Contents 1 Events 2 News and Recent Developments 3 The History of Solar Cooking in Cameroon 4 Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations 4.1 See also 5 Resources 5.1 Possible funders for solar cooking projects in Cameroon 5.2 Reports 5.3 Discussion groups 5.4 Articles in the media 5.5 Web pages 6 Cameroon contacts 6.1 Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) 6.2 Individuals 6.3 Manufacturers and vendors 7 See also

EventsEdit

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News and Recent DevelopmentsEdit

• November 2008: Solar Household Energy (SHE) completed a nine month 25 HotPot Pilot Program with our Cameroonian partner, the Association for the Protection of the Environment and the Fight against Desertification. The women in Maroua, Cameroon were happy with their HotPots and continue to be impressed by the variety of foods they can cook. The participants have been teaching their colleagues and friends about the HotPot. Demand for the HotPot has increased and SHE, Inc. and our partners are planning to expand the project.

• November 2007: The Organisation for Rural Education Simplicity (ORES) has been carrying out solar cooker research for several months. After experimenting with parabolic cookers, which they found difficult to keep focused on the sun as it moves, they chose to develop a solar box cooker that can cook for five people. The box can be closed to keep water warm overnight. Glass and mirrors are the only cooker materials that are not produced locally. Production cost is about $150 per cooker. Although ORES is based in Bamenda, in the western part of Cameroon, ORES hopes to promote the cookers in northern Cameroon where the Sahara Desert is encroaching and where the sun shines nine months per year.

• Fall 2006: Details about SHE’s pilot project were arranged with the Association for the Protection of the Environment and the Fight against Desertification. This NGO was founded by a group of Cameroonians concerned with the destruction of their environment. The project is scheduled to launch in January 2007.

The History of Solar Cooking in CameroonEdit

Paul Lebga Fonyonga, a teacher in Cameroon, taught two workshops on solar cooking in 2002.

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

Climate, Culture, and Special ConsiderationsEdit

• Northern part of the country: Sunny throughout the year and local sources of firewood are depleted. The north is a good region for solar cooking. Southern part of the country: Abundant rain and abundant firewood. (Source: Juan Urrutia Sanz, 2010-Feb-15)

See alsoEdit

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

ResourcesEdit

Possible funders for solar cooking projects in CameroonEdit

Grounded and Holistic Approach for People's Empowerment (GHAPE)

ReportsEdit

Discussion groupsEdit

• Le forum de la cuísson solaíre

Articles in the mediaEdit

Web pagesEdit

• Questions courantes sur les fours solaires

Cameroon contactsEdit

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)Edit

Sol Solidari Solar Household Energy Nkambe Rural Council

Organisation for Rural Education Simplicity African Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology

IndividualsEdit

Hebert Maigreiter

Deli Saavedra

Manufacturers and vendorsEdit

Organisation for Rural Education Simplicity

Solar Household Energy

See alsoEdit

Scheffler Community Kitchen

ORES Free Energy Cooker

• Upcoming solar cooking events in Cameroon.
• Past solar cooking events in Cameroon