Save life of flood affected victims in Nepal

The heavy rain trigger landslide in hills and huge amount of water in the rivers flowing to plain which has affected lives & livelihood of people including loss of productive land & property. Overflow of water byrain fall harmful to many peoples as high speed of water tore down houses, flipped vehicles and toppled trees and electricity poles. Houses have been reduced to rubble. Trees, utility poles and even underground water pumps have been uprooted. People are facing difficulty finding food, medicine, shelter and drinking water and crops have been damaged, threatening people's livelihood.  

Many People houses are damaged and destroyed so that they are cooking food in public place or in open place due to looses of kitchen room and houses. They couldn't afford to  buy gas cylinder or new technology for cooking food. They are cooking food on the fires pump, home made stove which produces lot of smokes and very difficulty for  cooking food. These cooking practices are inefficient, use fuel woods and technologies  that produce high level of air and smoke pollution with a range of health damaging pollutants, including small soot particles that penetrate into the lungs. Because of these traditional practices of cooking(cooking from the use of fuel wood) needs more kg of fuel wood, more time taking for cooking and smoke pollution for cooker and children resulting respiratory diseases. Exposure is particularly high among women and young children, who spend the most time near the domestic health.

 Flood victims and people are living in miserable situation and need humanitarian support for their recovery so thatIn this connection MRC Nepal has been distributed improved portable cook stove to victim families for cooking food everywhere in safe places which save fuel wood consumption by 40%,save time and reduces the risk of smoke pollution resulting improving health.

Total price of cook stove is NRs.4345(USD 38)

Discount=1738 (up to 40%) Eqv.USD 15

Paid=2607 (up to 60%) Eqv.USD 23

 Total Distributed=62 Family

Total Amount = 62*2607=161,634.(Nepali currency)

   Key features of cook stove which is provided to community members.

• Efficiency 30.29%
• Safe money up  to 60%
• Save time and effort up to 50%
• Easy to use: No blow pipe required
• Flexibility: Portable safe and easy to carry and relocate
• Healthy cooking: Reduce smoke up  to 80% Retain the natural traditional cooking taste

Links:

• https://www.globalgiving.org/dy/v2/pe/progress-report/new.html