[Stoves] FW: Request for Eco-Kalan (Thesis)

Wed Feb 26 14:52:23 CST 2014

Please post Lance, Ben and Zenas' requests and my reply in its entirety in Stoves List for further discussion.  Furthermore, I would like to hear from the group their ideas on a separate set of testing protocols and standards for outdoor cookstoves. In my opinion, current standards for indoor stoves are highly inappropriate and unfair to outdoor stoves. 

Warm regards, 

Rebecca Arrieta Vermeer 

Eco-Kalan Project 

Philippines

From: ravermeer at telus.net [mailto:keesvermeer at telus.net] 
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2014 8:01 PM
To: Lance Vincent Sese; AGUILAR, BEN; Zenas Harvey Apal
Cc: Rebecca Vermeer; Larry Winiarski; Erin Rasmussen
Subject: Re: Request for Eco-Kalan (Thesis)

Hello Lance, Ben and Zenas,

Thank you for considering the eco-Kalan in your studies.  I do not think it is the type of stove you are looking for.  The eco-Kalan is an outdoor stove used under roof cover or in a well ventilated area.  I designed it for the very poor but interestingly, most of my buyers have the means to afford LPGs.  We just completed our first monitoring after the Inauguration of the eco-Kalan Kitchen and Feeding Center and Presentation of eco-Kalans to the communities of Purok San Pedro and Punta Roma in Sagay City, Negros Occidental.  The relevant photo links are below; the videos, we hope will be out by end February.  Wishing you success in your studies,

Rebecca Arrieta Vermeer

LINKS TO PHOTO ALBUMS 

Inauguration of Sagay Eco-Kalan Kitchen & Feeding Center ES, Jan. 24-25, 2014 (Emma's Photos)

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113101643783889350444/albums/5973457116741941537

Inauguration of Sagay Eco-Kalan Kitchen & Feeding Center Jan. 24 - 25, 2014 (Rebecca's Photos)

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113101643783889350444/albums/5975309504750884817

February 20 - 21, 2014 San Pedro Beach, Old Sagay Monitoring -- Eco-Kalan Home Set-Up & Feeding Program

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113101643783889350444/albums/5983135666808503457

February 20 - 21, 2014 Punta Roma Monitoring -- Eco-Kalan Home Set-Up

 https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113101643783889350444/albums/5983020378510391249

 LINK TO YOUTUBE VIDEO

Eco-Kalans to Typhoon Haiyan Victims in Old Sagay, Negros Occ., Philippines, Dec. 27-28, 2013  (YOUTUBE VIDEO)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuHP7Q3NBhA

P.S. -- the photo link to our Lacawon Island presentation is shown below.  It has not been sorted and organized but have a look if you wish.

February 9 - 10, 2014 Installation of Eco-Kalan Kitchen & Presentation of Eco-Kalan to Lacawon Island, Cadiz Viejo, Negros Occidental

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113101643783889350444/albums/5979393874016496945

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From: "Lance Vincent Sese" <lancevincentsese at yahoo.com>
To: "info ecokalan" <info.ecokalan at telus.net>, ravermeer at telus.net
Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2014 3:03:33 AM
Subject: Request for Eco-Kalan (Thesis)

Good day!

My thesis group will be working on a quasi-experimental study on the use of an improved cookstove. Seeing your successful deployment of the Eco-Kalan project here in the Philippines as a possible solution to decrease household pollution, my group is interested in using your cookstoves for our study. To be honest, it is truly a wonderful innovation and I am asking if we could get supplies (details on how).

We are still in the process of writing our thesis proposal which we will defend by the end of February 2014 so we cannot provide you with a final copy. As such, we would like if you would be interested in partnering with us and supplying us with the cookstoves since we are still looking for the "clean cookstoves" which we will be implementing. Our study will be entitled:

A Quasi-experimental Study on the Effects of the Use of the Improved Cookstove, Eco-Kalan,

on the Perceived Respiratory Health Conditions of Mothers in Selected Households 

of Brgy. Santa Cruz and Brgy. San Agustin 

in Sto. Tomas, Batangas

We would appreciate a reply at your earliest convenience.

Thank you and God bless! 

LANCE VINCENT C. SESE

III-BS Health Sciences, Minor in Economics| Ateneo de Manila University

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From: "ogameidentity ." <ogameidentity at gmail.com>
To: ravermeer at telus.net
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 10:14:39 PM
Subject: Eco-Kalan

Greetings!

I am Ben Aguilar, a Health Sciences major from Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, conducting a study regarding the reduction of indoor air pollution in households in the Philippines. I found your contact information in the website:  <http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/content/eco-kalan-project> http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/content/eco-kalan-project

We were hoping to be able to obtain copies of your stove for our study; if you could direct us as to how this might happen? At the very least, your correspondence would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,

Ben Aguilar
3 BS Health Sciences
Ateneo de Manila University

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From: "Zenas Harvey Apal" <zenas_harvey at yahoo.com>
To: "info ecokalan" <info.ecokalan at telus.net>, ravermeer at telus.net
Sent: Saturday, February 8, 2014 3:12:49 PM
Subject: Re: Improved Cookstove Eco-KALAN

Good Day!

I am Zenas Harvey L. Apal, a 3rd year BS Health Sciences student of the Ateneo de Manila University. Currently we are doing a proposal on a thesis regarding the use of improved cookstoves (as an intervention) and its effects on the perceived health effects of mothers in the Philippines, particularly in Brgy. Sto Tomas in Batangas. In relation to this, we need around 150 improved cookstoves for deployment, and our group decided to have eco-KALAN as the main intervention. 

We would like to ask how much the eco-KALAN costs per unit, and if you are interested in partnering with us by funding or providing the said improved cookstove. This project is very relevant as we all know indoor air pollution in the Philippines is an ignored risk factor. And according to World Health Organization, it is one of the main factors that cause Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pneumonia, and even Asthma, which is rampant (in fact included in the DOH's top 10 causes of morbidity and mortality) here in the Philippines.

Your positive reply regarding this matter would greatly help us in the crafting of our thesis, and would be beneficial to the communities we chose in Batangas. Thank you in advance and God bless you always!

Zenas Harvey L. Apal
zenas_harvey at yahoo.com
Iligan City, Philippines

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