Editing Bolivia

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{{CountryPageHeader|Bolivia-Inti_blue_box_cookers_cropped.jpg|'''Inti reports a decade of success''' - [[Inti]] reports they have distributed more than 20,000 ecological appliances since 2000. From these 20,000, 14,000 have been solar cookers, mainly distributed in the South American countries of [[Peru]], Bolivia, [[Chile]], and [[Argentina]]. Additionally, 5,000 [[Rocket Stove]]s were distributed in the African countries of [[Benin]], [[Chad]], and [[Guinea]], as well as to the South American countries. Besides solar cookers and stoves, they have also provided [[Heat-retention cooker]]s, [[Solar food drying|solar food dryers]] and solar showers. }}
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==Events==
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*{{NewJan20}}'''December 2019:''' {{GoogleLinkAuto|https://www.helloasso.com/associations/bolivia-inti-sud-soleil/collectes/promotion-diffusion-et-structuration-d-une-filiere-de-cuiseurs-solaires|Création d'un réseau de vendeuses de cuiseurs solaires en Bolivie}} - ''[[Inti]]''

*{{NewSep17}}'''September 2017:''' {{GoogleLinkAuto|http://web.paginasiete.bo/gente/2017/9/20/mujeres-tacanas-usan-cocinas-solares-para-secar-semillas-convertirlas-artesania-152713.html|Mujeres tacanas usan cocinas solares para secar semillas y convertirlas en artesanía}} - ''Página Siete''

*{{NewJun17}}'''June 2017:''' {{GoogleLinkAuto|http://www.boliviainti-sudsoleil.org/spip.php?article969|BOLIVIE - Quand la cuisson solaire et les grands chefs se rencontrent...}}

*{{NewApr16}}'''April 2016:''' [[File:Inti_Illimani_April_2016.jpg|none|200px]]

[[File:BISS_adding_photovoltaic_to_solar_cooker_-_August_2015.jpg|right|300px]]
*{{NewSep15}}'''September 2015:''' [[Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil]] (BISS), in association with Engineers without Borders, has started a new project called Plug in Peru (PIP), implemented by three engineering students from École Centrale de Nantes. Photovoltaic (PV) panels were added to the solar stoves, which were distributed in the Andes. While the solar cooker is in position for cooking, these PV panels will store energy to charge cell phones, radios, and batteries – a need that was identified in the local villages. The students’ project was based in La Paz, on the premises of [[Inti Illimani]] (BISS’ partner in Bolivia), which enabled the team to obtain the necessary materials and build the kits before the workshop which was organized in the community of Ch'uxña Quta, 250 km north of La Paz. Despite some initial technical difficulties, this project raised interest from the local population, and the team left one of the kits behind so that the villagers could use it as needed. Follow-up visits will be made by local teams to evaluate the use of the kits.

*{{NewSep15}}'''January 2015:''' {{GoogleLinkAuto|https://www.bancofie.com.bo/novedades/banco-fie-por-segundo-ano-consecutivo-contribuye-a-mitigar-la-huella-de-carbono-del-rally-dakar-2015-tramo-bolivia-/|Banco FIE will provide $10,000 for the installation of solar cookers in 40 communities south of Potosi to mitigate the carbon footprint of the 2015 Rally Section Bolivia}}

[[File:Robert_Chiron_with_baked_bread.jpg|200px|thumb|DESOL wil be able]]
*'''Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil announces the sad passing of its founder, Robert Chiron''' - {{GoogleLinkAuto|http://www.boliviainti-sudsoleil.org/spip.php?article801|Read more}} about professor Chiron's significant contribution to the spread of [[integrated cooking]]. 

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{{SubSection|David and Ruth Whitfield}}
A very active promoting team, [[David Whitfield]] and his wife [[Ruth Whitfield]],  established what is most likely the largest program on this continent. It is organized in conventional manner, with workshops held in various villages in which people are taught how to build their own wooden [[box cooker]]s. Ruth is a Bolivian, and David an American expat. The couple taught thousands of people to make and use their own solar cookers. Fuel shortages are a substantial problem in this part of the mountainous region of [[:Category:South America|South America]], and the purchase of gas, sometimes a necessity, is very costly.

For a number of years, Ruth and David struggled along with minimum resources of dollars but endless enthusiasm and faith in themselves and the potential of solar cooking. Eventually, they were privileged to receive financial and technical assistance from the French organization INTI. The pilot program, required prior to application for a larger grant, was begun in 2003, when [[Wilfred Pimentel]] visited Bolivia for that purpose. 
Thus far, while more or less a hand to mouth operation, they have assisted households in dozens of villages to make and build their own cookers. They have also
attempted to evaluate the usage of new cooks. When calculating the carbon emissions
that did not enter the atmosphere because of the solar cookers, the figures are quite impressive.

