Changes: Cameroon

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Last edited: 28 April 2013

Events

See Calendar of events

News and Recent Developments

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 Cameroon

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 Considerations

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)

Resources

Possible funders for solar cooking projects in Cameroon

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

Reports

Articles in the media

June 2008: Cameroon: Austrian Engineer Introduces Solar Cooker - The Post (Buea)

Web pages

Questions courantes sur les fours solaires

Contacts

The entities listed below are either based in Cameroon, or have established solar cooking projects there:

SCI Associates

Main article: Solar Cookers International Association

NGOs

Educational institutions

References

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 ==News and Recent Developments==
+*'''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 [[HotPot]]s 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.
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-*'''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 $20 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.
+*'''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 Cameroon==
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 ==Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations==
+*'''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)
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 ===Reports===
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