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'''Maria dos Anjos Rosario''' is president of the [[Mozambique Association for Urban Development]] (AMDU), which promotes solar cookers, [[Heat-retention cooking|heat-retention cookers]], and paper briquettes - a firewood and charcoal substitute.
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'''Maria dos Anjos Rosario''' is president of the [[Mozambique Association for Urban Development]] (AMDU), which promotes solar cookers, [[Heat-retention cooking|heat-retention cookers]], and paper [[briquette]]s - a firewood and charcoal substitute. The AMDU Ressource Center of Hulene Neighborhood has become an "Alternative Energy Center" where young people go to learn, to teach, and have first-hand experience with solar energy and waste recycling programs.
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Maria reports that, "Now we have many requests to buy solar cookers."
 
AMDU Ressource Center of Hulene Neighborhood became now an "Alternative Energy Center" where young people go to learn, to teach ant to make experiences about Solar energy and Waste recycling programs.
 
 
The team for this Program (People working in the AMDU programs and totally involved in the Alternative Energy Program.) Maria reports that, "Now we have many request to buy solar cookers."
 
 
==News and recent developments==
 
*'''November 2008:''' On Maputo Municipal Day - 120 years of Maputo City - a public exhibition of solar cooking will be given near the City Hall in the Independence Square.
 
 
*'''January-March 2008:''' AMDU introduced the program of Alternative Energy Use in 10 rural villages and 3 neighborhoods of Mocuba City, all located in the province of Zambezia. On March 8th AMDU set up a festival closing a competition betweeen 8 groups (about 40 people involved) coming from all places where the program was introduced. Two groups with better performance and better results were nominated to receive a prize. In the same day a seminar took place oriented by AMDU (Maria dos Anjos/architect and Amadeu Barca/Electrotechnical Eng) in the District Government House, attended by members of the local government, at district Level and Municipality level. Resuming....it was nice. People was confident to use solar cooking and recycling solid waste to receive some income.
 
 
*'''September 2007:''' A public demonstration was given with 80 solar cookers of different types, in a Public Garden. More than 120 people visited and shared the experience.
 
 
*'''August/September 2007:''' The first training course in "Energias Alternativas - Preservação Ambiental-Empreendedorismo" - took place with about 30 participants.
 
 
*'''October 2007:''' A 10-day workshop was given at the 5th Mozambican Exhibition of Science and Technology. Young people gave demonstrations how recycle solid waste producing solar cookers and showing how efficient cooking with the sun is.
 
 
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*'''April 2007:''' Maria dos Anjos Rosario taught a solar cooking class to 11th and 12th grade students at the Secondary School of the Superior Institute of Science and Technology. The class included discussion of how solar cookers work, construction of several models of solar cookers, solar cooking practice, analysis of the activities, and discussion of how to spread solar cooking. Rosario is president of the [[Mozambique Association for Urban Development]], which promotes solar cookers, [[Heat-retention cooking|heat-retention cookers]], and paper briquettes - a firewood and charcoal substitute.
 
   
 
==See also==
 
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==Contact==
 
==Contact==
 
Maria dos Anjos Rosario<br />
 
 
Avenue Julius Nyerere 562<br />
Maria dos Anjos Rosario<br>
 
 
Maputo<br />
Avenue Julius Nyerere 562<br>
 
Maputo<br>
 
 
[[Mozambique]]
 
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[mailto:anjos@tvcabo.co.mz anjos@tvcabo.co.mz]
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[[Category:Who's who in the solar cooking movement|Rosario]][[Category:Mozambique|Rosario]]
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Maria Dos Anjos Rosario students

Maria dos Anjos Rosario is president of the Mozambique Association for Urban Development (AMDU), which promotes solar cookers, heat-retention cookers, and paper briquettes - a firewood and charcoal substitute. The AMDU Ressource Center of Hulene Neighborhood has become an "Alternative Energy Center" where young people go to learn, to teach, and have first-hand experience with solar energy and waste recycling programs. Maria reports that, "Now we have many requests to buy solar cookers."

See also

External links

Contact

Maria dos Anjos Rosario
Avenue Julius Nyerere 562
Maputo
Mozambique

Email: anjos@amdu.org.mz or anjos@tvcabo.co.mz