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CLEAN!COOK!
STOVES!FOR!HAITI!!!
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KONPAY’S Alterative
Charcoal
& Clean Cook
Stove Program
ALTERNATIVE!
CHARCOAL!FOR!HAITI!!!
Health'Benefits'
The'briquettes'do'not'smoke'which'means'huge'health'benefits'including'protecting'woman'and'children'from'harmful'CO,'breathed'in'when'cooking'around'open'fires'with'charcoal'causing'acute'respiratory'problems,'which'causes'over'4'million'deaths'a'year'@'2'million'of'which'are'deaths'of'children'under'the'age'of'5.''
Economic'Sustainability:''
The'program'is'designed'to'empower'communities'economically'by'training'them'on'the'production'of'the'alternative'fuel'and'equipping'them'with'the'press'shown'bellow.''
K O N P A Y “Konbit Pou Ayiti”
~ J a c m e l , H a i t i ~
#!(508)!38449923!|[email protected],'cc:'[email protected]'!
K O N P A Y “Konbit Pou Ayiti”
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Kay'Joe'Kompound'|'Route'de'Cyvadier'''''Jakmel'|'Sud'Est'|'Ayiti'|'#!(508)!38449923!|[email protected],!cc:[email protected]!'
Local'Production'&'Material'
One'of'KONPAY’s'current'JDS'Youth,'Sadras'Jean'Batist,'age'17,'fills'the'clean'cook'stove'mold'with'100%'Haitian'ajil%(clay)'as'a'part'of'KONPAY’s'Alternative'Charcoal'and'Clean'Cook'Stove'Program.'
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Program'endorsed'by'the'United'Nations'Association'of'the'USA’s'Southern'New'York'Division'February'
Konbit'Pou'Ayiti'(KONPAY),'which'in'Creole'means,'“Working'Together'for'Haiti”'is'a'Haitian'non@profit'organization,'founded'in'2004,'spearheading'deforestation'efforts'collaboratively'in'Haiti.'''
Konpay’s'program'provides'alternative'charcoal'made'from'organic'waste,'which'costs'less'than'1'cent'a'briquette,'which'is'half'the'cost'of'traditional'Haitian'charcoal.'Konpay’s'program'provides'an'affordable'alternative'sustainable'solution'to'meet'the'fuel'needs'of'80%'of'Haiti’s'population'that'lives'on'a'$1'a'day.
Joe'Duplan,'President'and'Co@founder'of'KONPAY,'presented'the'Alternative'Charcoal'and'Clean'Cook'Stove'Program'to'former'US'President'Bill'Clinton'at'the'Building'Back'Better'Communities'(BBBC)'Green'Expos'on'June'15th'&'July'21st,'2011,'in'Z’Orange,'Haiti'with'collaborative'partner'Kara'Lightburn,'founder'of'Social'Tap,'Inc.‘s''''''''''''''''''''''The'Haiti'Initiative'(THI).'!
KONPAY’s'Alternative'Charcoal'&'Clean'Cook'Stove'Program'Combatting'Deforestation'
Only'1%'of'Haiti’s'original'forests'remain,'76%'of'the'deforestation'is'directly'due'to'fuel'usage,'for'local'populations'cut'it'down'for'wood'and'charcoal.'The'demand'still'exists'for'low'cost'fuel'and'with'no'alternative'affordable'fuel,'deforestation'continues'and'claims'over'50'million'trees'a'year'in'Haiti,'erosion'claims'15,000'acres'of'rich'farm'land'top'soil'each'year.'!
What'We'Offer'
! For'only'$70'USD'a'family'would'receive'2'Clean'Cook'Stoves.''
! Industrial'Size'Model'of'Clean'Cook'Stove'available'for'schools'and'small'businesses.''
! Training'communities'and'targeting'women'strategically'on'the'production'and'marketing'of'the'alternative'charcoal'briquettes'utilizing'a'press'designed'by'KONPAY.''
Lasts'3'times'longer'='3'times'the'savings!''
Using'KONPAY’s'Clean'Cook'Stove'with'
Instead!Organic!matter!such!as!these!
coconut!husks!becomes!alternative!
fuel!!Eliminating!the!need!to!cut!down!
the!trees!!!
