{"id":1087,"date":"2017-12-01T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanito.org\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:04:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T20:04:56","slug":"rauchfreie-kochstellen-ometepe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanito.org\/en\/rauchfreie-kochstellen-ometepe\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke-free cooking pits for the people of Ometepe (Nicaragua)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our partner organization “Asociacion Sanito Nicaragua<\/a>” builds innovative and healthy cooking pits for and with poor families on the Ometepe island. The cooking pits are built from local materials, they keep the smoke away from the kitchen, reduce the wood consumption and are constructed under participation of the new owners. By combining simple materials, education about the functionality of the cooking pit and the integration of the beneficiaries in the construction process we support independence and health of the people living on Ometepe in the long term.<\/p>\n

The problem:<\/h4>\n

The people living on Ometepe island are cooking mainly with wood on open cooking pits without extracting the smoke to the outside. Thus it spreads throughout the entire house. The consequences are respiratory diseases, headaches, and eye problems. Plastic is used often to light the fire. Thereby the gases are even more poisoning and the people contract severe respiratory diseases, e.g. lung cancer, more often. For the supply of wood the families need to cut down a large number of trees, which reduces the forest resources.<\/p>\n

The solution:<\/h4>\n

Sanito e.V.<\/a> supports the construction of sustainable cooking pits, that are built using local resources.<\/p>\n