AfriShiners

Last edited: 22 February 2023

We are a network of highly educated and specialized experts on solar cooking, solar food processing, clean cookstoves, clean burning fuels, water purification and waste management. Each member educates local groups and grassroots workers in his/her community.

The organization has representatives from Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is led by Rosemary Olive Mbone Enie, CEO of Salama Heritage Ecovillage (SHE) Africa. The AfriShiners Workshops are organized under the umbrella of the German development aid organization Lernen - Helfen - Leben e.V..

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Rosemary Olive Mbone Enie photo, 2-21-23 — Rosemary Olive Mbone Enie

February 2023: Bernhard Müller is stepping down from AfriShiners leadership position - Bernhard has let the community know February will be his last month at the helm. Rosemary Olive Mbone Enie will formally take over the leadership role of AfriShiners from Kigali Rwanda. Rosemary is the current CEO of Salama Heritage Ecovillage (SHE) Africa. Please contact her at camvisiontrust2020@gmail.com with AfriShiners questions.

December 2022: Making briquettes - Congolese AfriShiners member Guillain Maliyamungu Nabahya provided a link to a video on local TV broadcast about briquette making. Enjoy the show by clicking on the following link: Briquette manufacturing. AfriShiners member Millicent Anyango from Rongo, Migori County, Kenya, is proceeding the same way with her briquette production.

December 2022: In April 2022 made a video how to make a fireless cookers at Armstrong Women Empowerment Centre in Kisumu, Kenya under the leadership of Elva Rebecca "Beckie" Ondiek. It took two full days of intense work to make. The video was first published with German subtitles on YouTube. It took me a very long time to look for somebody to help me editing the video in English language. Eventually, Sara Hjalmarsson of Engineers Without Borders - Sweden (EWB-S) did this absolutely stunning work. The video is now available by clicking on the link: DIY Heat Retention Baskets - Fireless Cookers

October 2022: Test of fireless, heat-retention cookers: - Bernhard Müller reports that during the past two months, a series of six successful workshops were conducted throughout East Africa thanks to a generous donation. Thanks to all for the fine job, photos, and reports. Meanwhile, Bernhard Müller assembled a computerized multiple-sensor unit, the "Baba Moto STRU“ (Superior Temperature Recording Unit), in close cooperation with international engineers. Among them was AfriShiners friend, Ferdinand Bukunda. On Sep. 19th Bernhard made a test with a basket-style fireless cooker from 7:00pm until 2:30am the following day. The results were very encouraging. It shows that cooking in the afternoon allowed a hot meal to be eaten in the evening. The attached graph indicates the temperature decrease for 3 liters (6 meal portions) in a 4 liter sufuria (handleless cooking pot ) with lid. The three lines on the graph show the temperature on top of the lid, outside the basket, and the environment. See also: Heat-retention cooking

AfriShiner fireless cooker test data, 10-6-22 — *Test data credit:Bernhard Müller*

Kiin solar food dryer, Uganda, 8-29-22 — Fireless cooker workshop with Samuel Odhiambo in Nairobi, Photo credit: **AfriShiners**

August 2022: fireless cookers: Samuel Odhiambo from AfriShiners ran a fireless cooker workshop in Nairobi recently.

Kiin solar dryer, Müller, 1-7-22 — The Kiin solar dryer, *Photo credit: Bernhard Müller*

August 2022: Bernhard Müller reports Ingelore Kahrens, board member of Lernen - Helfen - Leben e.V., is in Uganda for a SES mission. She introduced the Kiin household size solar dryer already and is presently educating the women about making and using fireless cookers.
March 2022: Bernhard Müller has reported Ferdinand Bukunda visited with Rosemary Olive Mbone Enie in Kigali recently, and they arranged that AfriShiners will be hosted as an organization under the umbrella of Salama Heritage Ecovillage Africa (SHE Africa) in Kigali, Rwanda. Simultaneously, the organization AfriShiners Entrepreneurs (ASE) will be set up by Rosemary and Ferdinand. In case you want to get in contact with Rosemary, please utilize eMail rosemaryolivemboneenie@gmail.com, phone +250787249896.

June 2021: AfriShiner's webpage to close, but solar cooking entrepreneurship continues to flourish - Bernhard Müller reports: As it is not necessary to continue with the network, the web page will neither be renewed nor extended. It will be shut down shortly the way it is. The submission of newsletters will continue, though. Bernhard points out that Samuel is running fireless cooker and Integrated Solar Cooking (ISC) workshops in Nairobi continuously. Didacus Pius does a lot in ICS and permaculture in Bumala. Esther Nattabi started her own business producing clean cookstoves and fireless cookers, studying business administration in the university alongside her business activities. Penina processed coconut oil with the appliance of a solar cooker, produces soap and practices - just like Didacus - biochar applications. Antonio did solar cooking events and constructed a perfect and professional looking solar cooker. Millicent, John and Elisha are producing and presenting solar cookers and clean cooking items continuously. All in all, it’s getting better despite the nagging Corona Virus. The Eldoret workshop took place in June 2019. I remember that we baked bread with just using solar box- and panel cookers and the bread turned out to be perfect. At high noon, the sun was just 0.8 degrees off zenith.

21-23 March 2019: AfriShiners - The AfriShiners 3rd International Workshop is taking place in Eldoret, Kenya. Unfortunately, registration is full for this event.. More information...

AfriShiners workshop, Uganda, 6-26-18 copy — Workshop participants gather at 2018 AfriShiners in Kampala, Uganda. *Photo credit: AfriShiners*

June 2018: AfriShiners workshop a success in Kampala - The three-day international workshop on clean cooking and food processing included 23 participants, from various countries around the world. This was the second year for the workshop, which was hosted by the Giving Hope Foundation. The event organizer and Lernen - Helfen - Leben e.V. board member was Bernhard Müller. Faustine Odaba led a workshop on fireless cookers. Other activities included a visit to a local solar stove testing facility. Program information, Presentation slides
November 2017: Bernhard Müller of Lernen - Helfen - Leben e.V. held a 2-day solar cooking workshop at the Korando Education Centre in Kisumu County, Kenya. Topics included the use of solar cookers, heat-retention cooking, thermodynamics, optics, thermoelectrical generators (TEGs), gasifiers, health issues related to traditional cookstoves, the Uridu anti-poverty campaign, and the use of a WAPI. The intra-African coordination for the event was done by Faustine Odaba and the local coordination was done by John Amayo. The solar cookers used in the workshop were Sharon Clausson’s Copenhagen Solar Cooker Light, One Earth Designs' SolSource, a TWR box cooker of 1994, Kenyan made CooKit panel cookers, a LightOven of Hartmut Ehmler, and a funnel cooker designed by Bernhard Müller.
October 2017: