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Dear John,
Thank you for your interest in the
work of El Fuego del Sol (FdS) in Haiti
and the Dominican
Republic. 
Come to the Global Activism Expo
in Chicago,
Saturday April 28 at the UIC Forum (corner of Roosevelt and Halsted)
12-6pm.
See the Fuego del Sol display all
day, and
join us to participate in our live presentation at 1pm!
Learn how you can help now from
your hometown or by travel to the Dominican
Republic and/or Haiti.
In Haiti, there are still
thousands of people living in tattered tents or worse conditions.
Sadly, the Dirt Cake factory has reopened. People scrape together
some little money to buy dried dirt mixed with pig lard just to fill
their stomachs and fight off the hunger. The food that is collected
is cooked over dirty charcoal which destroys their lungs, shortens
lives, and results in trees being stolen from the Dominican Republic
(DR) to be smuggled as illegal charcoal back into Haiti.
Haiti
has destroyed their own trees, now trees in the DR are in decline.
The good news is that proven
solutions are available. El Fuego del Sol offers a cooking system
that combines Sun Oven cooking with efficient wood-stove cooking.
With our system, participants can save 90% of the wood they are using
now for cooking. The lungs of the cooks and the children they care
for can be saved. Girls in the family can reduce their time gathering
wood and have the chance to go to school. You could donate a Sun Oven
today.
We are now working to introduce
the first complete recycling program in Haiti. Learn how you can
help!
Please help us to provide
solutions to families so close to the US that human powered
boats have successfully reached our shores.
Visit our Sites. Volunteer in your hometown.
Voluntour with us to the Dominican
Republic and Haiti.
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HAITI Benefit/Awareness Raising
Events
Mark Your Calendar Now for May 22, 2012 in Chicago. We have informative
creative programming planned that will feature El Fuego del Sol and
other key Haitian / Dominican developmental initiatives. The
speakers list is now being established, so if you would like to
present at these informative, community events, please contact FdS
now. Please reserve the dates for this event and watch for details
on www.elfuegodelsol.com and in upcoming newsletters.
There will be a silent auction of hand made art from Haiti
and other items. Additional items for the silent auction would be
greatly appreciated.
Plus, if you would like to host an event in your home or your town,
please let us know:
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Host a
House Party!
Ready to make a major impact for a family that desperately needs
your help? Then host a House Party where Kevin Adair or another El
Fuego del Sol representative will come to your home and personally
present for your concerned globally-minded gathering. The event
will include video of our latest technology introductions in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
See the real people being helped by our work. Learn the inside
story on the international response after the tragic earthquake.
See the current conditions. Assist in bringing proven solutions to
people in need. Haiti
is so close to the US.
It's time to work with the Haitian people for long-term sustainable
solutions, not just hand-outs. Contact us today.
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Eco Test
Kitchen Now Open
The FdS
eco-stove introduction program broke new ground by introducing
proven ecological cooking technology options to the women leaders
in the Grupo Jaragua Community
Center in the border region of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
In these traditional societies, it is the women who tend to cook
and care for the children. From the multiple cooking technologies
evaluated by the community leaders, the Global Sun Oven and the
StoveTec ultra-efficient woodstove were selected as the best
technology combination for cooking traditional foods for local
families. Inspired by this process, FdS and Grupo Jaragua created
the first Eco Test Kitchen in the Caribbean Region. All ecological
technology manufacturers are welcome to submit their products for
testing and demonstration in the real world conditions presented by
our Eco Test Kitchen.
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The
Medical Solution Haiti Needs Now Three major developmental health
agencies: the US EPA, USAID and the UNDP agree that the medical
conditions of Perinatal Mortality (including Stillbirth) and Acute
Lower Respiratory Illness are caused by exposure to cookfire smoke.
These related medical conditions are now the number-one killer of
children under five globally, and specifically in the country of Haiti.
