foundation works to help the people of Bolivia by providing creative market practices, subsidies and participative workshops through which the people can obtain our ecological cookers that greatly reduce the negative aspects of their current cooking methods. We are experts in stove technology and have developed solar cookers, heat retention cookers and efficient wood-burning stoves that reduce their cost and time collecting fuel and have been tested and proved to almost eliminate harmful emissions from the stoves while cooking, both inside and outside of the home. We also educate them as to the problems of their current kitchen practices and ensure that they understand the benefits of our stoves.

Up until now Bolivians have been able to afford our stoves through a $26 subsidy from GTZ, an international cooperation for sustainable enterprise. However this subsidy has been reduced to $15. This has to be made up. You can help disenfranchised Bolivians be able to afford these life-changing cookers! For every $12 you donate to the Cedesol Foundation through GiveMeaning, you will enable one cooker to be acquired by a Bolivian who would otherwise not be able to afford it and by doing so, change their life for the better. Your $12 will mean that these people will not have to travel long distances to collect their fuel and spend the little money they have collecting this fuel that causes respiratory illness in their women and children. At the same time, your donation will be protecting the environment from deforestation and harmful carbon emissions.

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