It is difficult to believe that so much could happen in one year. From hiring our first full-time field employee, to providing aid during COVID-19 for all of our local partners, to launching a successful pilot project based on a new stove model, this was the year of new endeavors and unexpected challenges.
Our 2020 Annual Report is fully interactive. Relive the adventures of 2020 with photos and stories, and follow links to videos and past newsletters to dig deeper into the memories, good and bad, that brought us to where we are today!
Here are just a few highlights. See the whole report here!
A new endeavor
In 2020 we began a pilot project to build a new stove model called the Justa stove. The construction of each stove provides local jobs, and uses all local materials and transportation. Each Justa stove eliminates smoke inside the home by nearly 100%, saves kids from the risk of burns, reduces wood usage by 50%, and saves up to 15 tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere!
Welcome to San Martín
This family is one of 5,000 families who will be receiving Justa cookstoves as part of our new pilot project in Guatemala!
Coping with COVID
Gustavo Peña, the owner of our partner factory in El Salvador, poses with some of his employees after receiving emergency food aid from StoveTeam during COVID-19.
Meet the Pérez Family
The Pérez family graciously sat down with us in the fall of 2020 to tell us how receiving a Justa cookstove had benefited each of them individually.
New opportunities
Eva and Betty from our team in Guatemala are part of a team of eight local stove technicians currently building Justa cookstoves for families in rural Guatemala!
What about the environment?
In 2020 we experienced record-setting fires near our offices here in Oregon, while the families we serve were suffering from one of the worst hurricane seasons on record. We are grateful that each cookstove helps fight climate change by reducing CO2 emissions, while strengthening economies and providing hurricane resilience.
A year of big changes
StoveTeam’s Executive Director Shelby Kardas practices welding with longtime StoveTeam supporter Bob Way!