Nicaragua

Fábrica Avanza Estelí is located in Estelí, Nicaragua and began production in Fall of 2016. Originally started by Friends of Families United in partnership with StoveTeam, the factory was purchased in 2019 by Elida Olivas one of the factory’s longtime staff people.

Despite difficult economic times in Nicaragua in recent years, the factory Avanza continues providing local employment opportunities through smart partnerships with local tamale makers. Plus, Elida has designed some of the most beautiful Ecocina stoves we know of!

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El salvador

StoveTeam assisted local partner Gustavo Peña to open the Inversiones Falcón stove factory in El Salvador in 2008. Prior to this, Gustavo assisted StoveTeam to develop the Ecocina cookstove, still produced today!

Within the first five years, Gustavo’s factory, Inversiones Falcón, produced and sold over 20,000 Ecocina stoves. 

In 2019, Gustavo began partnering with StoveTeam to offer educational programs for socially and geographically isolated schools to educate children and their families about the dangers of smoke in the home.

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Guatemala

Following our history of helping local people to build and distribute stoves, we are now training a network of technicians who can build and service Justa cookstoves in their own communities. This approach, coupled with sourcing materials locally, provides meaningful employment and stimulates economies in areas that need it most.

Our first two technicians are Betty Hernández and Freddy Sanail (pictured). When StoveTeam's Alex Eaton asked Betty to join the team she said,

"Before this I had only gotten work cleaning, never the opportunity to build stoves!"

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  • Country: Guatemala

  • Project: Proyecto Estufa Justa

  • Location: Santiago Zamora, Guatemala

  • Contact: Alex Eaton

  • Office Manager: Keyla Macú

  • Phone: +502 4972 2805

  • Email: alex@stoveteam.org