Tilo Tabiro

Tilo Tabiro (Sun Cooking) is a group of women in The Gambia who have been trained in the principles, construction & use of solar panel cookers (the Cookit). The cooperative formed serves as a training base for other women and as a means of spreading the word about solar cooking. It is also a social outlet for the women who exchange ideas, encourage one another & try new dishes.

News and recent developments

• September 2009: Lamin Sawo reports, "Having successfully completed the other phase of the training, this year we introduce box cooker to women in the communities, they will start money making enterprise by making bake foods and selling to sustain the project. Mr. Malcolm Gee the AHEAD Coordinator, TILO TABIRO received an award on behalf of AHEAD from President's International Award (PIA) Gambia. The award was presented by the Vice President of The Republic the Gambia, Aja Isatou Njie Saidy. Towards there outstanding contribution and development of young people and the women in the communities."

• July 2008: Lamin Sawo reports, "From 2nd June to date we are with expansion and we had meet 7 communities and trained 712 new women in the 7 new villages in the country. We trained them the basic knowledge of solar cooking and the benefit of this latest technology. The women appreciated the new technology we are training. And they promise to work as a team to help the other communities with the Techonolgy. Our aim is to reach the whole country within 5 years with the latest techology."

See also

• Tilo Tabiro brochure

• Adventures in Health, Education, and Agricultural Development

Contact

Mr. Lamin Sawo
Project Coordinator, Gambia
2966 State Route 54A, Apt1
Penn Yan, NY 14527
USA
+1 (315) 719 4972

lfsawo@hotmail.com
aheadgambia@hotmail.com

USA

Mr. Malcolm Gee
AHEAD
Coordinator United State of America

Tel: +1 (410) 448 0938

mgee@starpower.org