[Stoves] Improved Dung Burning Stove for Peru?

[Richard Stanley]

Ann, 

Thanks for your inquiry and thanks Nancy for your recommendation. We are not directly involved with improved stoves; However there a contact in Peru that you might want to explore.

We installed a briquette production project in the outlying areas of Cusco under the Adventist Development Relief Organisation in 2003 ( see the latter half of the video on our website) but they let it all die just as it was getting off the ground, as their priorities apparently shifted to follow the changes in their donor's ( then USAID) interests. I returned to discover all this while at the PCIA stove conference in Peru, in Feb, 2011. While there, I also happened to meet a one  Javier Saldivar <javiercusco at gmail.com> who is very active with stove projects in the southern highlands. I am not sure what kind of material he uses for the chimney though.

Kind regards,

Richard Stanley
www.legacyfound.org
Ashland Oregon ( our Mayor is a one John Stromberg: Any relation ? )
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On May 19, 2012, at 10:56 AM, Ann Stromberg wrote:

I am a member of the Board of Directors of a small foundation that works in the highlands of southern Peru.  One of our projects is improved stoves, and we are seeking to improve our model.    I have corresponded with Nancy Sanford Hughes and she suggested that I contact you:   the Stove Team International's Ecocina burns wood, and our communities are above the tree line and wood/charcoal are not realistic fuel options.  Families in our communities depend on cow dung for fuel.  The families like to cook indoors for the most part (traditionally in small unventilated kitchens separate from other living areas).  To date we have been working with an adobe model (families make their own adobes) with a stovepipe.  A problem that we have encountered in corrosion of the stovepipes, sometimes within a year of installation.
 
Might you have any recommendations/experience regarding stovepipes that might be retrofitted for our stove?
 
In the longer term,  we would also consider other models.  I am wondering if you would be able to direct us to a tested model of a household-level "improved stove" that burns dung and has been shown to have a significant positive effect in improvement of the indoor air quality.  The stove must function at 13,000-14,000 feet altitude and survive an annual season of heavy rain as well as lengthy dry season.  
 
Any advice or leads that you can provide for us will be MUCH appreciated.  Thank you so much for taking time to write.   I'd be happy to call you if that's easier for you.
 
Ann Stromberg, Ph.D., M.P.H.
for The Chijnaya Foundation
www.chijnayafoundation.org 
 
 
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