StoveTeam International
{{Short description|Non-profit organization}}
{{Infobox organization
| image = StoveTeam_Logo_Horizontal.png
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| type = Non-governmental organization
| name = StoveTeam International
| founded_date = {{Start date and age|2008}}
| founder = Nancy Sanford Hughes
| location = Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
| area_served = Latin America
| homepage = {{url|stoveteam.org}}
| staff = 4
}}
StoveTeam International is a non-profit organization founded in 2008 that provides improved cook stoves to people in developing nations in Latin America.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/world/americas/cnnheroes-hughes-clean-stove/index.html|title=How cooking can be a deadly chore|first=Allie|last=Torgan|publisher=CNN}} According to the organization, it has been responsible for the distribution of over 76,300 stoves to date.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stoveteam.org/impact|title=Our Impact|website=StoveTeam International}}
History
Founder Nancy Sanford Hughes witnessed the health effects of open-fire cooking firsthand while volunteering with medical missions in Guatemala.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aarp.org/giving-back/local-heroes/info-10-2011/2011-purpose-prize-winner-nancy-hughes.html|title=Nancy Hughes, Winner of 2011 Purpose Prize for Community Service|website=AARP}} In response, Hughes gathered support from her local Rotary club{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2014/04/22/the-woman-who-is-trying-to-prevent-4-million-deaths-each-year/|work=Forbes|title=The Woman Who Is Trying To Prevent 4 Million Deaths Each Year|date=April 22, 2014}} and contacted experts in the field of improved cook stoves to design the Ecocina, a stove specifically designed to be produced and used in Latin America. For her work with StoveTeam, Hughes has been honored as a United States White House Champion of Change,{{Cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/champions/rotary-international/nancy-sanford-hughes-|title=Nancy Sanford Hughes|website=The White House}} and a CNN Hero.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/2013.heroes/nancy.hughes.html|title=CNN Heroes - Nancy Hughes|publisher=CNN}}
Operations
StoveTeam assists local entrepreneurs in Latin America to start their own projects to build and distribute Ecocina and Justa{{Cite web|url=https://www.stoveteam.org/our-approach|work=StoveTeam International|title=Our Approach|date=November 4, 2020}} cook stoves. StoveTeam has started projects in Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/07/guatemala-cook-stoves/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817233610/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2017/07/guatemala-cook-stoves/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 17, 2017|work=National Geographic|title=Three Billion People Cook Over Open Fires ― With Deadly Consequences|date=August 14, 2017}}