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<font color="red">NEW:</font> [[:Image:Iridimi_Evaluation_Report_October_2007_compressed.pdf|October 2007 evaluation report on the Iridimi Refugee Camp project]] shows that trips outside the camp to gather firewood were reduced by 86%.
 
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The '''Iridimi Refugee Camp''' houses over 18,000 refugees that have fled the Darfur region of [[Sudan]]. It is fully equipped with 14,000 solar cookers. A solar cooker production workshop was completed in early 2006, and since then women have earned income assembling the cookers and conducting trainings.
   
 
In early 2005, solar cooking was introduced to Darfur refugees living in the Iridimi Refugee Camp in Chad by Dr. [[Derk Rijks]] of the [[KoZon Foundation]]. [[Jewish World Watch]]’s Solar Cooker Project adopted this endeavor in 2006 and has expanded it to provide solar cookers and training to three [[refugee camps]] so far. Replacement cookers are provided for the families, which are made up of 5-7 people per tent, often one woman as the head of household, with up to three of her own children and three orphans.
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The area is devoid of vegetation; there is abundant sun and very little rainfall—between 3” and 5” (7.5 - 12.5 cm) yearly. The main food currently distributed in Iridimi is [[maize meal]], a food the refugees commonly eat. It is sometimes accompanied by a maize-soya-meal mixture, if available. The pulse plants most frequently distributed are yellow and red lentils, white and red beans, and sometimes pigeon peas.[[Image:Iridimi_refugee_camp_from_air.jpg‎|thumb|left|200px|An aerial view of the camp]]
   
 
These require cooking for about three hours, depending on the clarity of the sky. The heat from solar cookers is slow and gentle, so while the food stays longer in the pot, it doesn’t stick to the walls or need to be regularly stirred, which is an advantage over the potential to burn food with fire. Women can do other things while the food is cooking, without worrying about stirring. Additionally, there isn’t the lingering smell of smoke as there is with a fire—like women everywhere, these refugee women are conscious about their appearance, even in these very difficult conditions. Solar cookers are also able to be used to pasteurize drinking water, reducing incidence of water-borne diseases especially in children.
[[Image:Iridimi_Refugee_Camp_Building_CooKits_2006.jpg|right|thumb|240px|Refugee women earn income by constructing cookers and training other refugees.]]
 
   
 
The Solar Cooker Project’s partners include [[Solar Cookers International]], which provides technical assistance, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR,) which manages the camps and coordinates NGO activities, and [[Tchad Solaire]] ("Solar Chad"), the NGO that runs the project on the ground in Chad.
The Iridimi refugee camp houses 18,846 refugees that fled the Darfur region of Sudan. It is fully equipped with 14,000 solar cookers, with about 8,000 that have been replaced. As of the end of 2007, 5,500 women and girls in the Iridimi camp have been trained to use solar cookers. A solar
 
   
 
Organizations providing financial support for this project have included: [[Netherlands Refugee Foundation]], Jewish World Watch, as the North American Coordinator of the Project, the [[Darfur Assistance Project]], the Dora Levit Family Fund, and the Hesed Fund. Logistical and communications support from the UNHCR and CARE is invaluable in continuing project operations.
[[Image:KoZon_Iridimi_May_2007_1.jpg|left|300px]]cooker production workshop was completed in early 2006, and since then women have earned income assembling the cookers and conducting trainings.
 
   
 
Jewish World Watch is handling donations for this project and [http://www.jewishworldwatch.org/donate/solarcookerproject.html your support is needed]!
In early 2005, solar cooking was introduced to Darfur refugees living in the Iridimi Refugee Camp in Chad by Dr. Derk Rijks of the KoZon Foundation. [[Jewish World Watch]]’s Solar Cooker Project adopted this endeavor in 2006 and has expanded it to provide solar cookers and training to three refugee camps so far.
 
