Partner: PROLEÑA

Eco-stoves built (2000-2011): 11,638

Trees Planted (2000-2011): 3,282,389

Since 2000, we have been working with PROLEÑA to introduce fuel-efficient, wood-burning cookstoves into Nicaragua, where 90% of deforestation is attributed to the use of fuelwood and more than 80% of the urban and rural poor in Nicaragua still cook with firewood. The Eco-stove helps reduce deforestation and improves the quality of women and children’s health by removing toxic smoke from the kitchen.

In 2004, TWP and PROLEÑA began the Pro-Tortilla program with the goal of improving the health, economic, and working conditions of small, women-owned tortilla and street vendor businesses in Nicaragua through the introduction of Eco-stoves. The program allows these women to purchase subsidized Eco-stoves to improve the profitability of their business and their family’s health, while also protecting the environment.