Onil Stoves ~ uses significantly reduced wood for cooking in developing countries

The Ecocina_550 Model, from StoveTeam.org

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The Problem

In the late 1980’s, medical teams reported an alarming number of children being treated for burns and respiratory problems. A number of concerned volunteers found the problem emanated from the way people cooked.

Most of the poor continue to cook over indoor fires located on the floors of unventilated homes. These fires cause debilitating burns, skin and eye problems.

Excessive smoke in homes results in respiratory problems that, according to the World Health Organization, are the leading cause of death in children under the age of five. Testing of carbon monoxide, a deadly toxin, found readings in the homes to be as much as twice the level considered dangerous.

These inefficient open fires also result in massive deforestation.

The Solution

After an exhaustive investigation of the cultural and technological factors surrounding open fires, the new, fuel-efficient Ecocina stove was developed by StoveTeam International. It is economical to build and operate, saving up to 60% of the wood currently used while also reducing particulate matter and carbon output by 70% ... (more)


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The Ecocina_550 Model

ECOCINE Kitchen is a small, highly efficient, but less polluting fuel kitchen. Uses less than 40% of the wood needed for a typical open fire for cooking, and fuel needs can be both twigs and sticks ears to 1.5 "/ 4cm in diameter. The emiciones CO CO ² and the ECOCINE are approximately 10% of typical emiciones an open fire. These results have been verified in an independent study done to so require the EPA to take Research Center. The kitchen is ECOCINE principle, a well tested, but not patent 'rocket elbow'. The kitchen incorporates several improvements ECOCINE meaning.

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Note: Onil Stoves use so much less wood for fuel that they are preventing burns in children and smoke inhalation by family members, are saving forests and trees and preventing erosion and mudslides, and are given out around Guatemala and other developing countries where many still cook with wood. I think the people have to pay 1/2, perhaps Q 860 ($100 US), but Grupo International will help when they can by contributing around Q350 and they come up with the rest. It's a excellent program. I helped pay for one for my landlady in Panajachel, and it works GREAT.

See StoveTeam.org or contact Marco Tulio Guerra, 502-5184-9521, cel 502-7922-1861.

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ONIL STOVES

La Cocina Ecocina - StoveTeam
La Cocina Ecocina. en Español. StoveTeam · NEWS · Donate · Why stoves? .... Contactos. Guatemala. Marco Tulio Guerra Tel. 502-5184-9521. Cel. 502-7922-1861 ...
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StoveTeam International News
In Guatemala, Marco Tulio's factory is gearing up for production. .... StoveTeam International a 501(c)(3) organization. PO Box 51025. Eugene, OR 97405 ...
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StoveTeam International News
Marco Tulio's factory in Guatemala is beautiful and up and running. .... StoveTeam International a 501(c)(3) organization. PO Box 51025. Eugene, OR 97405 ...
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Contact:

Guatemala
Marco Tulio Guerra
Tel. 502-5184-9521
Cel. 502-7922-1861

El Salvador
Gustavo Peña
Inversiones Falcon
Tel. 503 -2451-9605

Honduras
Ing. Sergio A. Salinas
Tel. 504-782-0530/31
Cel. 9995-3120

Onil Stove

www.onilstove.com

www.helpsinternational.com/

Welcome to the ONIL Stove Site!

Our organization has developed a complete line of cooking stoves which replace the more dangerous "three stone cooking fires" commonly used in rural, third world countries.

Our stoves have proven extremely efficient, fast and eliminate many of the hazards associated with open flame cooking.

After an exhaustive, two year investigation of both the cultural, as well as technological factors surrounding open flame or three stone fires, the ONIL stove has proven to :

* Reduce smoke emission's from within the dwelling by 99%,

* Increased the cooking surface height - eliminating burns and/or uncontrolled fires,

* Created a 60-70% savings in fuel consumption - allowing for a reduction in deforestation.

Our stoves have been extensively field tested and we have placed well over 5000 stoves into service since 2003.

Please click on one of our many ICONS above to learn more about how YOU can "Change a Life" by assisting needy families in obtaining an ONIL stove.



The Plancha stove is made of cast concrete. It can be made in a manufacturing site and carried to the homes. Installation time is short and the stove may be used immediately following installation. The use of this stove reduces wood consumption by 60-70%. The Nixtamal stove is made to efficiently cook large quantities of boiled foods. Its combustion principles is the same as the plancha stove but is optimized for boiling large pots. The nixtamal stove is equally as efficient as the plancha stove.

Guatemala Office
Calzada Atanasio Tzul 21-00 Zona 12
Complejo Empresarial El Cortijo II
Bodega 517
Guatemala, Guatemala 01012
011(502) 2428-6600
011(502) 2428-6666 Fax
vivi@helpsinternational.com


Onil Stove
15301 Dallas Pkwy, Suite 200
Addison, TX 75001
(972) 386-2901 | (972) 386-4294 (fax)
info@onilstove.com

Onil Stove

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The Onil Stove

In the late 1980's, HELPS International's medical teams reported an alarming number of children being treated for burns and numerous respiratory problems. Don O'Neal, an engineer with HELPS, investigated and found that the problem was the method of cooking that the indigenous Mayan women used in their homes, a centuries old tradition: cooking meals using an open fire pit on the dirt floor of their one room homes known as a "three-stone fire" with no ventilation, so families were inhaling noxious fumes causing Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI). More specifically, Mr. O'Neal found:

• That the high instances of facial and hand burns were due to children falling into these open fires when they were playing or learning to walk.
• That excessive smoke inhalation is the leading cause of death in Guatemalan children under the age of 5, according to to the World Health Organization. The deadly gas carbon monoxide was found to be twice the level considered to be dangerous.
• That inefficient burning of wood for three-stone fires required the women and children to gather huge amounts of wood daily, contributing to Guatemala's deforestation at a level of 2% per year. The time lost to long treks to get the wood combined with the effect of carrying heavy loads had a detrimental health impact on women and their families.

The Solution

After consideration of the cultural as well as technological factors surrounding three-stone fires, Don O'Neal developed the "ONIL" Stove, a method of cooking that is compatible with traditional methods.

The Opportunity

Form your own stove-building team and work side by side with Guatemalan families on this project. Take the next step in changing the lives of children in Guatemala.

Click here to obtain the necessary forms or call us directly at 800-41-HELPS (800-414-3577). We can assist you in joining one of our existing stove teams or help you start your own team.

Each stove costs only $150 and can change the lives of generations of people. Click Donate a stove or contact us today by calling 800-41-HELPS (800-414-3577) or emailing info@onilstove.com. Stoves make excellent "socially responsible" gifts!

Source: helpsintl.org