Benin

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Contents 1 News and Recent Developments 2 The History of Solar Cooking in Benin 2.1 See also 3 Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations 3.1 See also 4 Resources 4.1 Possible funders for solar cooking projects in Benin 4.2 Reports 4.3 Articles in the media 4.4 Web pages 5 Benin contacts 5.1 Non-governmental organizations 5.2 Individuals 5.3 Manufacturers and vendors 5.4 Solar Cookers World Network members 6 See Also

[edit] News and Recent Developments

• November 2008: Solar Cookers International (SCI) plans to assist with efforts to bring safe water and integrated cooking methods to the central town of Copargo. The pilot project is being initiated by Gabriel Kpadonou, sanitation and public hygiene officer at the Ministry of Health in Cotonou, and executive director of the nonprofit organization Environmental Engineering Group (EEG). Through increased visibility and furthered collaborations with health and water professionals in neighboring countries such as Niger, Togo and Burkina Faso, SCI hopes that this opportunity will provide a gateway to increased activities in West Africa. The coming year looks to be an exciting one, with the expansion of programs to three new countries and the inclusion of integrated cooking methods and water testing into current and future projects. Trees in rural areas cannot replenish themselves as quickly as they are being cut down for fuel, and contaminated water cannot purify itself at the rate that microorganisms are causing disease, and so our mission continues.

[edit] The History of Solar Cooking in Benin

Relatively little information has been found about solar cooking activity in Benin. One individual, a man named Vincent Nnanna, writes of having aided in the building and distribution of around 200 cookers. Information about his work and a Solar club in Benin with 20 members was found in the Solar Cooker Review of November, 2002.

[Information for this section was taken originally from State of the Art of Solar Cooking by Dr. Barbara Knudson]

[edit] See also

• Wikimedia Commons Atlas of Benin

[edit] Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations

[edit] See also

• Discussion of West-central Africa's suitability for solar cooking
  
• Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables

[edit] Resources

[edit] Possible funders for solar cooking projects in Benin

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• Programme de Microfinance du Fonds pour l'Environnement Mondial (FEM) (Reported by Centre d’action pour la promotion des initiatives de développement)

[edit] Reports

[edit] Articles in the media

[edit] Web pages

• Questions courantes sur les fours solaires

[edit] Benin contacts

[edit] Non-governmental organizations

• Centre d’action pour la promotion des initiatives de développement
• Environmental Engineering Group
• GRADES-AFRICA
• Odey Renewable Energy Technology Company

[edit] Individuals

• Gabriel Kpadonou
• Nelly Denakpo
• Vincent Nnanna

[edit] Manufacturers and vendors

[edit] Solar Cookers World Network members

• GRADES-AFRICA
• Odey Renewable Energy Technology Company
• Vincent Nnanna

[edit] See Also

• Click here for the complete list of Solar Cooking Wiki articles related to Benin