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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. |
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| ⚫ | 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]] |
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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. |
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| ⚫ | 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. |
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| ⚫ | 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]]. |
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| ⚫ | 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. |
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| ⚫ | 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. |
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| ⚫ | 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. |
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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. |
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. |
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==News and recent developments== |
==News and recent developments== |
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| + | *{{NewOct15}}'''September 2015:''' This project, begun in 2006, protected Darfuri women and girls survivors of the Darfur genocide living as refugees at Iridimi camp in Eastern Chad ̶by reducing their dangerous trips outside of the camp in search of firewood for cooking. Over the years, Jewish World Watch modified and adapted the program as the situation on the ground changed. [[SCI]] lauds Jewish Word Watch for operating the longest-running solar cooking refugee camp project in the world and for teaching refugees a new way of cooking that has the potential of preserving their safety and transforming their futures. Based on recent feedback from Iridimi refugee women, Jewish World Watch decided to turn its attention to increasing food rations and developing new strategies to keep women and girls safe from sexual violence, which is the focus of the JWW mission. “I cannot say enough to praise the work of Jewish World Watch in caring for people whose needs are so great and for their part in the global movement to adopt solar thermal energy for cooking,” said [[Julie Greene]], SCI executive director. “Their work with [[Kozon]] at Iridimi to promote solar cooking will impact generations to come as women continue to embrace solutions to the dilemma of spending limited funds on food or fuel |
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| ⚫ | *'''July 2011:''' A Goedhart Film production, 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]]'' |
*'''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]]'' |
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== What You Can Do == |
== What You Can Do == |
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+ | Help provide more refugee camps with solar cookers by raising awareness and advocating for solar thermal cooking technologies that help families break the cycle of energy poverty. |
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+ | [[Image:Iridimi Refugee Camp Building CooKits 2006.jpg|none|thumb|450px|Refugee women earn income by constructing cookers and training other refugees.]] |
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+ | [[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]] |
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+ | [[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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| − | *'''2010:'''[[File:Women of Iridimi|none|400 px]] |
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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'' |
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| − | *'''Spring 2008:''' [http://www.jewishworldwatch.org/refugeerelief/womenofiridimi.html The Women of Iridimi] - ''A film by Barbara Grover'' |
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| + | ::[[File:Jewish_World_Watch_Solar_Cooker_Project|400px|none|The Women of d_Watch_Sol]] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[http://star-tides.net/node/2606 Solar Cooker Project: Best Practices Manual] |
*[http://star-tides.net/node/2606 Solar Cooker Project: Best Practices Manual] |
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| − | *'''March 2009:''' [[Media: |
+ | *'''March 2009:''' [[Media:Iridimi - Fuel and Firewood Conference presentation 2009.pdf|Slideshow presented at the Fuel and Firewood Conference]] |
| − | *'''October 2007:''' [[Media: |
+ | *'''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%. |
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+ | *'''Spring 2007:''' [[Media:Iridimi photographs June 2007.pdf|A collection of photographs from the Iridimi Refugee Camp]] |
*[[Jewish World Watch]] |
*[[Jewish World Watch]] |
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*[[KoZon Foundation]] |
*[[KoZon Foundation]] |
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*[[Touloum Refugee Camp]] |
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| + | *[[Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp]] |
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*'''[[Marie-Rose Neloum]]''' |
*'''[[Marie-Rose Neloum]]''' |
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*'''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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== External Links == |
== External Links == |
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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'' |
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*'''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]) |
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== Contact == |
== Contact == |
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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.
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
- September 2015: This project, begun in 2006, protected Darfuri women and girls survivors of the Darfur genocide living as refugees at Iridimi camp in Eastern Chad ̶by reducing their dangerous trips outside of the camp in search of firewood for cooking. Over the years, Jewish World Watch modified and adapted the program as the situation on the ground changed. SCI lauds Jewish Word Watch for operating the longest-running solar cooking refugee camp project in the world and for teaching refugees a new way of cooking that has the potential of preserving their safety and transforming their futures. Based on recent feedback from Iridimi refugee women, Jewish World Watch decided to turn its attention to increasing food rations and developing new strategies to keep women and girls safe from sexual violence, which is the focus of the JWW mission. “I cannot say enough to praise the work of Jewish World Watch in caring for people whose needs are so great and for their part in the global movement to adopt solar thermal energy for cooking,” said Julie Greene, SCI executive director. “Their work with Kozon at Iridimi to promote solar cooking will impact generations to come as women continue to embrace solutions to the dilemma of spending limited funds on food or fuel
TAHA CHAMCHIHA Solar Cooking in the Sahel
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 advocating for solar thermal cooking technologies that help families break the cycle of energy poverty.
Refugee women earn income by constructing cookers and training other refugees.
Tying down a CooKit solar panel cooker so that it can withstand the winds at Iridimi
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
- February 2014: Surviving Genocide in Sudan and Congo - Tikkun Daily
Audio and video
- April 2009:
- October 2007
See also
- Solar Cooker Project: Best Practices Manual
- March 2009: Slideshow presented at the Fuel and Firewood Conference
- October 2007: Evaluation report on the Iridimi Refugee Camp project shows that trips outside the camp to gather firewood were reduced by 86%.
- Spring 2007: A collection of photographs from the Iridimi Refugee Camp
- Jewish World Watch
- KoZon Foundation
- Touloum Refugee Camp
- Kounoungou Refugee Camp
- Mile Refugee Camp
- Gaga Refugee Camp
- Farchana Refugee Camp
- Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp
- Refugee camps
- World Watch Factsheet
- Marie-Rose Neloum
- July 2006: Slide show showing solar cooking project in camp
- Cooking for large groups
External Links
- February 2009: 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 (Text, Audio)
- May 2008: Rays of hope for Darfur refugees - Guardian Weekly (UK)
- March 2008: Darfur project cooks up first for Bronfman prize - Jewish Journal
- October 2007: Evaluation report on the Iridimi Refugee Camp project
- Solar Cookers International's page on the Iridimi Refugee Camp
- January 2008: Genocide and Cooking - Los Angeles Times
- December 2006: Frequently-asked questions about SCI/KoZon Chad project
- High-resolution satellite photo of the Iridimi Refugee Camp
- Donate online to support this project
Blogs
Contact
- See Jewish World Watch.Jewish World Watch