Changes: Grace Magney

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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

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 Looking back at solar cooking relief efforts in Afghanistan

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

July 2014:

Magney_Successes_in_Afghanistan — Magney Successes in Afghanistan

July 2006: Audio interview with Grace Magney discussing the Global Hope Network International solar cooking project in Afghanistan

Audio interview with George and Grace Magney about solar cooking in Afghanistan (Low bandwidth version)

External links

July 2009: Remembering Gordon Magney and a quarter century of solar service to Afgans - Solar Cooker Review
July 2006: An audio interview with Grace Magney discussing their work
November 2004: Solar Cooker Review
2004: Video report by George and Grace Magney, Project Leaders

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

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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.
 ==Recent news and developments==
+*'''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]]
 [[File:Jeff_Waalkes_Afghan_woman,_10-18-12.jpg|right|300px]]
-*'''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 smokey 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]].'''
+*'''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]].
 ==Audio and video==
-*'''August 2009'''
+*'''July 2014:'''
+:[[File:Magney Successes in Afghanistan|thumb|none|400 px]]
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-|Solar Cooking and Food Processing in Afghanistan - the Future of Green Afghan Energy
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 *'''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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 ==Contact==
-Grace Magney<br>
+Grace Magney<br />
-P.O. Box 3023 Share Nau<br>
+P.O. Box 3023 Share Nau<br />
-Kabul<br>
+Kabul<br />
 [[Afghanistan]]
-Tel: +93-(0)789-807-932<br>
+Tel: +93-(0)789-807-932<br />
 Mobile: +93-(0)776-268-295
 Skype: gmsolar
-[mailto:gemsolar@swissmail.org gemsolar@swissmail.org]
+Email: [mailto:gemsolar@swissmail.org gemsolar@swissmail.org]
 [[Category:Individuals|Magney]]
 [[Category:Afghanistan|Magney]]
-[[Category:Solar Cookers World Network members|Magney]]
+[[Category:Solar Cookers International Network members|Magney]]
+[[Category:PSME|Afghanistan]]
+[[Category:Verified active 2014|Magney]]