[Stoves] Fwd: Oregon grandmother fights a silent killer - helps 280, 000 people

[Dean Still]

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From: Elly Grogan <info at stoveteam.org>
Date: Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 2:37 PM
Subject: Oregon grandmother fights a silent killer - helps 280,000 people

Nancy Hughes, founder of StoveTeam
International<http://www.stoveteam.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=Link&VID=24153953&KID=172672&LID=429917&O=http%3a%2f%2fwww.stoveteam.org>,
was featured as *“CNN Hero”* in its broadcast on the morning of Friday,
June 14th that will air through Monday, June 17th.

When Nancy Hughes was volunteering for a medical mission in Guatemala she
saw doctors trying to repair lives devastated by the effects of traditional
cooking methods. Infants who could not breathe and children with
debilitating burns convinced Nancy to dedicate herself to preventing rather
than repairing these life-threatening injuries and diseases.

* This 70-year-old grandmother from Eugene, Ore., is showing that it's
never too late to make a difference.* This week, she is being recognized as
a *“CNN Hero”* for founding StoveTeam International, an organization
helping local people start factories to replace dangerous open fires with a
fuel-efficient cookstove.

Cookstove smoke kills one person every sixteen seconds as half the world's
population still cooks by burning wood, animal and agricultural waste and
coal in open fires or rudimentary stoves. Those smoky fires are the leading
cause of death of children under age five.

Hughes’s incredible energy, passion and ability have inspired five year old
StoveTeam to help build six factories in five countries helping 280,000
people live healthier lives and improving local ecology and economies.
Along the way, she’s garnered the “Purpose Prize”, Rotary International’s
“Service Above Self” award and was selected as one of this year’s White
House “Champions of Change.”

These stove factories, employing local workers have now produced and sold
more than 37,000 portable safe, efficient stoves, protecting the lives of
over 280,000 people. This year, StoveTeam is working to start four more
factories, three in Mexico and one in Colombia. This effort will continue
to bring better health conditions in homes, help the environment, and
provide local employment.

The CNN Hero award she received recognizes the way individuals can make a
difference at any age.

LINKS

* Video:*
http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2013/06/13/heroes-pkg-nancy-hughes-indoor-air-pollution.cnn.html

*Story:*
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/13/world/americas/cnnheroes-hughes-clean-stove/index.html

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Contact:
Elly Grogan, Administrator
elly at stoveteam.org, 541-554-4638

ABOUT STOVETEAM INTERNATIONAL:

StoveTeam International is a nonprofit organization based in Eugene, Oregon
that saves lives and forests in developing countries by replacing open
cooking fires with safe cookstoves. Founded in 2008, StoveTeam helps
entrepreneurs establish their own businesses to make the stoves Nancy
helped design. Learn more by visiting www.stoveteam.org.

CNN HEROES OVERVIEW

CNN Heroes is a year-long initiative that honors everyday people for their
selfless, creative efforts to help others. The campaign is now in its
seventh year.

All CNN Heroes are selected from viewer nominations submitted at
CNNHeroes.com. Last year, more than 10,000 nominations were received from
100 countries.

Each week, a CNN Hero is profiled on the global networks of CNN and on
CNN.com. In September, the Top 10 CNN Heroes will be announced. From the
Top 10, viewers select the CNN Hero of the Year via online voting.

The CNN Hero of the Year will be revealed during “CNN Heroes: An All-Star
Tribute,” airing Thanksgiving night, November 28th, 2013. Each of the top
10 receives $50,000. The Hero of the Year receives an additional $250,000.

In its six years, CNN Heroes has received more than 45, 000 nominations
from more than 100 countries. Since 2007, the campaign has profiled nearly
200 CNN Heroes. They are working in 77 countries around the world, helping
hundreds of thousands of people. Nancy Sanford Hughes is its most recent
award recipient.

For more information about the CNN Heroes campaign, current Heroes or to
nominate a hero, go to CNNHeroes.com. Follow CNN Heroes on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Nominations for 2013 are accepted through
August 31, 2013.

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