   
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==News and recent developments==
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[[Video:TAHA CHAMCHIHA Solar Cooking in the Sahel|thumb|400px|TAHA CHAMCHIHA Solar Cooking in the Sahel]]
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*'''July 2011:''' A Goedhart Film production, TAHA CHAMCHIHA Solar Cooking in the Sahel, documents daily life for the Sudanese refugees living in camps in bordering [[Chad]]. [[Tchad Solaire]] has trained over 12,000 women in the use of simple [[solar panel cooker]]s. These [[CooKits]] have provided the women additional free time normally spent searching for scarce [[firewood]]. Within each camp there is a workshop center where cookers are made for distribution to the other residents. Though the cookers are somewhat fragile, the women have appreciated being involved with the process of making the simple CooKits. The film also shows how the companion ''Guffah'' [[heat-retention cooker]] baskets are being assembled to use with the panel cookers to keep the food piping hot for dinner served in the early evening.
   
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*'''January 2010:''' [http://solarmoxie.blogspot.com/2009/10/chad-solar-cooking-project-evaluation.html Photos and discussion of evaluation visit to the Iridimi Refugee Camp] - ''[[Karyn Ellis]]''
 
Replacement cookers are provided for the families, which are made up of 5-7 people per tent, often one woman as the head of household, with up to three of her own children and three orphans.
 
 
The area is devoid of vegetation; there is abundant sun and very little rainfall—between 3” and 5” (7.5 - 12.5 cm) yearly. The main food currently distributed in Iridimi is maize meal, a food the refugees commonly eat. It is sometimes accompanied by a maize-soya-meal mixture, if available. The pulse plants most frequently distributed are yellow and red lentils, white and red beans, and sometimes pigeon peas.[[Image:Iridimi_refugee_camp_from_air.jpg‎|thumb|left|200px|An aerial view of the camp]]
 
 
It requires cooking for about three hours, depending on the clarity of the sky. The heat from solar cookers is slow and gentle, so while the food stays longer in the pot, it doesn’t stick to the walls or need to be regularly stirred, which is an advantage over the potential to burn food with fire. Women can do other things while the food is cooking, without worrying about stirring. Additionally, there isn’t the lingering smell of smoke as there is with a fire—like women everywhere, these refugee women are conscious about their appearance, even in these very difficult conditions. Solar cookers are also able to be used to pasteurize drinking water, reducing incidence of water-borne diseases especially in children.
 
 
 
 
The SCP’s partners include [[Solar Cookers International]], which provides technical assistance, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) which manages the camps and coordinates NGO activities, and [[Tchad Solaire]] ("Solar Chad"), the NGO that runs the SCP on the ground in Chad.
 
 
 
 
Organizations providing financial support for this project have included: [[Netherlands Refugee Foundation]], Jewish World Watch, as the North American Coordinator of the Project, the Darfur Assistance Project, the Dora Levit Family Fund, and the Hesed Fund. Logistical and communications support from the UNHCR and CARE is invaluable in continuing project operations.
 
 
Jewish World Watch is handling donations for this project and [http://www.jewishworldwatch.org/donate/solarcookerproject.html your support is needed]!
 
 
   
 
== The Benefits of Solar Cooking ==
 
== The Benefits of Solar Cooking ==
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* There is no need to tend a fire so women are free to do other tasks while food is cooking.
 
* There is no need to tend a fire so women are free to do other tasks while food is cooking.
 
* The production of the solar cookers provides income-generating opportunities for female refugees.
 
* The production of the solar cookers provides income-generating opportunities for female refugees.
*Solar cooking, as part of an integrated cooking method, reduces the amount of wood necessary for cooking, helping to alleviate tensions between the refugees and locals, whose already slim wood supply was suddenly impacted by thousands of refugees.
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*Solar cooking, as part of the [[Integrated Cooking Method]], reduces the amount of wood necessary for cooking, helping to alleviate tensions between the refugees and locals, whose already slim wood supply was suddenly impacted by thousands of refugees.
   
 
== What You Can Do ==
 
== What You Can Do ==
Help provide more refugee camps with solar cookers by raising AWARENESS and raising FUNDS. [http://www.jewishworldwatch.org/donate/solarcookerproject.html Make a donation]! Just $30 supports one family by providing two solar cookers, training and two pot holders.
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Help provide more refugee camps with solar cookers by raising awareness and raising funds. [http://www.jewishworldwatch.org/donate/solarcookerproject.html Make a donation]! Just $30 supports one family by providing two solar cookers, training and two pot holders. See more information at: [[Media:JWW_FactSheet_Jan10_v5_lr.pdf|Help the Women of Darfur]]
   
 
[[Image:Iridimi_Refugee_Camp_Building_CooKits_2006.jpg|none|thumb|450px|Refugee women earn income by constructing cookers and training other refugees.]]
 
