Sector Directory

Organization

Hunger Relief International

Mission

To work in partnership with local communities to alleviate the impact of hunger on the lives of malnourished children and their families as a first step in a long-term strategy to achieve family and community self-sufficiency.

Organizational Expertise

Adoption / Behavior Change, Gender / Womens Empowerment, Health, Institutional Cooking, Livelihoods

Technologies & Fuels

Wood

Clean Cooking Activities

Since 2012, HRI has been building modified traditional "plancha" stoves in Guatemala utilizing the skills of local masons. These stoves are long-lasting and allow families to maintain important cooking customs, while combating chronic respiratory illness and burn incidents - especially common and dangerous for woman and young children in rural impoverished households. They are also at least 50% more efficient than existing stoves -reducing environmental degradation as well as the time and financial burden it costs to cook and collect wood.

Partnership

HRI implements it's safe, energy efficient stove project with significant thought and intention- informed by it's broader understanding and work with communities and families. We are always interested in advancing our work in this area by sharing and learning from others who are working on stove initiatives.

Regions Operating In

Latin America and Caribbean

Country Based In

United States

Address

P.O. Box 300093

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73140-0093

Website

https://www.hungerreliefinternational.org

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Rachel Zelon

Title: President & CEO

Email: rzelon@hungerreliefintl.org

Phone: 405-626-7326

Secondary Point of Contact

Name: Ms. Kimberly Lagomarsino

Title: Senior Program Officer

Email: klago@hungerreliefintl.org

Phone: 617-817-7993