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'''Grace Magney''' has been involved with solar cooking since the early 1980s. She and her late husband Gordan have been instrumental in providing over 20,000 solar cookers to the [[Afghanistan]] region. Since 2005 they have been working with [[Global Hope Network International]] there.
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'''Grace Magney''' has been involved with solar cooking since the early 1980s. She and her late husband [[Gordon Magney|Gordon]] have been instrumental in providing over 20,000 solar cookers to the [[Afghanistan]] region. Since 2005 they have been working with [[Global Hope Network International]] there.
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==Recent news and developments==
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*'''February 2014:''' [[Paul Funk]] has updated the solar cooking efforts of [[Grace Magney]] and SERVE in [[Afghanistan]] with a brief summary, beginning in the early eighties. Read more at [[Media:SERVE_solar_cooking_in_Afghanistan,_2013_update.pdf|Looking back at solar cooking relief efforts in Afghanistan]]
   
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==Audio and video==
 
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*'''October 2012:''' [[Parabolic solar cooker]]s 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 cooker]]s 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. See more of Jeff's [[Global_Hope_Network_International#News_and_recent_developments|photos of the delivery]].
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|Solar Cooking and Food Processing in Afghanistan - the Future of Green Afghan Energy
 
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==Audio and video==
 
*'''July 2006:''' [http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?magney Audio interview with Grace Magney discussing the Global Hope Network International solar cooking project in Afghanistan]
 
*'''July 2006:''' [http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?magney Audio interview with Grace Magney discussing the Global Hope Network International solar cooking project in Afghanistan]
   
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==External links==
 
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*'''July 2009:''' [http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrjul09.htm#Remembering_Gordon Remembering Gordon Magney and a quarter century of solar service to Afgans] - ''[[Solar Cooker Review]]''
 
*'''July 2006:''' [http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?magney An audio interview with Grace Magney discussing their work]
 
*'''July 2006:''' [http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?magney An audio interview with Grace Magney discussing their work]
 
*'''November 2004:''' [http://www.solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrnov04.htm#Pilot_project_in_Afghanistan Solar Cooker Review]
 
*'''November 2004:''' [http://www.solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrnov04.htm#Pilot_project_in_Afghanistan Solar Cooker Review]
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==Contact==
 
==Contact==
Gordon and Grace Magney<br>
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Grace Magney<br />
P.O. Box 3023 Share Nau<br>
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P.O. Box 3023 Share Nau<br />
Kabul<br>
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Kabul<br />
 
[[Afghanistan]]
 
[[Afghanistan]]
   
Tel: +93-(0)77-626-8295 (mobile)
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Tel: +93-(0)789-807-932<br />
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Mobile: +93-(0)776-268-295
Skype: gmsolar
 
 
[mailto:gemsolar@swissmail.org gemsolar@swissmail.org]
 
   
 
Skype: gmsolar
   
 
Email: [mailto:gemsolar@swissmail.org gemsolar@swissmail.org]
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Grace Magney demonstrating solar cooking in Afghanistan

Grace Magney has been involved with solar cooking since the early 1980s. She and her late husband Gordon have been instrumental in providing over 20,000 solar cookers to the Afghanistan region. Since 2005 they have been working with Global Hope Network International there.

Recent news and developments

Jeff Waalkes Afghan woman, 10-18-12
  • 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. See more of Jeff's photos of the delivery.

Audio and video

See also

External links

Contact

Grace Magney
P.O. Box 3023 Share Nau
Kabul
Afghanistan

Tel: +93-(0)789-807-932
Mobile: +93-(0)776-268-295

Skype: gmsolar

Email: gemsolar@swissmail.org