MTS Now in Bohol

Through the Elena Tan Foundation, the Mayon Turbo Stove project has been successfully replicated in Bohol. In partnership with the Bohol School for the Deaf (through its director, ex-Peace Corps Volunteer Dennis Drake), the MTS is now fabricated at the school's metal fabrication plant. The prototype model was provided by the St. Paul University Philippines SPUP's MTS fabrication facility.

SRE President Perla Manapol hails this latest development - the first replication in the Eastern Visayas region - as "yet another big step toward our goal of creating a Philippine Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (PACC)." Already, there are expressions of interest from neighboring provinces of Samar and Negros Oriental.

The attached photos show the presentation by Dennis Drake (along with one of the working students, the "master welder") of the first 15 units fabricated by the school, and a demonstration of the model unit during a visit by Ambassador Bienvenido Tan, Jr.