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[[File:Macadonia_Ministry_cookers_in_Tanzania,_3-4-14.jpg|thumb|none|430px|New [[solar box cooker]]s and [[fireless cooker]]s are distributed in [[Tanzania]] by Macedonia Ministry in collaboration with the [[Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society]].]]
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[[File:Macadonia_Ministry_cookers_in_Tanzania,_3-4-14.jpg|thumb|none|430px|New [[solar box cooker]]s and [[fireless cooker]]s are distributed in Tanzania by the [https://macedonianministry.org/ Macedonian Ministry] in collaboration with the [[Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society]].]]
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From 2012 to 2014 the Macedonia Ministry (NGO) in collaboration with [[Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society]] from [[Canada]] provided 100 solar and 100 fireless cookers to 100 families in the Arusha region of [[Tanzania]]. They also conducted workshops on how to cook with the solar and [[fireless cooker]]s. The training was successful, cooking ''[[ugali]]'' (hard porridge), [[rice]], vegetables, meat, [[beans]], and milk tea. They were excited to enjoy food cooked with solar cookers. The result of using the cookers has reduce tree cutting, and eye and chest problems due to smoke was reduced by 40%, students are going to school since the money which used for buying [[fuelwood]] and [[charcoal]] is now saved and used for other purposes including medication and school fees.
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From 2012 to 2014 the Macedonia Ministry (NGO) in collaboration with [[Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society]] from [[Canada]] provided 100 solar and 100 fireless cookers to 100 families in the Arusha region of [[Tanzania]]. They also conducted workshops on how to cook with the solar and [[fireless cooker]]s. The training was successful, cooking ''[[ugali]]'' (hard porridge), [[rice]], vegetables, meat, [[beans]], and milk tea. The families were excited to enjoy food cooked with solar cookers. Results of using the cookers: reduced tree cutting, reduced eye and chest problems due to smoke by 40%, and students are going to school since the money used for buying [[fuelwood]] and [[charcoal]] is now saved and used for other purposes including medication and school fees.
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[[File:Solar_Circle_program_in_Tanzania,_1-10-13.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Solar Circle]] public service exchange program in [[Tanzania]]]]
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[[File:Solar_Circle_program_in_Tanzania,_1-10-13.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Solar Circle]] public service exchange program in Tanzania.]]
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*'''January 2013: Solar Circle shares insights they have learned in Tanzania''' - The NGO [[Solar Circle]] has learned many things from their solar cooking program in Masasi, southern [[Tanzania]]. People will use solar cookers if they are efficient and affordable, which is often a problem for subsistence farmers who are most in need of the cookers even when the cookers are heavily subsidized. However, they have also learned that people will work hard to earn a solar cooker. The group has created a bartering system with community leaders. The community chooses a service project and the beneficiaries organize and oversee the effort. Participants earn a solar oven for their involvement. As of 2013, the program had distributed more than 3000 solar ovens, and built 40 houses for people who are sick, elderly, widowed, or disabled. Because the community chooses the project and beneficiary, there’s an eagerness to work together. Surrounding villages have heard of the cookers and the program, so spreading the word has been easy. They cannot keep up with demand. The barter program relies on external help with finances, but community service represents the same effort that of money earned in outside employment. Solar Circle values that effort, and raises what money it can from friends to expand the program.
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*'''January 2013: Solar Circle shares insights they have learned in Tanzania''' - The NGO [[Solar Circle]] has learned many things from their solar cooking program in Masasi, southern Tanzania. People will use solar cookers if they are efficient and affordable, which is often a problem for subsistence farmers who are most in need of the cookers even when the cookers are heavily subsidized. However, they have also learned that people will work hard to earn a solar cooker. The group has created a bartering system with community leaders. The community chooses a service project and the beneficiaries organize and oversee the effort. Participants earn a solar oven for their involvement. As of 2013, the program had distributed more than 3,000 solar ovens, and built 40 houses for people who are sick, elderly, widowed, or disabled. Because the community chooses the project and beneficiary, there’s an eagerness to work together. Surrounding villages have heard of the cookers and the program, so spreading the word has been easy. They cannot keep up with demand. The barter program relies on external help with finances, but community service represents the same effort than money earned in outside employment. Solar Circle values that effort, and raises what money it can from friends to expand the program.
   
 
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*{{NewJan17}}'''January 2017: Solar cooker use follow-up:''' - [[Solar Cookers International]] recently reported the results of the [http://www.solarcookers.org/our-work/solar-cooker-distribution/ SCI Adoption & Impact Survey] from two projects in [[Tanzania]]. Half of the women surveyed began solar cooking five years ago; the others, three years ago. They are, each week on average: using their solar cookers 5 times, retained-heat cookers 5 1/2 times, and pasteurizing water 3 times. 70% state that neither themselves, nor their family, are experiencing any health problems related to cooking fire smoke since they began solar cooking. Money usually spent for traditional fuels is used to increase the family food budget.
 
