14 DAY TRIAL // Black death killed 1 in 12 people all across the Globe in the 14th century. Malaria still manages to take millions of lives in poor countries every year. Despite this fact, a more dangerous enemy seems to be hiding in the kitchens of millions of poor people from Third World countries.
World Health Organization established that gases and smoke generated while cooking caused approximately two million deaths, mostly among women and children in poor countries all around the Globe, overcoming the malaria's devastating effects.
The people who take care of the fire aren't aware that burned wood, charcoal or crop waste turn into toxic emissions that can put their lives in danger.
Taking into account important factors such as their poverty and lack of education, it is not simple for organizations to provide effective solutions to this matter.
Nevertheless, non-profit organizations develop new strategies, relying on the fact that their objectives will be achieved in the near future.
Officials from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda developed their new project, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, relying on the support of politicians, chefs and celebrities who are trying to promote the benefits provided by green fuels and earth-friendly stove.
Despite their philanthropic initiative, there are several obstacles ahead. Organizations can't really apply the benefits of green cooking industry to people who are starving.
“Success has been limited by a number of factors,including a lack of awareness of the problem, limited research into the health risks, lack of affordable improved stoves or fuels that reduce exposures to safer levels, and the logistical challenges of solving a problem that affects almost 3 billion of the poorest people on the planet,” stated Francis Collins, Director of National Institutes of Health.
In order to make out of this strategy an international success, the US government financed the project of introducing better cookstoves with approximately $50 million.