Sol Suffit

The Belgian NGO Natuur.koepel is promoting the CooKit in the Djoudj National Parc (Senegal) and in Tanzania. The project name is Sol Suffit.

News and recent developments

August 2011: The new parabolic SolarCooker Eco3 ("Ecologic,Easy and Economic) is now available on the market. It is sold by a new Belgian company Solar Cooking NV, that supports our project for introducing solar cooking technology in African countries. We are still working on an important pilot project in the north of Senegal (area of the national Bird sanctuary of the Djoudj). We plan to introduce 250 Solar Cookers in local families in november 2011. A reforestation project has also been started in the same villages and another project is under study to introduce fuel efficient woodstoves . Together with 1Night4dakar, another belgian organisation, a second sample of 100 SolarCookers will be introduced in the capital Dakar and on ile Gorée to study the acceptance of solar cooking in a urban conditions. Meanwhile, the SolarCooker Eco3 is also undergoing field tests in several countries and we've received some very usefull comments. More news on the SolarCooker Eco3 on www.solarcooker.be

January 2011: Sol Suffit is developing a new parabolic solar cooker called the "SolarCooker Eco3. It will be available for sale beginning 1 May, 2011. Pre-orders are currently being accepted on its website http://www.solarcooking.be/_en/hot/soonforsale.htm. The price is not expected to exceed 200 EUR. Exclusive prices will be made available for development organizations with proven operations in the South willing to introduce the Sunoven 1.

February 2010: Sol Suffit is working to bring its super-clean and super-simple solar cooker to developing nations, to replace the environmentally-devastating traditional cooking methods that rely on firewood and charcoal. The project started in the Djoudj National Bird Park, a World Heritage site in Senegal, and now has also set up shop in Pikine, a suburb of Dakar, across the continent in Tanzania, and is currently working to establish a presence in Cameroon with a partner organization. Project leader Axel Vanderhaeghen said, based on "the response from everyone who gets to know the project, we're very certain it won't stop in Cameroon. Also, we found a way to introduce bigger solar cookers now, thanks to microcredits." They are looking for partner organizations to help with their efforts. Read more at: Solar Cookers Taking Hold in Africa: Want to Help?
April 2008: Natuurpunt Zuid-West-Vlaanderen starts a solar cookit project in Senegal (Dutch)

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