Partner: Arboles y Agua para el Pueblo – El Porvenir, Santa Ana, El Salvador

Trees Planted (2000-2011): 505,500

Clean Cookstoves Built (2001-2011): 3,900

Current Country-Wide Deforestation: 93%

Arboles y Agua para el Pueblo (AAP) produces over 28 hard wood and fruit varieties in the El Salvador nursery. These trees reforest land, and community members use them for agroforestry, household nutrition, lumber, firewood, shade, and enjoyment!

In 2001, TWP and AAP joined with the community members of El Coco in the department of Santa Ana to develop a fuel-efficient stove program. To reduce the fuelwood pressures on the area forests, TWP introduced the Justa stove, a fuel-efficient, wood-burning cookstove with a chimney that vents smoke out of the home. The Justa stove reduces consumption of fuelwood by 50-70% compared to traditional cooking methods.  Since 2001, the program has expanded into 12 other communities in the department of Santa Ana.