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ONIL Stove Programme, Guatemala

HELPS International's ONIL stove is described on its own award page as a safe, efficient and durable wood-burning cooking stove for use in Guatemala, developed to cut smoke exposure and deforestation pressure. By 2009 the organisation reported 106,000 stoves in roughly 80,000 households and factories in Guatemala and Mexico.

Guatemala City area (manufacturing), national distribution; expansion to Mexico and other Latin American countriesSafe, efficient wood-burning cookstovesmall-scale CDM (registry ID not confirmed)
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Camotán Valley. Chiquimula, Guatemala Geographic context.Location context · LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2004 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorHELPS International
EcosystemSafe, efficient wood-burning cookstove
Standardsmall-scale CDM (registry ID not confirmed)
StatusActive
LocationGuatemala City area (manufacturing), national distribution; expansion to Mexico and other Latin American countries
Overview

Inside the project

The ONIL is a "safe, efficient and durable wood burning cooking stove for use in Guatemala," developed to address health hazards from open cooking fires and deforestation.

By 2009, HELPS International reported 106,000 ONIL stoves installed across approximately 80,000 households, over 600,000 people benefited, and CO2 savings of approximately 320,000 tonnes annually, from two factories in Guatemala and one in Mexico.

106,000 stoves
Installed by 2009
80,000 households
Reached (approx.)
320,000 tonnes CO2/yr
Savings (approx.)
600,000+ people
Benefited by 2009

Objectives

  • Reduce smoke exposure from open cooking fires
  • Reduce deforestation pressure from firewood use

Approach

  • HELPS International manufactures the ONIL stove at factories in Guatemala and Mexico and distributes it nationally.

Sources

Inspect 2 sources
  1. ashden.org ↗https://ashden.org/awards/winners/helps-international/
  2. engineeringforchange.org ↗https://www.engineeringforchange.org/solutions/product/onil-stove/

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