Changes: Global Hope Network International

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Grace Magney demonstrating solar cooking in Afghanistan — Grace Magney demonstrates solar cooking in Afghanistan

The purpose of the project is to supply subsidized solar cookers as an affordable solution for middle- and lower-income families. The project is to assemble and distribute 2,000 solar cookers to families in Afghanistan during 2006. One thousand will be the SOS SPORT Solar Ovens and 1,000 will be panel cookers. The cookers will be subsidized so that most families will be able to afford either. The materials for making the ovens will be imported and Afghans will be trained to assemble and demonstrate solar cooking.

In the village of Qalai Badar Khan, just south of Kabul, Global Hope Network, distributed 28 K-14 parabolic cookers in 2003. Every family is using theirs after three years.

News and recent developments

Solar_Cooker_Success_in_Afghanistan! — Solar Cooker Success in Afghanistan!

October 2014: The Global Hope Network International reports its recent success in transported 300 solar cookers to rural villages in central Afghanistan where all 300 were purchased by villagers.

Jeff Waalkes Afghan valley , 10-18-12 — Delivery of the parabolic solar cookers to the Kirghiz tribe arrive on the backs of yaks.

October 2012: Parabolic solar cookers delivered to Afghanistan's remote Wakhan Corridor - The Kirghiz tribe live at the end of this slender finger of land in northeastern Afghanistan. Their primary fuel source for cooking has been dried yak dung, creating smoky conditions in their yurts. The buffalo-like yaks are used for most of their transportation needs. In June, Jeff Waalkes in Kirghizstan and Grace Magney with the Global Hope Network in Kabul were able to deliver ten parabolic solar cookers to the tribe. Grace organized the procurement and had the cookers loaded onto a truck. Jeff's responsibility was to get the truck into the Wakhan Corridor, and where the road petered out, strap everything including the solar cookers to the backs of yaks to deliver them to the Kirghiz. Initially hesitant, members of the tribe were soon cooking food and boiling water.

Audio and video

October 2014:

External links

A July 2006 audio interview with Grace Magney discussing her project in Afghanistan

Contact

Global Hope Network International
PO Box 3023
Share Nau
Kabul, Afghanistan

World Headquarters/Office of the President
27, Chemin des Crets-Pregny
1218 Grand Saconnex
Switzerland

Telephone: 41 221 41 00 28

Email: info.ch@ghni.org
Web: http://globalhopenetwork.org

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 ==News and recent developments==
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-*'''October 2014:''' Global Hope Network International has recently supplied 300 solar cookers to rural villagers in central Afghanistan at below cost. They used a charter bus to transport the cookers rather than a truck in order to reduce the likelihood of attack. For more information, watch the video in the Audio and Video section below.
+*'''October 2014:''' The [[Global Hope Network International]] reports its recent success in transported 300 solar cookers to rural villages in central Afghanistan where all 300 were purchased by villagers.
 [[File:Jeff_Waalkes_Afghan_woman,_10-18-12.jpg|right|300px]]
 [[File:Jeff_Waalkes_Afghan_valley_,_10-18-12.jpg|thumb|300px|Delivery of the [[parabolic solar cooker]]s to the Kirghiz tribe arrive on the backs of yaks.]]