Honduras Eco-Stove Project
Filed under: Eco-Stove, Honduras, International Projects
The Madison Rotary Club working with the Choluteca Rotary Club of Honduras built 100 total Eco-Stoves in 2009 that provide increased efficiency, improved health, decreased environmental impacts (decreased deforestation and emissions) and long term cost savings over the existing inefficient and essentially open pit wood burning stoves in use today. A major benefit of the Eco-stove is an increased surface area that allows multiple items to be cooked at one time. Existing stoves only allow one or two items, depending on the number of open holes in the stove, to be cooked simultaneously. Eco-Stoves free up significant time from cooking and maintaining fires for the women who typically do all the cooking. The villages of San Juan Ariba and San Juan Cito have a few demonstration stoves built by the Madison Rotary Club last year, and this year we collectively built another 44 stoves in their communities, and 56 in the village of El Jocote, Honduras. All Eco-Stove components were manufactured in Honduras. This project supported the training of Honduras personnel to build these Eco-stoves and promotes the local economy with additional work skills. Our effort supports personal health for women and children, environmental improvements and Rotary International initiatives. This project was performed with the incorporation of the Rotary Club of Choluteca, Honduras. See the recent write-up on the Rotary International website can be found here. For more information please contact us by email at madisonrotary@gmail.com.
Download a version of the instructions for Eco-Stove construction (in Spanish) here.
We are currently working on an English version of the stoves we are currently building , but for now…
A version of the Eco-Stove construction Instructions can be found below. See our video with images of the build process here:
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Madison Rotary Ecostove Construction Instructions |
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These instructions assume starting with a clean base. The old stove can be removed, or a new base built. |
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If the back of the stove does not butt up to a wall, additional work must be done to create the back of the stove. The drawings assume a wall. |
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Set up two adobe blocks for the side opposite the clean out. |
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Install the coffee can, full size adobe block and an adobe block cut to size. |
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Build up the back of the stove as illustrated. This requires lots of mud, block (brick) and two 22″ rerod. This includes the clean out area and the wall with a draft hole. |
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Assemble the fire brick into the fire box configuration. Use mud to hold in place. Build the front wall and install a block (brick) at the base behind the firebox. |
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Add enough ash to support the two block (brick) crosswise and fill with ash to the top of the crosswise brick in the front and to the bottom of the draft hole in the back. |
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Use mud to smooth and level the top of the stove. |
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Build the chimney base with block ( brick) and two 8.5″ rerod |
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Install the stove pipe (prior to stove constructing, make sure that the pipe will extend through the roof, does not interfere with windows or other obstructions) |
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Set Planchea in place. Make sure the extra protection welded underneath is over the firebox. |
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Install temporary cardboard or other material around the planchea that when removed would create a gap ~1/8″ between the planchea and cement . |
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Build a wood frame around the top of the stove. The frame should be even with the sides of the stove and the top of the planches. Approximately 1 – 1.5″ thick. |
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Mix cement and poor into and smooth to create the stove top. |
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Use cement to create a teepee from the top of the chimney base to secure the stove pipe. |
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Smooth all sides with mud throughout the construction process. |
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When dry, remove the wood frame and material around the planchea. |
Grant Awarded to Honduras Project
Filed under: Eco-Stove, Honduras, International Projects, Parrots
Our club was fortunate to receive funds for a second year to help build additional ecostoves in remote Honduran villages.
Grant Awarded to Honduras Project Steve Baum accepted a check for $2400 from Michelle McDaniel, Rotarian from the Greater Huntsville Club and District 6860 Grant Committee member. Our club was fortunate to receive funds for a second year to help build additional ecostoves in remote Honduran villages. In addition to the August 2008 news report on the RI website, our club’s Honduran project was featured again in the January 2009 issue of The Rotarian magazine. Congratulations to last year’s Honduran Team: Steve Baum, Dennis Sanders, Jerry Vickers, Craig Brennan, and Boyd Edmiston. The team will soon announce our plans for the new year! Check out photos in our photo gallery.