Solar Household Energy

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Solar Household Energy, Inc.'s mission is to harness free enterprise for the introduction of solar cooking to improve quality of life and relieve stress on the environment. She, Inc. was created in 1997 by individuals who had ties with SCI. The specific goal of this organization is the promotion of solar cooking by means of market initiatives. The rationale is that the non-governmental organizations of the world, primarily with charitable goals, were not sufficiently considering the potential of the market to assist in meeting the goal of widespread availability of solar devices, particularly for the poor. With non-profit status obtained in 2001, SHE, Inc. has provided consultative services to solar cooking promoters in a number of countries, forging loose alliances in Burkina Faso, Bolivia, Morocco, Senegal, and others. Most recently, SHE Inc. was a winner in the World Bank's Development Marketplace. The funds will support promotion of solar cooking, using an improved and more durable version of the CooKit in Mexico, principally in nature conservancy areas where the use of biomass is prohibited.

September 2007: Louise Meyer narrates this video about the work of SHE in Mexico

Our programs benefit families in impoverished and environmentally threatened regions of the world by providing the HotPot solar cooker, and training to assure its integration into routine cooking practices.

In El Salvador, women are using the HotPot almost daily. One enterprising woman cooks snacks using the HotPot to sell at local soccer games.
In Senegal, women are buying one-fourth less fuel wood and half the amount of gas for cooking, thanks to the HotPot.
In Mali, an entrepreneur has organized large conferences, training sessions, and attracted national television media attention to market the HotPot.

Your gift will directly benefit Solar Household Energy's program participants:

1 Recent news and developments
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4 See also
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[edit] Recent news and developments

June 2008: Solar Oven Cooking: A Lucrative Business - News Blaze

May 2007: The May issue of House and Garden features an article on solar cooking by Sue Halpern and Bill McKibben. "We are partial to the Solar Household Energy Inc.'s HotPot," the authors wrote. They offered two reasons for their praise: "Buying it supports the work of SHE in less developed regions of the world, especially where forests have been ravaged for cooking fuel, and because it comes with its own cooking pot." The authors stated that solar ovens "haven't reached the mainstream yet," but added that solar cookers "are attracting attention for producing intensely flavored food without match or plug." The article also describes other solar ovens and the use of solar cooking both in the developing world and in the U.S. The article is currently on the magazine's web site

April 2007: Solar Household Energy partners in El Salvador are currently implementing solar cooking pilot projects that their communities have embraced. More than 100 HotPots have been distributed in the past five months! The majority of women use them for cooking on a daily basis, helping to offset the time and money costs of foraging or paying for wood. Solar Household Energy continues to raise funds for this project with the goal of offering more families the opportunity to own a HotPot. Your donation will directly benefit participants and their families. For details about the program please go to http://www.she-inc.org/art.php?id=62. If you would like to make a donation please go to http://www.she-inc.org/contribute.php. (*Please specify that the donation is for the El Salvador program.)

January 2007: The International Relations Center, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide information and analysis that increase social and economic justice throughout the world, recently cited the HotPot as an example of an effective solar cooker that is both produced and sold in Mexican communities. Mexico is currently working to structure a national training program to help individuals understand the utility of solar and wind power in cost effectiveness for health and the environment. Read more here.

January 2007: The HotPot will be featured on the Earth Focus TV program in late January. This program highlights the October 2006 Green Festival in Washington, D.C. that promotes a sustainable economy, ecological balance, and social justice. Over 300 exhibitors attended the festival and Solar Household Energy was one of a few organizations highlighted in this program. Please here to see local program times and channels for Earth Focus: Green Festival.

[edit] Annual reports

2006: The 2006 fiscal year witnessed significant advances in Solar Household Energy's efforts to disseminate solar cooking technology to many parts of the world including the completion of our first major shipment of HotPot solar ovens to West Africa. Read more here.