We facilitate the placement of low-smoke, fuel-efficient, and safe cookstoves in collaboration with local communities to support families and protect the environment.
StoveTeam's innovative model for launching local projects in Central America has been awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Partnership for Clean Indoor Air Award for Developing Local Markets for creating local employment while improving health and reducing air pollution. To date, local projects started by StoveTeam in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and Mexico have produced more than 83,000 stoves, improving the lives of more than half a million people and preventing nearly one million tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere.
Learn More About Our Impact & Current Programs In Our 2023 Annual Report
Available Now: StoveTeam’s Award-Winning Cookbook,
“Smoke, The Flavor Of Guatemala”
StoveTeam International is excited to announce the release of their cookbook, "Smoke, The Flavor Of Guatemala". This book celebrates the flavor and culture of Guatemala while illustrating the global issue of open-fire cooking. Enjoy over 70 recipes from local cooks in Guatemala and stories of StoveTeam and the families whose kitchens and homes were transformed with the addition of StoveTeam's fuel-efficient cookstoves. Gourmand World Cookbook Awards recently awarded “SMOKE: The Flavor of Guatemala” with the first place award for cookbooks in Latin America Fundraising. “SMOKE: The Flavor of Guatemala” is available with a donation of $100. This donation supports StoveTeam’s work to bring healthy kitchens to families in Central America.
An enormous problem
Each year, smoke inhalation from indoor cooking fires kills more people than malaria and AIDS combined. And CO2 emissions from cooking fires are a major contributor to climate change.
OUr mission
We empower local people in Central America to produce safe, clean-burning cookstoves. To date we have made safe kitchens a reality for more than half a million people.
get involved
Help us save lives and forests! There are so many ways to become a part of the Team, from raising awareness through your company giving program to becoming a regular supporter through our monthly Embership program. See over a dozen ways to get involved!
Cookstoves are one of the best ways to fight climate change
Each $200 cookstove saves up to 15 tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere, equivalent to the average American’s yearly carbon footprint.
Meet Factory owner Elida Olivas
After working in the factory for years, we’re thrilled that Elida has officially purchased our partner factory in Nicaragua! She said this about the experience:
“I had no words, I was so excited and thankful that God was giving me back all the effort I had put in. I have to work very hard but now I am creating my own business. I know that with the support of StoveTeam International our factory will get ahead. I am so grateful because ever since I have been with the factory, StoveTeam has never stopped supporting us.”
For years, Elida has managed to steward the factory through Nicaragua's nearly impossible economic conditions. She joined the factory when it opened in 2016, and she has dedicated herself to creating partnerships with local nonprofit groups who help provide stoves to people in need, while also working with local tamale and tortilla makers to gather insight on how to improve her designs. Factories like Avanza could not exist without StoveTeam’s assistance, and we’re proud that with your support we are able to help entrepreneurs like Elida thrive across Latin America.
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