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*{{NewApr18}}'''April 2018: Update on SCI project in Tanzania''' - Thanks to [[Solar Cookers International]] (SCI) supporters, 60 more women received [[solar box cooker]]s, [[retained-heat basket]]s, and [[Water Pasteurization Indicator]]s (WAPIs) in March. The solar box cookers were made locally by artisans in [[Tanzania]], which supports the local economy. And local repairs and maintenance are available. The women received two days of training and cooked [[ugali]], [[rice]], meat, ''makande'' (maize mixed with beans), and vegetables. These are the foods this community eats. Locally made solar cookers that cook local foods; these solar box cookers are a good match for families in this corner of Tanzania. The trainers were women who were part of an earlier 2010 project and Phase 1 of the solar cooker project in 2016. Tapping the expertise of local cooks and trainers is an important part of making solar cooking a reality. This project is Phase 2 of the original SCI project that empowered 30 Tanzanian women with solar cookers in 2016. '''Results to date:''' As with Phase 1, the women in the community will use the [http://www.solarcookers.org/our-work/solar-cooker-distribution/ Solar Cooking Adoption and Impact Survey], developed by SCI, to track the value that solar cooking is having on their lives. In Phase 1, the women were collectively able to save {{KG|556}} of charcoal (28% savings), 1,955 bundles of wood (24% savings), and 25% of their fuel costs, in only 10 months.
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[[File:SCI-Tanzania_Rau_project,_7-26-16.png|thumb|300px|Thirty women in the village of Rau, Tanzania, receive [[solar box cookers]] and [[fireless cooker]]s - '' Photo credit: [[SCI]]'']]
 
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*{{NewJul16}}'''July 2016: Villagers in Tanzania benefit with solar cooking:''' - Thanks to [[Solar Cookers International]], supporters and a partnership with the local Tanzanian organization, Macedonia Ministry, thirty women in the village of Rau, Tanzania are now using [[solar box cookers]], [[fireless cooker]]s, and [[WAPI|water pasteurization indicators]] for purifying water. Firewood use is now down 34% and charcoal use is down 45%. [http://www.solarcookers.org/our-work/projects/tanzania/#sthash.icRk6q6N.dpuf More information...]
  
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*{{NewJan17}}'''January 2017: Solar cooker use follow-up''' - [[Solar Cookers International]] recently reported the results of the [http://www.solarcookers.org/our-work/solar-cooker-distribution/ SCI Adoption & Impact Survey] from two projects in Tanzania. Half of the women surveyed began solar cooking five years ago; the others, three years ago. For each week (on average), they are using their solar cookers 5 times, their retained-heat cookers 5 1/2 times, and pasteurizing water 3 times. Seventy percent state that neither themselves, nor their family, are experiencing any health problems related to cooking fire smoke since they began solar cooking. Money usually spent for traditional fuels is used to increase the family food budget.
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[[File:SCI-Tanzania_Rau_project,_7-26-16.png|thumb|300px|Thirty women in the village of Rau, Tanzania, receive [[solar box cookers]] and [[fireless cooker]]s. '' Photo credit: [[SCI]]'']]
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*{{NewJul16}}'''July 2016: Villagers in Tanzania benefit with solar cooking''' - Thanks to [[Solar Cookers International]], supporters and a partnership with the local Tanzanian organization, Macedonia Ministry, thirty women in the village of Rau, Tanzania, are now using [[solar box cookers]], [[fireless cooker]]s, and [[WAPI|water pasteurization indicators]] for purifying water. Firewood use is now down 34% and charcoal use is down 45%. [http://www.solarcookers.org/our-work/projects/tanzania/#sthash.icRk6q6N.dpuf More information...]
   
 
[[File:Macadonia_Ministry_cookers_in_Tanzania,_3-4-14.jpg|thumb|300px|New [[solar box cooker]]s and [[fireless cooker]]s are distributed in Tanzania by Macedonia Ministry in collaboration with the [[Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society]].]]
  
[[File:Macadonia_Ministry_cookers_in_Tanzania,_3-4-14.jpg|thumb|300px|New [[solar box cooker]]s and [[fireless cooker]]s are distributed in Tanzania by Macedonia Ministry in collaboration with the [[Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society]].]]
 
[[File:Naomi_removing_food_from_solar_cooker_to_fireless_cooker.jpg|thumb|300px|Naomi opens the solar cooker to transfer food to the fireless cooking basket.]]
  
