[Stoves] Congratulations to Nancy Hughes for her work with Stove Team International

[Anand Karve]

Dear Stovers,
I think the Rotarians in the U.S. think differently than those in
India. I must have given at least 50 presentations before various
Rotary clubs in India, but have so far failed to get a single cent out
of them for providing improved cookstoves to the poor. At least in
India, the rotary club members are selected professionals, having
their own businesses. So there would be one cloth merhant, one
merchant of pots and pans, one merchant of stationery, one merchant of
building material and so on. The philanthropy of a typical club
generally goes to bettering the living conditions of a nearby village.
So, in the first year, they donate school uniforms to the school
children (the business of the cloth merchant thrives). The next year
they give free text books to the pupils (so the business of the book
merchant makes money). The year after that they decide to renovate the
school building (or the primary health centre), so that the shopkeeper
who sells building material makes money. They thus follow the good old
adage, charity begins at home.
Yours
A.D.Karve

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott
<crispinpigott at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Nancy
>
> Well done!
>
> I hope (no doubt with Paul who also has a lot of Rotary experience) that you
> get a Matching Grant for that, to expand your reach. I think it is also
> worth District level publicity which may also help find volunteers. Other
> Rotary initiatives in stove include the solar cookers from L.A. and in
> District 9250 the Malkerns Valley Club was directly involved in the
> development and very first installations of the Lion Stove for
> neighbourhood- based orphan feeding programmes.
>
> Wishing your efforts well,
> Crispin
>
> +++++
> Stovers,
>
> Congratualtions to Nancy Hughes for her $100,000 award (and possible match
> by Rotary International) for her effort to create and lead Stove Team
> International.  You can read some details at:
>
> http://www.encore.org/nancy-sanford-hughes
>
> Well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Paul
>
>
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Dr. A.D. Karve
Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)