Since this environmental exposure is a recognized cause for these
specific medical conditions, FdS proposes a medical regimen to
address these medical conditions. Help FdS confront these medical
conditions through proven technology that was selected by our local
program participants. Complete details are
here.
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PCIA
Partnership
During the past year, FdS has joined the Partnership for Clean
Indoor Air (PCIA). PCIA is affiliated with the US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). FdS participated in the PCIA Intensive
Training Trip to Guatemala.
PCIA is also sponsoring the travel of Kevin Adair in order for us
to participate. Wonderful thanks to US EPA PCIA for this
developmental opportunity!
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Donate a
Sun Oven Now
Through Solar Household Energy (SHE), Americans can make
tax-deductible donations of Sun Ovens for Haitian and DR families.
SHE is so named because ecological cooking options have major
health and social advantages for the women and girls of the
communities where the technology is introduced. The Sun Oven that
you donate now will provide a family with 15 years of cooking in
the 80% of days in Haiti
where there is sun. Families in the region can spend half of their
monthly household budget on purchasing illegal charcoal. Save lives, improve
comfort / nutrition, and save trees year after year with your
tax-deductible Sun Oven donation now.
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New
Programs for High Schools and Universities. The
American School in London just joined us on the Fair
Trade Chocolate Lovers' Tour. Your school could be next. Plus we
have a Sun Oven fundraising / awareness raising program available
for schools and other groups. Our lesson plans encourage students
to learn how they can work to help the most impoverished people in
the Western Hemisphere.
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Fair
Trade Chocolate Lovers' Tour!
El Fuego del
Sol will once again present the Fair Trade Chocolate Lovers Tour.
Learn how you can make sure that the chocolate that you enjoy was
not made with any form of slave labor. See personally what benefits
Fair Trade standards can bring to local cacao growers, their
families and the greater community. This is always one of our most
popular tours.
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Sun Oven
New Years Tour!
We have our next Sun Oven Tour in the works for winter 2012/2013!
Pack up your family for a trip that features direct connections
with local youth and adult leaders from both sides of the Dominican
/ Haitian border. Visit the only Eco Test Kitchen in the Caribbean. See the benefits of solar cooking
and ultra-efficient woodstoves. And, celebrate the New Year.
Taste delicious traditional foods cooked with sustainable
methods. The trip features historical and cultural sites, including
the home of the son of Christopher Columbus, the first street
constructed in the Americas,
and detailed insight into how two cultures have developed on one
island. Learn about indigenous species. Work to directly replant
trees in a precious tropical forest. See flamingos, iguanas and
many wonderful animals and plants in their natural habitats. See
original hieroglyphs left by pre-Columbian Taino tribes. Help all
FdS ecological projects by joining us on our tours.
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Visit
our Sites.
Literally
and virtually. El Fuego del Sol partners believe in 100%
transparent developmental opportunities. There's lots of info up at
www.elfuegodelsol.com and tours are available now for a visit to
the Fair Trade Chocolate Coop: CONACADO and our Eco Test Kitchen -
Sun Oven Introduction and Distribution Center.
Tours are being scheduled now, or you can schedule your own
customized tour for your family or your group. Contact us now.
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Volunteer
in Your Hometown.
You don't
need to leave your hometown to make a real difference for some of
the most impoverished families in the Western
Hemisphere. Host a Sun Oven fundraiser at your school
or any group that cares about the environment. Sam Posen did it.
Briana Levin did it too. Your group could be next! Remember, the
complete Sun Oven Curriculum is available now, free of charge!
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Voluntour
with us to
the Dominican Republic
and Haiti
Are you
an individual, family member or social group member that wants to
engage in real benefit to communities and the environment through
your travel investment? Contact El Fuego del Sol to talk about how
we could work together to plan your voluntourism travel.
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El Fuego
del Sol is an Open-Source, Triple-Bottom-Line, developmental
partnership in the Dominican Republic
and Haiti.
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