[[Image:CooKit_wind_protection_Iridimi_2007.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Tying down a [[CooKit]] solar panel cooker so that it can withstand the winds at Iridimi]]
 
[[Image:Iridimi_cookers_2007.jpg|thumb|none|600px|When the training of all women in Iridimi camp was finished (May 2007) and all of them possessed 2 [[CooKit]]s, they proposed to celebrate this at an Id el Tachashumshir (the staff counted 4200 CooKits in the sun)]]{{clr}}
   
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==Resources==
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===Articles in the Media===
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*'''February 2014:''' [http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2014/02/03/photo-gallery-surviving-genocide-in-sudan-and-congo/?utm_content=bufferc1b35&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Surviving Genocide in Sudan and Congo] - ''Tikkun Daily''
   
 
===Audio and video===
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*'''2010:'''[[File:Women of Iridimi|none|400 px]]
   
 
*'''Spring 2008:''' [http://www.jewishworldwatch.org/refugeerelief/womenofiridimi.html The Women of Iridimi] - ''A film by Barbara Grover''
[[Image:CooKit_wind_protection_Iridimi_2007.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Tying down a CooKit solar panel cooker so that it can withstand the winds at Iridimi]]
 
   
[[Image:Iridimi_cookers_2007.jpg|thumb|none|600px|When the training of all women in Iridimi camp was finished (May 2007) and all of them possessed 2 CooKits, they proposed to celebrate this at an Id el Tachashumshir (the staff counted 4200 CooKits in the sun)]]{{clr}}
 
 
== Contact ==
 
[[Jewish World Watch]]
 
 
 
 
==Audio and video==
 
*'''Spring 2008:''' [http://www.jewishworldwatch.org/refugeerelief/womenofiridimi.html The Women of Iridimi] - ''A film by Barbara Grover''
 
   
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|'''November 2007''' YouTube video showing the construction and use of CooKit solar cookers at the Iridimi Refugee Camp
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|'''November 2007''' YouTube video showing the construction and use of [[CooKit]] solar cookers at the Iridimi Refugee Camp
 
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==See also==
 
==See also==
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*[http://star-tides.net/node/2606 Solar Cooker Project: Best Practices Manual]
*[[Media:Iridimi_photographs_June_2007.pdf|A collection of photographs from Iridimi taken in the spring of 2007]]
 
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*'''March 2009:''' [[Media:Iridimi_-_Fuel_and_Firewood_Conference_presentation_2009.pdf|Slideshow presented at the Fuel and Firewood Conference]]
 
*'''October 2007:''' [[Media:Iridimi_Evaluation_Report_October_2007_compressed.pdf|Evaluation report on the Iridimi Refugee Camp project]] shows that trips outside the camp to gather firewood were reduced by 86%.
 
*'''Spring 2007:''' [[Media:Iridimi_photographs_June_2007.pdf|A collection of photographs from the Iridimi Refugee Camp]]
 
*[[Jewish World Watch]]
 
*[[Jewish World Watch]]
 
*[[KoZon Foundation]]
 
*[[KoZon Foundation]]
 
*[[Touloum Refugee Camp]]
 
*[[Touloum Refugee Camp]]
 
*[[Refugee camps]]
 
*[[Refugee camps]]
*Solar Cooker Project Fact Sheet (March 09) [http://www.jewishworldwatch.org/refugeerelief/pdfs/JWW_FactSheet_Mar09_lr.pdf <u> </u>]
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*[http://www.jewishworldwatch.org/refugeerelief/pdfs/JWW_FactSheet_Mar09_lr.pdf%7CJewish World Watch Factsheet]
 
*'''[[Marie-Rose Neloum]]'''
 
*'''[[Marie-Rose Neloum]]'''
 
*'''July 2006:''' [[Media:TchadIridimi Derk GRA 17.06.06.pdf|Slide show showing solar cooking project in camp]]
 
