2. May 2nd 2014. Massive mudslides decimated the Afghan village of Ab Barik.
This began the quest to bring better heating stoves to both our Pamiri villages in Tajikistan
and northeastern Afghanistan.
The Village Project:
Bringing Heat & Hope
to an Afghan Village
An aerial view of the area shows the path of the deadly landslide.Wakil Kohsar / AFP / Getty Images
3. Ab Barik,
Afghanistan
is about 60 miles across
the Tajik border.
The tragedy provides a
unique opportunity to aid
a fragile Afghan region in
a project benefitting
impoverished villages in
both Tajikistan and
Afghanistan. It also allows
us to build long-term
relationships in both
regions.
Afghanistan
China
Working with our established Tajik partners, we have jointly designed a project to develop
village microbusinesses in both of the Pamirs and in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyz Republic
Bardara
Ab
Barik
Around the
Neighborhood
Bardara Ab Barik
4. The Pamiri Challenge: Adapting a Design to the Culture & Conditions
Typical Pamiri stove vented next to traditional
open skylight, usually—not always--sealed
closed in winter. Often a skylight, a window,
and a single doorway with a curtain are the
only openings to a one-room house.
The stove is
often the
focal point
for family
gatherings
and central to
the raised
seating/
eating/
sleeping area
wrapping
around it.
5. Typical Pamiri homes and types of terrains for
remote villages. Forests have been decimated
in recent decades. Even so, traditional wood-burning
stoves still dominate the heating
methods used in villages. Winters in these
remote mountain villages are long and cold.
Schools,often with an old-fashioned stove in
classrooms, are still kept cold for lack of fuel.
6. Our current work:
Using rocket stove technology combined
with heat-retaining Biomass (Adobe)Cob
The Project: to help establish a unique energy-efficient stove
microbusinesses for remote, impoverished villages.
• This inexpensive, energy-efficient stove can maintain comfortable
temperature 20-30 hours after fire in stove is out.
• The stove can be designed for cooking, baking, or drying as well.
• With minimal raw material expense and extensive training to
develop a unique skill set among our village crafters, this
revolutionary stove design will be profitable within the first year.
• Starting in the remote Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan, we will then
take the best practices developed to Ab Barik, the Afghan village
decimated by landslides in May 2014,
• Plans can be modified to meet each villager’s own unique needs.
• If desired, we can help them establish a microbusiness,
contributing to the village’s recovering economy while establishing
a unique Tajik-Afghan effort.
All funds raised will be invested
in the project itself.
Administrative costs are
covered internally. Supplies will
be purchased locally, thus
benefitting both nations.
The Village Stove Project
Photos from plans available at
ernieanderica.info
Your support will provide raw material and training to help our villagers build sustainable technology
stoves for their communities and throughout the region.
for additional information contact Leslie@ServeInDisaster.org
7. Be sure to check out all our photo
presentations on Slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/LLWilson/
For a fact sheet on our current work,
The Village Stove Project
or to explore other ways in which
you or your organization
can partner in this effort:
Contact: Leslie L. Wilson
Mobile: +001 202 744 1115 (until Return to Central Asia)
Email: Leslie@ServeInDisaster.org
Skype: LeslieLWilson
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