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The UN refugee agency, '''Stichting Vluchteling''' (Netherlands Refugee Foundation) and the [[Vajra Foundation]] have teamed up to distribute solar cookers in the Nepalese camps. The project in [[Nepal]] is financed by the Dutch Postcode Lottery, which has been supporting UNHCR's work worldwide since 2002.
 
   
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Stichting Vluchteling worked with the Vajra Foundation to develop the cookers, which are now being largely produced in Nepal. UNHCR and people involved in the project hope it can be extended to refugee camps in other countries.
 
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'''Stichting Vluchteling''' (The Refugee Foundation) in the [[Netherlands]] provides emergency aid worldwide to people. They teamed up with the [[Vajra Foundation Holland]] to distribute solar cookers in the Nepalese [[refugee camps]]. The project in [[Nepal]] is financed by the Dutch Postcode Lottery, which has been supporting United Nations High Commission for Refuges (UNHCR) work worldwide since 2002. '''Stichting Vluchteling''' worked with the Vajra Foundation to develop the cookers, which are now being largely produced in [[Nepal]]. UNHCR and people involved in the project hope it can be extended to refugee camps in other countries.
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[[File:Vajra_Foundation_Nepal_2013_multiple.jpg|thumb|290px|Bhutanese refugees demonstrating [[parabolic solar cooker]]s in [[Nepal]].]]
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*'''85,000 refugees from Bhutan have solar cooked their meals in Nepal''' - The [[Vajra Foundation Holland]] (Stichting Vajra) has worked in the Bhutanese [[refugee camps]] in [[Nepal]] since 1995 to bring solar cooking and [[heat-retention cooking]] to the refugees there. By 2013 some 85,000 refugees were cooking their meals using these methods. The on-the-ground work is done by [[Vajra Foundation Nepal]] and financing is provided by the Dutch Lottery and the Dutch NGO [[Stichting Vluchteling]].
   
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==Recent news and developments==
 
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*'''February 2008:''' [http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/50/hot-stuff Bhutanese refugees in Nepal have a new way to prepare meals, without firewood, kerosene or the risk of smoke inhalation - the solar cooker.] - ''Ode Magazine''
 
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==See also==
*'''February 2008:''' [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/112cec2a-d133-11dc-953a-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1 Feature: Sunny side up] - ''The Financial Times''
 
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*'''July 2007:''' [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/e03c9e038ee96bc89475171d77a65ae9.htm Dutch children learn to cook crêpes on solar cookers used in Nepal camps] - ''Reuters''
 
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==External links==
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*http://www.vluchteling.org
   
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==
Stichting Vluchteling<br>
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Stichting Vluchteling<br />
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Stadhouderslaan 28<br />
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Tel: + 31 70 346 89 46<br>
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Email: [mailto:info@vluchteling.org info@vluchteling.org]<br>
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Email: [mailto:info@vluchteling.nl info@vluchteling.nl]<br />
Web: http://www.vluchteling.org
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StichtingVluchteling<br>
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Stichtingvluchteling<br>
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stichtingvluchteling/<br>
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Stichting Vluchteling (The Refugee Foundation) in the Netherlands provides emergency aid worldwide to people. They teamed up with the Vajra Foundation Holland to distribute solar cookers in the Nepalese refugee camps. The project in Nepal is financed by the Dutch Postcode Lottery, which has been supporting United Nations High Commission for Refuges (UNHCR) work worldwide since 2002. Stichting Vluchteling worked with the Vajra Foundation to develop the cookers, which are now being largely produced in Nepal. UNHCR and people involved in the project hope it can be extended to refugee camps in other countries.

Most significant projects

Vajra Foundation Nepal 2013 multiple

Bhutanese refugees demonstrating parabolic solar cookers in Nepal.

  • 85,000 refugees from Bhutan have solar cooked their meals in Nepal - The Vajra Foundation Holland (Stichting Vajra) has worked in the Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal since 1995 to bring solar cooking and heat-retention cooking to the refugees there. By 2013 some 85,000 refugees were cooking their meals using these methods. The on-the-ground work is done by Vajra Foundation Nepal and financing is provided by the Dutch Lottery and the Dutch NGO Stichting Vluchteling.

See also

External links

Contact

Stichting Vluchteling
Stadhouderslaan 28
2517 HZ The Hague
Netherlands

Tel: + 31 70 346 89 46
Fax: + 31 70 361 57 40

Email: info@vluchteling.nl
Web: http://www.vluchteling.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StichtingVluchteling
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Stichtingvluchteling
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stichtingvluchteling/
Twitter: @StVluchteling