[[File:Naomi_removing_food_from_solar_cooker_to_fireless_cooker.jpg|thumb|300px|Naomi opens the solar cooker to transfer food to the fireless cooking basket.]]
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*'''March 2014: Update from 2012 to 2014''' The Macedonia Ministry (NGO) in collaboration with [[Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society]] from [[Canada]] provided 100 solar and 100 fireless cookers to 100 families in the Arusha region of Tanzania. They also conducted workshops on how to cook with the solar and [[fireless cooker]]s. The training was successful, cooking ugali ([[hard porridge]]), cooked [[rice]], vegetables, meat, beans, makande (beans mixed with maize), and milk tea. They were excited to enjoy food cooked with solar cookers. The result of using the cookers has reduce tree cutting, the eye and chest problems due to smoke has reduced by 40%, students are going to school since the money which used for buying fuel wood and charcoal is now saved and used for other purposes including medication, school fees.
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*'''March 2014: Update from 2012 to 2014''' - The Macedonia Ministry (NGO) in collaboration with [[Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society]] from [[Canada]] provided 100 solar and 100 fireless cookers to 100 families in the Arusha region of Tanzania. They also conducted workshops on how to cook with the solar and [[fireless cooker]]s. The training was successful, cooking ''[[ugali]]'' ([[hard porridge]]), cooked [[rice]], vegetables, meat, beans, makande (beans mixed with maize), and milk tea. They were excited to enjoy food cooked with solar cookers. Results of using the cookers: reduced tree cutting, reduced eye and chest problems due to smoke by 40%, and students are going to school since the money used for buying [[fuelwood]] and [[charcoal]] is now saved and used for other purposes including medication and school fees.
   
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*'''February 2014: Solar cookers on their way to Tanzania, Pakistan, and Iraq''' - A.G. Karim of the [[Lady Fatemah Trust]], reports that 550 solar cookers have been shipped to Arusha, Tanzania. As soon as more sunny returns, a trainer from [[Kenya]] will come and help train a group of volunteers to run user workshops. The group is also in the process of shipping 2,500 solar cookers to [[Pakistan]], and [[Andreas Fasoulides]], living in [[Cyprus]] is scheduled to come to train volunteers. Once the program in Pakistan is underway, the Trust plans to ship solar cookers to [[Iraq]] to provide villagers in the desert with a solar cooking alternative, as they currently burn either dried branches of dates or kerosene.
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*'''February 2014: Solar cookers on their way to Tanzania, Pakistan, and Iraq''' - A.G. Karim of the [[Lady Fatemah Trust]], reports that 550 solar cookers have been shipped to Arusha, Tanzania. As soon as more sun returns, a trainer from [[Kenya]] will come and help train a group of volunteers to run user workshops. The group is also in the process of shipping 2,500 solar cookers to [[Pakistan]], and [[Andreas Fasoulides]], living in [[Cyprus]], is scheduled to come to train volunteers. Once the program in Pakistan is underway, the Trust plans to ship solar cookers to [[Iraq]] to provide villagers in the desert with a solar cooking alternative, as they currently burn either dried branches of dates or kerosene.
   
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*'''February 2014:''' Members of the Global Resource Alliance demonstrate the importance of permaculture for the future welfare of the citizens of Tanzania.
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*'''February 2014:''' Members of the Global Resource Alliance demonstrate the importance of permaculture for the future welfare of the citizens of Tanzania.
   
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*'''November 2013: Islamic charity sends 500 solar cookers to Tanzania''' - The London-based Islamic charity, [[Lady Fatemah Trust]] (LFT) has shipped 500 solar panel cookers to the Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. These highly-reflective waterproof versions of the traditional [[CooKit]] were designed by UK inventor [[Matthew Rollins]], and are intended to reduce the amount of time spent by women and children foraging for firewood. [[Faustine Odaba]], who is conducting the training sessions, will show the women how to cook local foods with these solar cookers that have been manufactured in the UK and shipped to Tanzania on pallets. Although LFT reports that the newly designed solar cookers do not require the use of a plastic bag to surround the cooking pot, they also report that next year LFT will supply foil trays and clear domes to be used as greenhouses over the cooking pot to improve cooking efficiency. LFT is in discussion with Odaba about the introduction of retained-heat cooking technology to be used alongside the solar cookers.
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*'''November 2013: Islamic charity sends 500 solar cookers to Tanzania''' - The London-based Islamic charity, [[Lady Fatemah Trust]] (LFT) has shipped 500 solar panel cookers to the Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. These highly reflective waterproof versions of the traditional [[CooKit]] were designed by UK inventor [[Matthew Rollins]], and are intended to reduce the amount of time spent by women and children foraging for firewood. [[Faustine Odaba]], who is conducting the training sessions, will show the women how to cook local foods with these solar cookers that have been manufactured in the UK and shipped to Tanzania on pallets. Although LFT reports that the newly designed solar cookers do not require the use of a plastic bag to surround the cooking pot, they also report that next year LFT will supply foil trays and clear domes to be used as greenhouses over the cooking pot to improve cooking efficiency. LFT is in discussion with Odaba about the introduction of retained-heat cooking technology to be used alongside the solar cookers.
   
