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Protect the Rainforest & Indigenous Health, Mexico
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Summary
DESMI will help 50 Mayan families in three villages of Chiapas, Mexico install wood-saving stoves. The stoves reduce deforestation and improve air quality in the home, preventing asthma and blindness.
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Received $1,355 from 16 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Over one million Mayan indigenous people live as subsistence farmers in the resource-rich state of Chiapas, where poverty rates are the highest in Mexico. Mayan families traditionally use open-pit fires inside their homes to cook food. The fires require large amounts of wood, requiring women and children to work for hours daily to cut down trees and gather wood. High exposures to smoke causes blindness and respiratory diseases, especially in children.
Activities
DESMI will provide no-interest loans and technical support for 50 families to each acquire a stove, which channels smoke through a chimney. As each loan is repaid, more families will participate, protecting their health and saving forests.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,355
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $7,055
Total Funding Goal: $8,410
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
This project will start with 50 families, increasing to 700 families over 3 years. Each stove will allow 50% less firewood to be used, protecting 3,500 trees and reducing carbon emissions. 2,500 children gain better health and quality of life.
Project Message
Over 50% of the world’s people burn wood for fuel, and the CO2 which is released is a major contributor to global warming. You can help protect our planet, one community at a time.
- Yael Falicov, Director of Programs, IDEX
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on June 04, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 16, 2007.
Latest Update from the Field
June 2008 Update
By Katherine Zavala - Coordinator of Programs, IDEX, June 04, 2008 10:02 PM
DESMI continued its wood-saving stoves program in the Southern Zone and the Altos Zone in Chiapas.
In the Southern Zone, DESMI constructed 111 wood-saving stoves in 13 communities, benefiting 110 families and students from a primary school.
In the Altos Zone, DESMI carried out 1 workshop and technical assistance in its communities to start teaching its members the benefits of using this environmentally friendly stove.
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