The Whitfields actively sought to educate themselves about the entire range
of solar devices and, indeed, about [[:Category:Improved combustion stoves|improved combustion stoves]]s and [[fireless cooker]]s, in the interest of assisting people to develop a complete and [[ICM|integrated cooking system]] for the household.

They promoted [[Parabolic solar reflectors|parabolics]] with the cooperation of [[EG-Solar]], a [[Germany|German]] group, which states that 200 such parabolic cookers have been distributed in South America, at a cost of around USD 90. The usual means of doing that is shipment of components, with local assembly, making shipping costs less and thus the device cheaper to the purchaser.
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*{{WikipediaClimate|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivia#Climate}}
*{{NewAug19}}{{EnergySituationEnergypedia}}
*[[Commons:Atlas of Bolivia|Wikimedia Commons Atlas of {{PAGENAME}}]]
*[[Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables]]

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{{See|Raising funds through grants and donations}}
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===Reports===
*{{NewMay19}}'''May 2019:''' [[Media:RA-BISS2018.pdf|Rapport d’activités 2018]] - ''[[Inti]]''
*'''June 2006:''' [http://solarcooking.org/lasting-impacts.htm Lasting Impacts of Solar Cooker Projects in Bolivia]
*'''February 2006:''' [[Media:Pell_f-02-06-Dissertation_copy.pdf|Christopher Pell Thesis, Solar Cookers in Bolivia: patterns of usage, social impacts and complexities of enumeration]]

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*{{NewJan17}}'''April 2006:''' [[Media:Lasting_Impacts_of_a_Solar_Cooker_Project_in_Bolivia,_April_2006.pdf|Lasting Impacts of a Solar Cooker Project in Bolivia - Bolivia Inti]] - A summary of a research study of solar cooking use in Bolivia conducted by Chris Pell from the University College London.

*{{NewJan17}}'''February 2006:''' [[Media:Pell_f-02-06-Dissertation_copy.pdf|Christopher Pell Thesis, Solar Cookers in Bolivia: patterns of usage, social impacts and complexities of enumeration]] - Full research paper from Chris Pell discussing solar cooking use in Bolivia, its environmental impact as well as the social and economic effects on those using the cookers.

===Articles in the media===
*{{NewMar17}}'''March 2017:''' [http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2988737/international_womens_day_gender_justice_is_on_the_march_in_the_amazon.html International Women's Day: Gender Justice is on the march in the Amazon] - ''Ecologist''
*'''September 2010:''' [http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/node/758 South-South Technology Transfer in Bolivia: A Solution for Local Health, Forests, and Our Global Climate] - ''Solutions''

===Audio and video===
*{{NewSep17}}'''September 2017:''' [https://www.facebook.com/554255621319449/videos/1393308454080824 Inti Illimani aparece en la television boliviana]

*{{NewNov15}}'''October 2015:''' ([[Inti Illimani]])
::[[File:Cuisson solaire à La Paz|thumb|none|400 px]]

*'''September 2015:''' ([[Inti Illimani]])
::[[File:COCINA SOLAR EN LA AMAZONÍA|none|400 px]]

*'''September 2010:'''
::[[File:A New Tradition Solar Cookers|thumb|none|400px]]

*'''March 2013:'''
::[[File:CEDESOL - Changing Lives In Rural Bolivia|thumb|none|400 px|David Whitfield explains the challenges and successes CEDESOL has faced in the past, and their methods of educating the rural population about the [[integrated cooking]] approach in 2013.]]

*'''August 2010:''' A short film by Julia Kumari Drapkin. She speaks with [[Ruth Saveeda]], A native Bolivian, who has worked to improve the lives of women and children in poor communities by introducing solar cooking. Like many areas, These communities are experiencing deforestation, and the smoke from traditional wood stoves has damaged the health of residents, beyond those directly involved with cooking. She helped found [[Sobre la Roca]], which makes high quality [[solar box cooker]]s from recycled materials as part of their efforts to spread her message.

::[[File:Proyecto TAMBO (I) - Cocinas solares parabólicas en Bolivia|400px|none]]

Proyecto TAMBO (I) - Cocinas solares parabólicas en Bolivia - ''[[José Garrido]]''

::[[File:Cocinando al sol|400px|none]]

*'''October 2014'''
::[[File:Proyecto cocinas solares en Bolivia|thumb|none|400 px]]
*'''December 2010'''
::[[File:Promueven uso de cocinas solares en Bolivia|thumb|none|400 px]]
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===External links===

*'''July 2006:''' {{GoogleLinkFromSpanish|1=http://solarcooking.org/media/broadcast/default.htm?ruth_whitfield|2=Una entrevista con Ruth Whitfield discutiendo sus numerosos proyectos con cocinas solares en Bolivia}}
* [http://solarcooking.org/espanol/solarcooking-faq-span.htm Preguntas Frecuentes de la Cocción Solar]
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