Guatemala Stove Project - Building Masonry Stoves in Guatemala

Mobile Medical Clinic:

Mobile Medical Clinic Has Arrived!

Arrived in Guatemala Jan. 29/08

Ownership transferred from GSP to CEDEC

First clinic held Feb 6/08 in San Francisco El Alto

Case Study

How the GSP went beyond stoves to help Maria Colop.
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Documentary Video
	We are pleased to announce that the GSP documentary is available for viewing on the web. Watch it here

2008 VOLUNTEERS

14 Days : Quetzaltenango (Xela)

Itinerary | The People
Additional stops included Fuentes Georginas, Chichicastenango, Lake Atitlan, Antigua

NEXT VOLUNTEER ADVENTURE

February 2009
If you would like to volunteer to go to Guatemala come out to some meetings and get involved. We are looking for volunteers 18 and over who will continue their committment to the project on their return to Canada.
Apply here for our next Guatemala Stove Project trip.

Minutes and Agenda - Click here

The Guatemala Stove Project (GSP) is a registered Canadian Charity (Registration # 871977617 RR0001) made up of a small group of North American volunteers that began working in response to a request for help from CEDEC, an indigenous non-profit group working in Guatemala's Altiplano (Western Highlands). CEDEC had identified the need for masonry cookstoves in the communities they serve, but residents lacked the human and material resources to build such stoves for themselves. The Guatemala Stove Project has been born out of this need.

Since those first six stoves in 1999, the GSP has expanded rapidly, building 25 stoves in 2000, 195 in 2001, 535 in 2002. In the spring of 2003 the thousandth stove was built and now we have built over 3500 stoves.

Just think, each morning three thousand families firing up their stoves, three thousand women not risking blindness while cooking for their families; 18 thousand men women and children not filling their lungs with toxic smoke every day. Perhaps over 200 thousand years of life expectancy (when you multiply 10 to 15 years per person)...

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Helping to Improve Life in Rural Guatemala


	Fundraising Dance November 24; Caliente Join us, Saturday, Nov 24, 2007 - 7:00pm at Caliente (110 York Street, Ottawa) : Ottawa's #1 Latin Night club. Download the poster for more details - DOWNLOAD POSTER

	Fundraising Dance November 3; Perth The GSP is pleased to announce the return of their popular annual fundraising dance at Codes Mill, 18 Wilson St. E in Perth. Starting at 8pm Saturday November 3 featuring Tell Mama, Freshly Squeezed, and Michael Cota. Tickets available at Shadowfax and Coutts & Company in Perth or call 613-267-5202. - DOWNLOAD POSTER

	On Friday August 24 2007 the GSP became the happy owners of a beautiful 1996 66 passenger, 7 speed, school bus ... On Wednesday January 23rd at 5 AM the bus left Perth and cleared US customs by 9 AM! The bus is now cruising across North America hoping to reach Guatemala around the 30th of January! Gracias Paul Hauraney, Luis Marchena, and Regan Lee for driving the bus. More...

	The Guatemala Stove Project Adventure Each year a team of volunteers make the trip to Guatemala where they make the daily trek into the rural villages of Guatemala and build cook stoves which makes an incredible impact on the lives... Learn more

	Basic Stove Building Vocabulary Use this online resource for the English to Spanish translations for basic stove building.