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Sponsored by SCI:

Solar Cookers World Network

SCI sponsors the Solar Cookers World Network, an alliance of more than 300 NGOs and individuals involved in promoting solar cooking. The Network has created a site with extensive information about solar cooking:


 


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Solar Cookers International


A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with offices in California and Kenya that has been bringing the promise of solar cooking to those in need around the world since 1987.

SCI's Impact

  • Distributed or inspired 500,000+ solar cookers

    SCI has conducted projects in Kenya, Haiti, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania, and advised and assisted hundreds of other NGOs.
  • Sponsor of the Solar Cookers World Network

    More than 300 NGOs and individuals working together to bring the promise of solar cooking to those in need.
  • Developed the simplest solar cooker

    The CooKit is being manufactured by the Darfur refugees in their camps in Chad by the tens of thousands.
  • Developed the WAPI

    The Water Pasteurization Indicator is a cheap, reusable thermometer that indicates when water has been made safe to drink.

USA

Solar Cookers International
1919 21st Street #101
Sacramento, California 95811 view map
(Please see FAQ before calling with cooking questions.)
T: +1 (916) 455-4499
F: +1 (916) 455-4498
info@solarcookers.org
sales@solarcookers.org


SCI News and Events

May 2012

  • Shine On 2012 coming July 10th. Save the date!

    The volunteer team at SCI is planning Shine On 2012 on the 25th anniversary of SCI. We ask you to save the date of July 10th. The event will be at Sierra 2 in Sacramento, from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. More details to follow.
  • In celebration of mothers and of the CooKit

    Each supporter donating one hundred dollars or more during the month of May will receive as a thank you gift a shiny new CooKit, "The Simple Tool That Saves Women's Lives." Thank you for your support as we work for better access to and increased recognition of solar cooking's potential at the United Nations and around the world. Enjoy these bonus solar brunch recipes, and Happy Mother's Day to you and yours!

    Make your donation here.

February 2012

  • Sun Focus & Tulsi Hybrid Solar Ovens

    Dave Chalker of Sun BD Corp. videotaped a test session for the Sun Focus & Tulsi Hybrid Solar Ovens. View the video here
  • When cooking can be deadly

    An estimated 3 billion people -- nearly half the world's population -- still use an open fire as their primary source of energy for cooking and heating.


    But there's a problem: the smoke. Read more...

  • Pictures from our two new projects in Kisumu!

    SCI staff spent part of January in Kisumu working to launch our two new projects. Take a look at some of the pictures! Read more...
  • Cooking Dinner in India's Salt Pans

    Families that earn their income through the sale of salt spend eight months of the year in the salt pans, overseeing the process of salt crystallization and working under harsh conditions, far away from their villages and sometimes their families.


    Since men arrive at the salt pans a few months earlier than their families, they have to cook for themselves. They immediately see the benefits of a fuel efficient cookstove as it cooks faster, enables them to cook multiple things, and saves them time. Because they cook indoor, they also appreciate the reduced smoke. Read more...

January 2012

  • Scavenging for Charcoal Fuel in the Rubbish of Manila

    Thousands of urban slum dwellers in the Philippines capital of Manila live amid filth and swirls of toxic smoke as they eke out a living making charcoal from wood scavenged from nearby garbage dumps and construction sites. Read more...
  • Are you part of an organization that is participating in a carbon finance project? If so, we'd like to include your story (and photos if you have them) about your project in our next newsletter. Send them to scr@solarcookers.org.


  • See also: News Archive
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