Liberia

Last edited: 19 March 2020

Heat retention devices insulate cooking pots, that will continue the cooking process without a heat source, are demonstrated at a gathering in Liberia. - Photo credit: Karyn Ellis (2009)

Events

• NEW: 14-26 March 2021, NGO CSW 65 Forum: - NGO CSW/NY organizes the civil society side of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The NGO CSW Forum runs parallel to the events occurring within the UN Headquarters. Solar Cookers International Executive Director, Caitlyn Hughes, will be speaking on Thursday, March 25 (11:30am EST, 4:30 pm GMT). Attendance to the forum is free, but attendees must first register as an Advocate, for which there is also no charge. Registration information...

See also: Global Calendar of Events and past events in Liberia

News

Heat retention devices insulate cooking pots, continuing the cooking process without a heat source. - photo by Karyn Ellis

• May 2013: This photo taken by Karyn Ellis in 2009 clearly illustrates the capabilities of extended cooking with heat retention baskets. It was taken at a gathering in Liberia, a country suffering from years of civil conflict. The villagers of the Gbehyi chiefdom in eastern Liberia have expressed a strong interest in creating sustainable income and obtaining clean water and electricity through green technology. Together with a Liberian organization specializing in community development and promoting local “eco-economies,” Empowerment Society International (ESI) is working to develop a Sustainable Village Initiative (SVI) in the Gbehyi chiefdom of Nimba County. Read more...

• August 2010: Eleven women from the West Africa Network for Peace Building and the Women in Peace Building Network are back in Liberia after completing a one month training workshop in Ghana. The women who were drawn from Margibi, Montserrado, Bong, Nimba and Lofa Counties were trained in kente weaving, basket weaving, making of solar stove, recycling and jewelry at the Kokrobitery Institute. Speaking Tuesday at WANEP/WIPNET Head Offices in Sinkor, The National Network Coordinator, Lindora Howard Diawara, praised the women for their determination to acquire some skills that will help themselves and their families and the country as a whole.
• July 2009: Solar Cookers International looking to expand to Africa’s West Coast in Liberia - Solar Cooker Review

History

Main article: History of solar cooking

Archived articles

Climate and culture

• Liberia Energy Situation - Energypedia
• Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables

Resources

Possible funders

• Find a Kiva microfinance partner in Liberia.
• Raising funds through grants and donations
• Local Enterprise Assistance Program (LEAP), a partner of World Hope International and World Relief

Reports

• March 2013: Building Local Capacity for Developing a Mitigating Activities in the Area of Climate Change

Audio and video

• September 2008:

Sustainable Development The Sustainable Village Model

Contacts

The entities listed below are either based in Liberia, or have established solar cooking projects there:

SCI Associates

Main article: Solar Cookers International Association

NGOs

• NGO Sustainability, Inc.
• Solar Liberty Foundation