*'''July 2006:''' [[Media:TchadIridimi Derk GRA 17.06.06.pdf|Slide show showing solar cooking project in camp]]
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*'''February 2009:''' [http://www.parade.com/health/2009/03/solar-cooker-project.html Simple Tool That Saves Women's Lives] - ''Parade Magazine''
 
*'''February 2009:''' [http://www.parade.com/health/2009/03/solar-cooker-project.html Simple Tool That Saves Women's Lives] - ''Parade Magazine''
 
*'''June 2008: ''' Radio Netherlands broadcasts a report on the work of [[Marie-Rose Neloum]] working with refugees in Chad ([http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/africa/080619-solar-oven Text], [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/africa/080619-solar-oven Audio])
 
*'''June 2008: ''' Radio Netherlands broadcasts a report on the work of [[Marie-Rose Neloum]] working with refugees in Chad ([http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/africa/080619-solar-oven Text], [http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/africa/080619-solar-oven Audio])
**'''May 2008:''' [http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=577&catID=7 Rays of hope for Darfur refugees] - ''Guardian Weekly (UK)''
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*'''May 2008:''' [http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=577&catID=7 Rays of hope for Darfur refugees] - ''Guardian Weekly (UK)''
**'''March 2008:''' [http://jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=19078 Darfur project cooks up first for Bronfman prize] - ''Jewish Journal''
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*'''March 2008:''' [http://jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=19078 Darfur project cooks up first for Bronfman prize] - ''Jewish Journal''
**'''October 2007:''' [http://solarcooking.org/regional/Chad/Iridimi_Evaluation_Report_October_2007.pdf Evaluation report on the Iridimi Refugee Camp project]
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*'''October 2007:''' [http://solarcooking.org/regional/Chad/Iridimi_Evaluation_Report_October_2007.pdf Evaluation report on the Iridimi Refugee Camp project]
**[http://solarcookers.org/about/programs/iridimi.html Solar Cookers International's page on the Iridimi Refugee Camp]
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*[http://solarcookers.org/programs/iridimi.html Solar Cookers International's page on the Iridimi Refugee Camp]
**'''January 2008:''' [http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:vckRVbjwincJ:www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-jww19dec19,0,2701906.story%3Fcoll%3Dla-promo-opinion+%22genocide+and+cooking%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us Genocide and Cooking] - ''Los Angeles Times''
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*'''January 2008:''' [http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:vckRVbjwincJ:www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-jww19dec19,0,2701906.story%3Fcoll%3Dla-promo-opinion+%22genocide+and+cooking%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us Genocide and Cooking] - ''Los Angeles Times''
**'''December 2006:''' [http://www.solarcookers.org/about/programs/chad_faq.pdf Frequently-asked questions about SCI/KoZon Chad project]
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*'''December 2006:''' [http://www.solarcookers.org/about/programs/chad_faq.pdf Frequently-asked questions about SCI/KoZon Chad project]
**[http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/sudan/images/satellite/photo01_highres.html High-resolution satellite photo of the Iridimi Refugee Camp]
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*[http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/sudan/images/satellite/photo01_highres.html High-resolution satellite photo of the Iridimi Refugee Camp]
**[http://www.jewishworldwatch.org/donate/solarcookerproject.html Donate online to support this project]
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*[http://www.jewishworldwatch.org/donate/solarcookerproject.html Donate online to support this project]
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==Blogs==
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*[http://solarmoxie.blogspot.com/2009/10/chad-solar-cooking-project-evaluation.html Solar Cooking & Water Treatment in Africa]-''[[Karyn Ellis]]''
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== Contact ==
 
[[Jewish World Watch]]
 
[[Category:Chad]]
 
[[Category:Chad]]
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[[Category:Refugee camps]]

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The Iridimi Refugee Camp houses over 18,000 refugees that have fled the Darfur region of Sudan. It is fully equipped with 14,000 solar cookers. A solar cooker production workshop was completed in early 2006, and since then women have earned income assembling the cookers and conducting trainings.

