Mozambique

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Contents 1 Recent News and Developments 2 The History of Solar Cooking in Mozambique 3 Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations 3.1 See also 4 Documents 4.1 Reports 4.2 Articles in the media 4.3 Web pages 5 Contacts 5.1 NGOs based in or working in the Mozambique 5.2 Individuals 5.3 Manufacturers and vendors 6 See Also

[edit] Recent News and Developments

• 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 cookers, and paper briquettes - a firewood and charcoal substitute. Contact: Maria dos Anos Rosario

[edit] The History of Solar Cooking in Mozambique

Little is known of solar cooking activities in Mozambique, other than the efforts of a faculty member at Eduardo Mondlane University, who had taught an American volunteer about the technology. The volunteer, Miho Kobashi then spent six months in a remote village, working as a teacher, and while there taught a number of villagers to make and use solar cookers. This small experiment used the CooKit that people made for themselves. As is usual, villagers were unwilling to believe that food could be cooked with a piece of cardboard, and were amazed to see the results of their experiment. (Solar Cooker Review, July 2003)

[Information for this section was taken originally from State of the Art of Solar Cooking by Dr. Barbara Knudson]

[edit] Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations

Solar Cookers International has rated Mozambique as the #16 country in the world in terms of solar cooking potential (See: The 25 countries with the most solar cooking potential). The estimated number of people in Mozambique with both sun and fuel scarcity in 2020 is 3,800,000.

[edit] See also

• Discussion of southern Africa's suitability for solar cooking
  
• Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables

[edit] Documents

[edit] Reports

[edit] Articles in the media

[edit] Web pages

[edit] Contacts

• A complete list of NGOs and individuals working in Mozambique is available in the International Directory of Solar Cooking Promotors.

[edit] NGOs based in or working in the Mozambique

• Grupo de Trabalho Ambiental
• Mozambique Association for Urban Development
• Programme for Biomass Energy Conservation
• Sun Catchers Project

[edit] Individuals

• Anneke Hudig
• Maria dos Anjos Rosario
• Mark Harper

[edit] Manufacturers and vendors

[edit] See Also

• Click here for the complete list of Solar Cooking Wiki articles related to Mozambique