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==News and Recent Developments==
 
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[[File:Leéiyen_teaches_the_use_of_solar_box_cookers_and_the_--SODIS--_approach_to_water_pastuerization,_11-15-14.png|thumb|300px|Leéiyen teaches the use of [[solar box cooker]]s and the [[SODIS]] method of [[water pasteurization]] in [[Cameroon]], November 2014.]]
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*'''November 2104:''' Vise Gilbert Chin, CEO/President of [[Leéiyen]], reports they have already taught more than 100 people to use solar cookers, including [[parabolic solar cooker]]s, and the [[Heaven's Flame]] and [[CooKit]] [[solar box cooker]]s.
   
 
*'''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.
 
*'''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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==The History of Solar Cooking in Cameroon==
 
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==Resources==
 
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===Possible funders for solar cooking projects in Cameroon===
 
===Possible funders for solar cooking projects in Cameroon===
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*'''November 2014:''' [http://www.isf-cameroun.org/sites/default/files/cookers_english_BD.pdf Construction of Solar Cookers and Driers] - ''Christelle Souriau & David Amelin''
   
 
===Articles in the media===
 
===Articles in the media===

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Events

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  • 4-6 June 2024 (Bridgetown, Barbados): Sustainable Energy for All Global Forum - The event will be co-hosted by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the government of Barbados. It is a platform for government, business and finance leaders, entrepreneurs, and youth and community representatives from around the world to come together to broker new partnerships, spur new investment, and address challenges at the nexus of energy, climate, and development. More information...

Online events

Requests for proposal

  • Decentralized Renewable Energy Solutions utilizing Solar and Bio-Energy - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments of ScienceDirect, is requesting guest-author submissions. The special issue, VSI: DRES is devoted to publishing research articles reporting the innovative designs and design interventions in solar thermal and bio-energy for decentralized energy systems (DES). It includes i) new and novel designs of prototype or commercial devices and technologies, their development, modeling and simulations and experimental validation; ii) innovations for processes, techniques, utilization, and applications; iii) novel use of materials for improving efficiency, performance, techno-economic feasibility, and sustainability and iv) research findings addressing the socio-economic, health and safety impacts, and life cycle assessments leading to proposing novel devices for DES. The Deadline for submission is 31 July 2024. More submittal information...
See also: Global Calendar of Events and past events in Cameroon

News and Recent Developments

Leéiyen teaches the use of solar box cookers and the --SODIS-- approach to water pastuerization, 11-15-14

Leéiyen teaches the use of solar box cookers and the SODIS method of water pasteurization in Cameroon, November 2014.

  • 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.
ORES cooker
  • 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)

See also

Resources

Possible funders for solar cooking projects in Cameroon

Reports

Articles in the media

Web pages

Contacts

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

SCI Associates

NGOs

Manufacturers and vendors

Individuals

Government agencies

Educational institutions

See also

References