Update: SHE and Tostan Begin Solar Cooking Partnership In Senegal
by Marie-Ange Binagwaho, March 9, 2008
Last Sunday, Solar Household Energy and Tostan had a very successful training session with the Senegal Solar Cooking Initiative, a project we are implementing in partnership with 21 Community Management Committees in villages in the Thies region.
A Solar Cooking Success Story in a Darfuri Refugee Camp
by Melanie Szulczewski, Spring 2008
A recent evaluation of solar cooker use in one Darfuri refugee camp shows significant improvements in families’ lives thanks to the acceptance and use of solar cookers. The Iridimi refugee camp, a camp of over 17,000 Darfur refugees in Chad, now has 15,000 CooKits, an affordable, simple solar cooker developed by Solar Cookers International. The report, “Solar Cooker Project Evaluation: Iridimi Refugee Camp, Chad,” prepared by Brie Loskota, a program evaluator and the associate director for the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California, in October 2007 describes and quantifies the benefits to the refugees.
Solar Cooker Project Evaluation, Iridimi Refugee Camp, Chad
by Brie Loskota, University of Southern California, October 2007
Women and girls who live in the Iridimi refugee camp in Chad face attack and rape by the local population, bandits, and the Janjaweed militia when they leave the camp to gather firewood for their cooking needs. In 2005, "Cookit" solar cookers were introduced in the Iridimi camp as part of an effort to reduce reliance on firewood and in turn improve the safety of the refugee women by lessening the need to leave the camp to collect wood. In October 2007, a team of 15 people from eight organizations conducted an evaluation of solar cooking in the camp. HotPots Aid Flood Victims In Tabasco, Mexico
by Richard Stolz, Spring 2008
Last November, one of the worst floods in Mexico’s history ravaged the southern state of Tabasco, displacing hundreds of thousands of residents for several weeks. In response, two of SHE Inc.’s partner organizations in Mexico, the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (MFCN) and International Logistics Solutions (ILS), made available 400 HotPot solar ovens to flood victims. (ILS manufactures HotPots in Mexico.) SHE Addresses Renewable Energy Conference In Washington
by Richard Stolz, Spring 2008
A large audience attended a panel presentation titled Solar cooking: Renewable energy at home for a greener, healthier and wealthier world, organized by SHE at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference on March 3. Executive Director Marie-Ange Binagwaho spoke on SHE’s behalf. Solar Household Energy, Inc. Participates in the Green Festival 2007
by Bridget Huttenlocher, Fall 2007
Louise Meyer of Solar Household Energy spoke at the Living Green Pavilion at the Washington, DC Green Festival October 6th. In addition the HotPot was displayed at the festival where hundreds of visitors learned about the HotPot; our activities abroad, and how people are using the HotPot in their backyards in Washington, DC. HotPot Recipe Book Created in El Salvador
by Bridget Huttenlocher, Summer 2007
Women participating in the El Salvador HotPot pilot project took it upon themselves to create a recipe book. International Foundation Awarded SHE a $10K Grant
by Bridget Huttenlocher, Summer 2007
The International Foundation awarded SHE a $10K grant for the expansion of the Asociación Comunitaria Unida por el Agua y la Agricultura (ACUA) HotPot solar cooking program in El Salvador Experimenting With Local Production of the HotPot Reflector in Senegal
by Marie-Ange Binagwaho, Summer 2007
In our continuing efforts to disseminate solar cooking technology effectively and within the economic reach of communities, Solar Household Energy is experimenting with local production of the HotPot reflector in Senegal. Solar Cooking Targets the Hill
by Patricia McArdle, Summer 2007
In late July, Solar Household Energy collaborated with a number of organizations to demonstrate solar cooking on Capitol Hill with the goal of raising awareness among legislators and their staff, and government agency personnel. Partnership for Clean Indoor Air Conference
by Bridget Huttenlocher, April 17, 2007
Solar Household Energy exhibited the HotPot at the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air Conference in Bangalore, India. The conference was dedicated to sharing alternative technologies to reduce indoor air pollution and clean indoor air program best practices. Engineers in Technical and Humanitarian Opportunities of Service Conference
by Bridget Huttenlocher, April 17, 2007
Staff presented the HotPot at the annual Engineers in Technical and Humanitarian Opportunities of Service (ETHOS) conference in Washington state. ETHOS is an international non-profit organization coordinating research on appropriate technology for the household.
