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Pollution Shell Foundation in pact with NGO for replacing traditional stoves Our Bureau New Delhi, Sept. 25 UK-based Shell Foundation on Tuesday announced that it has tied up with an US-based environmental NGO Envirofit International. The partnership will work towards reduction in the number of deaths caused globally by Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) — smoke generated by traditional fires and stoves used in homes in the developing countries. The partnership will focus its efforts initially on India. IAP affects more than 50 per cent of the world’s population and currently claims the lives of 1.5 million people a year worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). About five lakh of those deaths occur in India, affecting mostly women and children. WHO estimates that pollution levels in rural Indian kitchens are 30 times higher than recommended, said a release. Task at handEnvirofit will be tasked with handling the scale-up and spin off of the Shell Foundation’s Breathing Space program The partnership is part of the Foundation’s mission to see 10 million clean-burning stoves sold in five countries over the next five years. The Foundation is providing Envirofit with investment and organisational support to form an independent global entity. In turn, Envirofit will design, develop, market and distribute clean cooking stoves that are engineered to emit less toxic emissions and use less fuel. The Shell Foundation sees this partnership as one of the most important developments in its seven year history. Shell Foundation Director Mr Kurt Hoffman said: “With half the world’s population still cooking on wood, dung and other biomass burning stoves, the only way we are going to make a significant long-term impact and achieve the scale needed is to get private sector thinking involved.” More Stories on : Pollution | Environment
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