In early 2005, solar cooking was introduced to Darfur refugees living in the Iridimi Refugee Camp in Chad by Dr. Derk Rijks of the KoZon Foundation. Jewish World Watch’s Solar Cooker Project adopted this endeavor in 2006 and has expanded it to provide solar cookers and training to three refugee camps so far. Replacement cookers are provided for the families, which are made up of 5-7 people per tent, often one woman as the head of household, with up to three of her own children and three orphans.

The area is devoid of vegetation; there is abundant sun and very little rainfall—between 3” and 5” (7.5 - 12.5 cm) yearly. The main food currently distributed in Iridimi is maize meal, a food the refugees commonly eat. It is sometimes accompanied by a maize-soya-meal mixture, if available. The pulse plants most frequently distributed are yellow and red lentils, white and red beans, and sometimes pigeon peas.

Iridimi refugee camp from air

An aerial view of the camp

These require cooking for about three hours, depending on the clarity of the sky. The heat from solar cookers is slow and gentle, so while the food stays longer in the pot, it doesn’t stick to the walls or need to be regularly stirred, which is an advantage over the potential to burn food with fire. Women can do other things while the food is cooking, without worrying about stirring. Additionally, there isn’t the lingering smell of smoke as there is with a fire—like women everywhere, these refugee women are conscious about their appearance, even in these very difficult conditions. Solar cookers are also able to be used to pasteurize drinking water, reducing incidence of water-borne diseases especially in children.

The Solar Cooker Project’s partners include Solar Cookers International, which provides technical assistance, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR,) which manages the camps and coordinates NGO activities, and Tchad Solaire ("Solar Chad"), the NGO that runs the project on the ground in Chad.

Organizations providing financial support for this project have included: Netherlands Refugee Foundation, Jewish World Watch, as the North American Coordinator of the Project, the Darfur Assistance Project, the Dora Levit Family Fund, and the Hesed Fund. Logistical and communications support from the UNHCR and CARE is invaluable in continuing project operations.

Jewish World Watch is handling donations for this project and your support is needed!

News and recent developments

thumb|400px|TAHA CHAMCHIHA Solar Cooking in the Sahel

  • July 2011: A Goedhart Film production, TAHA CHAMCHIHA Solar Cooking in the Sahel, documents daily life for the Sudanese refugees living in camps in bordering Chad. Tchad Solaire has trained over 12,000 women in the use of simple solar panel cookers. These CooKits have provided the women additional free time normally spent searching for scarce firewood. Within each camp there is a workshop center where cookers are made for distribution to the other residents. Though the cookers are somewhat fragile, the women have appreciated being involved with the process of making the simple CooKits. The film also shows how the companion Guffah heat-retention cooker baskets are being assembled to use with the panel cookers to keep the food piping hot for dinner served in the early evening.

The Benefits of Solar Cooking

  • Solar cooking helps reduce the need for frequent firewood collection outside the relative safety of the camp, reducing the risk of violence towards women and girls.
  • Two solar cookers can save one ton of wood each year.
  • There is no need to tend a fire so women are free to do other tasks while food is cooking.
  • The production of the solar cookers provides income-generating opportunities for female refugees.
  • Solar cooking, as part of the Integrated Cooking Method, reduces the amount of wood necessary for cooking, helping to alleviate tensions between the refugees and locals, whose already slim wood supply was suddenly impacted by thousands of refugees.

What You Can Do

Help provide more refugee camps with solar cookers by raising awareness and raising funds. Make a donation! Just $30 supports one family by providing two solar cookers, training and two pot holders. See more information at: Help the Women of Darfur

Iridimi Refugee Camp Building CooKits 2006

Refugee women earn income by constructing cookers and training other refugees.

CooKit wind protection Iridimi 2007

Tying down a CooKit solar panel cooker so that it can withstand the winds at Iridimi

Iridimi cookers 2007

When the training of all women in Iridimi camp was finished (May 2007) and all of them possessed 2 CooKits, they proposed to celebrate this at an Id el Tachashumshir (the staff counted 4200 CooKits in the sun)


Resources

Articles in the Media

Audio and video

  • 2010:


Solar_cooker_project_-_Iridimi_refugee_camp,_Chad_(Oct_2007) November 2007 YouTube video showing the construction and use of CooKit solar cookers at the Iridimi Refugee Camp

See also

External Links

Blogs

Contact

Jewish World Watch