Solar Cooking and Health
by Darwin O'Ryan Curtis, Boiling Point Magazine No 52, December 2006
Solar cooking technology has been around for decades, but has been poorly understood and has not been widely disseminated. Here are some ideas on what solar cooking is about, and its capabilities - as well as its limitations. El Salvador HotPot Program
by Camille McCarthy, January 2006
In November 2006, Solar Household Energy launched a two-year solar cooking project in El Salvador that will provide HotPots, solar cooking training, and support to 800 families. In El Salvador, approximately 65% of the population uses wood to cook, but the practice contributes significantly to deforestation and negative health impacts for women and children including respiratory infections and burns. Furthermore firewood collection imposes significant time burdens and cooking gas purchase places extreme financial hardships. Help us raise $50,000 to implement this program. Partners in Senegal Embrace the HotPot
by Marie-Ange Binagwaho, January 2006
The coordinators in Senegal have been using their HotPot daily and they are excited about the meals they’ve cooked and their fuel savings. Their experience has increased interest throughout the village. This pilot program in Senegal began in November and includes 120 participants in 5 villages north of Dakar. Solar Energy Week Brings Message Down to Earth in Mexico
by Talli Nauman, Herald/Mexico, October 9, 2006
The International Relations Center, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide information and analysis that increase social and economic justice throughout the world, recently cited the HotPot as an example of an effective solar cooker that is both produced and sold in Mexican communities. Mexico is working to structure a national training program to help individuals understand the utility of solar and wind power in cost effectiveness for health and the environment. Launch of the El Salvador HotPot Program
by Camille McCarthy, January 2006
The launch of the EL Salvador program with Feed the Children El Salvador and another Salvadoran NGO partner included an inauguartion, trainings, and preparation for follow-up sessions. First Major Shipment of HotPots to Mali, West Africa
by Richard Stolz, Fall 2006
More than one thousand HotPot solar ovens arrived this summer in West Africa and represents SHE Inc.’s first major delivery of HotPots to Africa. Field Tests of the HotPot, a New Solar Cooker, in West Africa
by Melanie Szulczewski, Ph.D., October 2006
Tests to re-evaluate the capacity of the HotPot to effectively heat water and food were performed this past year in Burkina Faso, The Gambia and Senegal. The results confirm again that the HotPot is an effective and efficient solar cooker. Working With the World Bank and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Promote Solar Cooking
by Louise Meyer, July 2006
SHE received financial support from the World Bank and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to disseminate solar cooking technology in rural Mexico. World Bank’s Wolfowitz Hails SHE’s HotPot
by Richard Stolz, Solar Household Energy, Inc., Summer 2006
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz recently singled out SHE’s HotPot solar oven as an example of a product that “helps poor people seize the opportunities they need to transform their lives and to create better futures for their children.”
Lasting Impacts of Solar Cooker Projects
by Melanie Szulczewski, Ph. D., Solar Household Energy, Inc., June 2006
A review of evaluations of solar cooking projects in Bolivia, Ethiopia, and Kenya provides conclusive evidence of successful technology transfer and cultural acceptance of solar cooking. The HotPots of Mme Sissoko Aïssata Diarra
by Najiba Abdellaoui, odemagazine.com, January 2006
SHE Mali partner, Mme Sissoko, recently told Ode Magazine how HotPots can help promote environmental protection and economic development in Mali and in other African countries.
La Lena, Su combustion y sus consecuencias a nivel mundial y en Mexico (in Spanish)
by Heliodoro C. Cruz and Louise Meyer, Calidad Ambiental magazine (vol. XI, Nr. 1), Feb. 2006
Published by Centro de Calidad Ambiental (Department of Environmental Quality) Monterrey Technical University, Monterrey, Mexico Kitchen Appliance Plugged into the Sun
Interview with SHE partner and Director of the Mexican Nature Conservation Fund and the Director of the Sierra Gordas Ecological Group in Mexico. 
Link TV: Earth Focus Washington, DC Green Festival 2006
The HotPot is featured on Earth Focus TV. This program highlights the Green Festival that promotes a
sustainable economy, ecological balance, and social justice. Over 300 exhibitors attended the festival
and Solar Household Energy was one of a few organizations highlighted in this program.
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