In November, I traveled to Honduras and Guatemala with an amazing charity called StoveTeam International. They asked me to go with them to document their work, and provided a list of photos they knew they would want to use in their marketing campaigns. I love traveling, and have been to Peru and Vietnam in the past few years, but this was my first trip to Central America. It’s hard to sum up the trip, but it was a truly life-changing time. The work StoveTeam does in building clean cookstoves is vitally important to the people who are using their stoves, and I had an amazing time getting to know the families in the village where we were working.
Copan Ruinas, Honduras
Copan Ruinas, Honduras
A woman making tortillas with an Ecocina stove from StoveTeam International
Children in San Jose de las Lagrimas, Guatemala
Houses in San Jose de las Lagrimas, Guatemala. All of the homes in this village are constructed from sticks, twine, and plastic sheeting with no weatherproofing, and no water or electricity.
A young boy in San Jose de las Lagrimas, Guatemala
Young girls coming back from work on a coffee plantation in Honduras
A young child who lives on a coffee plantation in Honduras
A young man repairs a bicycle tire in San Jose de las Lagrimas
A young girl in San Jose de las Lagrimas
A girl stands next to her Ecocina stove San Jose de las Lagrimas
A young girl gathers water from the single spigot in San Jose de las Lagrimas, Guatemala
Rainforest, Honduras
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A mother and daughter inside their smokey house in San Jose de las Lagrimas, Guatemala
A boy gathers firewood in San Jose de las Lagrimas, Guatemala
Tortillas cooking on an Ecocina stove from StoveTeam International