The Solar Project Gambia is a Solar cooking manufacturing outfit founded by Elena Steger Kassama and Amadou Kassama in 2006 iinitially located in the community of Fajikunda in the Kanifing Municipal Council area of the Republic of The Gambia. We have recently relocated to No. 18 Mr. P. Street, Kanifing South, The Gambia.
It was set up with the provision of the first batch of cookers and stoves in that year, 2006 with the intention of making solar cooking widely known across the country and to also convince people on the need for solar cooking.
The Solar Project Gambia which formerly established its own solar cooker and stove making workshop in early 2007, has also as its mission to bring down the cost of living for each family, by using an economical, cheap, healthy way of cooking.
To further express the purpose of this project, the founders in addition, established a food restaurant called Elena's Solar Food Restaurant with menu serving both local and continental dishes.
It is our aim to encourage people to learn how we use the sun for cooking, baking, roasting peanuts or drying fruits.
By learning to use the solar method of cooking frequently, you indirectly join the fight to save our forests. Using solar cooking method is therefore your contribution in helping against the deforestation.
The cost of a solar cooker is very affordable and it might also give you a chance to open a small business of selling bread, cakes or food or more.
Solar Project Gambia is divided into three parts:
- The Solar bakery (which makes solar baking and solar food popular. The bakery is creating an income for local people through solar baking and cooking. It employs as well trainees.
- The Solar Restaurant (where our guests can enjoy anything from a solar breakfast to a solar cooked dinner)
- Carpentry shop for making solar cookers and tunnel dryers localy to create more employment and reduce the cost of the solar equipment
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Contact
Solar Project Gambia
18, Mr. P Street
Kairaba Avenue
Kanifing South
The Gambia
Telephone: (00220) 7053822 / 9712915 / ( ask for Amadou Kassama or Mohamed Jarra )
ojectgambia@gmx.ch
The webpage is currently in a new development do to a new alliance of an other solar cooker project with the Solar Project Gambia.
Swiss contact: Elena Steger Kassama 0041-43-377-94-81