April 28: Jill Yarnell, Stove Team International in Honduras

Posted by Alison Ebbs

This morning, club member Jill Yarnell spoke to us about her opportunity to visit the site of a Rotary-sponsored project with Stove Team International (http://www.stoveteam.org/).

While volunteering to assist in the training of teachers in Honduras, Jill was able ride the challenging roads of this Central American country to visit the factory in Copan, where STI was assembling safe and environmentally-friendly stoves to be given to the needy rural residents of that country. The founder of Stove Team found that many people and children were being burnt and suffering from smoke inhalation before they were provided with this safe and smokeless alternative. This project also creates badly needed jobs, thereby stimulating the local economy. These stoves are designed to meet the needs of their users and are proving so popular that commercial ovens are also being made available to those wishing to sell their food products to others. Videos of Jill's visit will be made available on our web site.

Thanks Jill - it's always great to see the great things Rotary does in person!