Founder, Stove Team International
Sep 21, 2016
Nancy Sanford Hughes
Founder, Stove Team International
Smoke from indoor cooking fires is a leading cause of death of children under age five, and the world's largest environmental killer. It kills eight times as many people as malaria. 
 
Nancy Sanford Hughes decided to do something about that. She founded StoveTeam International. Stove Team benefits the families and children impacted by smoke from indoor cooking fires.
 
Here’s how:
 
StoveTeam International assists with the production of safe, durable, efficient wood-burning Ecocina cookstoves to replace open fire cooking. And she does that through Rotary.  She works with Rotary Clubs and helps them place an order for stoves with a local entrepreneur to provide the necessary training and support to produce them. Her team has  helped start stove projects in Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. StoveTeam helps local entrepreneurs establish factories in Latin America. These self-sustaining businesses produce safe, affordable, fuel-efficient cookstoves to replace dangerous open cooking fires. Ecocina factories have produced more than 56,334 stoves, improving the lives of more than 422,505 people.
 
Wow. Come hear her story.  
 
Wednesday, September 21
7:00 - 8:30 a.m.