Changes: Claudia Sansone

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Claudia Sansone got involved in solar cooking after meeting Solar Cookers International board members Arline J. Lederman and Patricia McArdle at the United Nations' Commission on the Status on Women in 2012 and 2013. Reading McArdle's book Farishta convinced Claudia that solar cooking could augment her work in Malawi. She has since worked to introduce solar cooking to women's organizations and early childhood development groups in there.

In 2015, Claudia established United Village Transformation (UVT) to support rural villages in Malawi with education, agriculture, and medical resources. UVT also provides solar cooking kits and training to the villages where they work in order to promote safe and healthy cooking.

Contact

Email: claudia@claudiasansone.com

See United Village Transformation.United Village Transformation

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+'''Claudia Sansone''' got involved in solar cooking after meeting [[Solar Cookers International]] board members [[Arline J. Lederman]] and [[Patricia McArdle]] at the United Nations' Commission on the Status on Women in 2012 and 2013. Reading McArdle's book ''[[Farishta]]'' convinced Claudia that solar cooking could augment her work in [[Malawi]]. She has since worked to introduce solar cooking to women's organizations and early childhood development groups in there.
+In 2015, Claudia established [[United Village Transformation]] (UVT) to support rural villages in Malawi with education, agriculture, and medical resources. UVT also provides solar cooking kits and training to the villages where they work in order to promote safe and healthy cooking.
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-'''Claudia Sansone''' got involved in solar cooking after meeting [[Arline J. Lederman]] and [[Patricia McArdle]] at the United Nations' Commission on the Status on Women in 2012 and 2013. Reading McArdle's ''Farista'' convinced Claudia that solar cooking could augment her work in [[Malawi]]. She has since worked to introduce solar cooking to women's organizations and early childhood development groups in Malawi.
-==Recent news and developments==
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-*'''September 2013: Inspiration from Solar cookers International fosters a CooKit introduction project in Malawi''' - [[Claudia Sansone]], whose interest in solar cookers began when she met with current [[Solar Cookers International]] board member, [[Arline J. Lederman, PhD.|AJ Lederman]], and then SCI board member [[Pat McArdle]], at a UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York in 2011. Sansone says that after she read McArdle’s novel [[Farishta]], she was convinced that solar cooking could be successfully introduced in Malawi. With guidance from SCI executive director [[Julie Greene]] in Sacramento, {{state|California|CA}}, [[USA]], Sansone purchased several [[CooKit]]s. She used these cookers to make templates, and then produced a number of the [[solar panel cooker]]s to distribute. Traveling with her family to [[Malawi]], she hosted classes and demonstrations on solar cooking with the CooKits. With a friend, she taught the women at Elizabeth Chikoya’s Women’s Development Center and members of the [http://www.gogograndmothers.com Gogo Grandmothers] how to make more solar cookers with locally available materials. Read more at: [[Media:Malawi_and_Solar_Cookers_International.pdf|Malawi and Solar Cookers International]]
 ==See also==
+*[[United Village Transformation]]
 *[[Media:Malawi_and_Solar_Cookers_International.pdf|Malawi and Solar Cookers International]]
 ==Contact==
 Email: [mailto:claudia@claudiasansone.com claudia@claudiasansone.com]
+{{See|United Village Transformation}}
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