Run, Run Its Carbon

Kerosene is a type of fuel oil used for lighting, heating and cooking. Like many fuel oils, it is derived from crude oil. Kerosene is a liquid at room temperature, but it can evaporate; therefore, people can be exposed to kerosene by getting it on their skin or by inhaling the fumes. Direct exposure to the kerosene or a byproduct of burning the kerosene, such as carbon monoxide, can produce negative health effects. These include:

Health
Smoke from kerosene lamps is responsible for respiratory infections, lung and throat cancers, serious eye infections, cataracts as well as low birth weights. Acute respiratory infections like influenza and pneumonia kill nearly 2 million children in developing nations each year,more than the annual number of all deaths at all ages from all causes in the European Union. The World Bank estimates that   780 million women and children breathing kerosene fumes inhale the equivalent of smoke from 2 packs of cigarettes a day. Shockingly, two-thirds of adult female lung-cancer victims in developing nations are
non-smokers.

Fire Danger
Kerosene and candles cause countless fire catastrophes every year. There were 282,000 deaths from fire-related burns worldwide in 1998, and 96% of these fatalities were in developing countries. In India alone, 2.5 million people (350,000 of them children) suffer severe burns each year, primarily due to overturned kerosene lamps. Each year, many homes burn to the ground when a lamp is toppled.

Barrier To Education And Production
Light from Kerosene lamps is poor and inefficient (only 2 to 4 lumens compared to a 60-watt bulb-900 lumens). Poor lighting affects literacy and education. The light from the lamps is so poor that children can only see their schoolbooks if they are almost on top of the flame, directly inhaling even more of the toxic smoke. Proper lighting can enhance the development process by enabling people to be more productive after the sun goes down.


Economic Costs
A study produced by Evan Mills (2002) found that: one kerosene lamp consumes 0.04 to 0.06 litres per hour, and the daily usage at three to four hours. 1 litre of kerosene per week x $1.00 USD= $52.00USD/year. Many households in the developing world require 2 or more kerosene lights therefore this cost can more than double. The escalating costs of providing energy drain money away from food, health services, housing, and other basic needs in poor countries.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, carbon monoxide poisoning is more common among kerosene heater users than poisoning from breathing the fumes. Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning's first symptoms include fatigue and possibly chest pain, followed by dizziness, nausea, confusion and lack of coordination. Carbon monoxide poisoning can be fatal. If anyone in your house starts feeling unwell while the kerosene heater is being used, turn off the heater and move everyone in the house to a location with plenty of fresh air---outdoors if possible.

CCN SUCCESS STRATEGY

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." A quote by Napoleon  Hill, I came across this quote why reading online. Then it hit me, that we are stronger and  smarter than we know or think. That we can achieve more and do more if only we know how powerful we really are. Most times the reason why we don't achieve our goal is very simple, I mean very very simple as simple as ABC, we don't believe in ourselves and in our abilities. Let me share a story with you, to help you understand what am talking about.


When I started working at CCN, one of my very first assignment was to understand the whole  system and how it works. My boss spent few minutes explaining it to me and I was told to read the rest and understand it. As a new employee I read it up and I finally understood the concept. Few days later I was told to explain it to a new member. I did all the best I could explaining to the member, have in mind that the new member is an elder woman so I had to be very patient and call her "Mama". But unknown to me, she was a very smart woman, who kept asking questions that almost made me doubt my understanding of the whole program. Long story short, she signed up, two days later, she picked up her GREEN PACK. Two weeks later she had 10 members under her, 7 had picked their GREEN PACK. I was so surprise, I had to call Mama up, she came to the office and started explaining the reason for her fast growth. She said it was not by accident, that all she did was look at her "area", identified those that where either single,educated,married or had no job. If you fall in this category she call you to her house and start explaining everything I discussed with her. I don't need to tell you how much "Mama" earned that month, because "Mama" did not tell me.


Analysing this story, you have to notice that she had a strategy which is a very important ingredient for growth. You can't go to war without weapons, why go into Green Business without believing in your products and what it stand to achieve.

Identify the goal, what is the objective and goal of the CCN program, if you read the brochure given to you, you will see in it, that we are helping the environment and helping low income earners. Also providing residual incomes to people. So you need to stop seeing yourself as a marketer,seller or trader and start seeing yourself as an agent of change.


Set weekly or daily target, this is very important in our pursuit of "PEAK ACHIEVEMENT". Always have it at the back of your mind, how many people do you plan to sign up daily or weekly. This will make you work harder and come up with better strategy.

Please practice all we have discussed, I guarantee you we will be getting better "Mama story".

Mark this in your calendar, "World Energy Day  October 22".


Have a great week, and don't forget to attend any of our seminars in any Green Centre closest to you.


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Ose Agbadu
CCN Membership Coordinator