[Stoves] The first Sixbricks Rocket Stove in Darfur

[lannych]

Ken,
You have my admiration, let me know if I can help.
Lanny Henson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ken goyer" <kennethgoyer at yahoo.com>
To: "stoves list" <stoves at listserv.repp.org>; "ethos" 
<ethos at vrac.iastate.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:46 AM
Subject: [Stoves] The first Sixbricks Rocket Stove in Darfur


> See images at: http://bioenergylists.org/en/darfur6b
>
>
>
>     Yesterday we had our first demonstration of the SixBricks Rocket stove
> in North Darfur. We had successfully  fired about 1,000 of our special
> lightweight bricks using a local brickmaker, and now we have now started 
> to
> show off the stove. Our first demonstration was a huge success. While the
> demonstration was intended to show the stove to a few nonprofit
> organizations, about 100 women came and took over the cooking action.The
> local staple food, aceda, was made in the largest round bottomed pot and
> then meat and sauces were cooked in other pots. The surprise was that 
> after
> cooking this large and rather complicated meal, two thirds of it was 
> handed
> over the fence and spirited away into a hut where some men were gathered. 
> So
> the women were left with very little to taste. None the less they were 
> very
> happy with the performance of the stove.
>
>     The political situation here remains touchy and for various reasons we
> will not travel to Kebkabia. Instead, we will stay here and work in El
> Fasher for now. Next, we hope to start a demonstration stove project in a
> camp which is actually a part of El Fasher. This way, access is easier, 
> and
> it is safer, and still there are 32,000 people there, desperate for fuel
> with no trees in sight. Traveling even to the closest outside camp 
> requires
> permits and permission and some worry about personal security or at least
> the theft of your vehicle by various rebel groups.
>
> I have attached two photos to this email. The first one is of the stove 
> and
> the second one is looking the other way at the crowd. Dan Wolf, founder 
> and
> director of the International Lifeline Fund, and the benefactor of this
> project, has decided to rename the stove the "Miracle" Stove. I told him
> that it should be called the "Science" Stove, but that name just doesn't
> have quite the same ring.
>
>     Thanks to everybody who has made the invention and development and
> dissemination of this stove possible. The fruits of our labor are about to
> ripen.
>
>
>
> Best regards, Ken Goyer
>
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