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[[File:Fireless_cookers_in_Tanzania,_2013,_1-15-13.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Fireless cooker]]s manufactured in Tanzania, 2010.]]
 
[[File:Widow_solar_cooking_project_Tanzania,_2013,_1-15-13.jpg|thumb|250px|Solar and fireless cookers presented to widows in the Macedonia Ministry income generation program with [[Kyoto Twist]].]]
  
[[File:Widow_solar_cooking_project_Tanzania,_2013,_1-15-13.jpg|thumb|250px|Solar and fireless cookers presented to widows in the Macedonia Ministry income generation program with [[Kyoto Twist]].]]
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*'''January 2013: Macedonia Ministry provides solar and fireless cookers for widows''' - Widows in Tanzania live with an unjustified stigma, that can often include abuse. Despite the government's efforts to help educate the public, prejudice still exists. Unfortunately, due in some part to AIDS, the number of single parent households are on the rise. In 2010 and 2011 the Macedonia Ministry in collaboration with the nonprofit, [[Kyoto Twist]], provided more than seventy-five widows with [[solar box cooker]]s and [[fireless cooker]]s in the city of Moshi, within the Kilimanjaro Region. These cookers have helped save the environment as fewer trees are cut for [[fuelwood]]. The income incentive program has allowed the women to pay the fees to send their children to school, and be able to get them medical attention. They are happy and want this project continued.
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*'''January 2013: Macedonia Ministry provides solar and fireless cookers for widows''' - Widows in Tanzania live with an unjustified stigma that can often include abuse. Despite the government's efforts to help educate the public, prejudice still exists. Unfortunately, due in some part to AIDS, the number of single parent households are on the rise. In 2010 and 2011 the Macedonia Ministry, in collaboration with the nonprofit [[Kyoto Twist]], provided more than seventy-five widows with [[solar box cooker]]s and [[fireless cooker]]s in the city of Moshi, within the Kilimanjaro Region. These cookers have helped save the environment as fewer trees are cut for [[fuelwood]]. The income incentive program has allowed the women to pay the fees to send their children to school and be able to get them medical attention. They are happy and want this project continued.
   
 
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[[Image:Tanzania_Postage_Stamp_2004.jpg|right|300px|thumb|In 2004 Tanzania Posts Corporation released a series of postage stamps commemorating the 75th anniversary of Girl Guiding in Tanzania. Included in the set was a stamp depicting Girl Guides “demonstrating environment friendly solar cookers.”]]
  
[[Image:Tanzania_Postage_Stamp_2004.jpg|right|300px|thumb|In 2004 Tanzania Posts Corporation released a series of postage stamps commemorating the 75th anniversary of Girl Guiding in Tanzania. Included in the set was a stamp depicting Girl Guides “demonstrating environment friendly solar cookers.”]]
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or local training centers. [[Solarafrica]], a Zanzibar organization, has promoted both basketry and solar ovens on the island of Zanzibar for many years, sponsored by the [http://www.yelp.com.au/biz/esperantoklubben-lund Esperanto Club of Lund], Sweden. Early in the development of connections between the two areas, the shortages of fuel for cooking were noted. Swedish participants have developed a number of simple technologies that can be locally made, such as parabolics of cardboard lined with foil, and another formed from a large flat basket. ([http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrnov02.htm Solar Cooker Review, Sept '02]).
  
   
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Yet another project on Zanibar, sponsored by a German group, Mama Earth, uses both parabolic cookers and boxes, preferring to cook some food in the slower box and the parabolic for "speed cooking" rice, and also for dying plaited palm leaves for craft use.
  
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[[Solarafrica]], a Zanzibar organization, promoted both basketry and solar cooking on the island of Zanzibar for a number of years, sponsored by the [http://www.yelp.com.au/biz/esperantoklubben-lund Esperanto Club of Lund] located in [[Sweden]]. Early in the development of connections between the two areas, the shortages of cooking fuel became apparent. Swedish participants developed a number of simple technologies that were able to be made locally, such as [[parabolic]] [[reflectors]] from cardboard panels lined with foil, and another reflector style formed from a large flat basket.<ref>[http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrnov02.htm Solar Cooker Review, Sept '02]</ref>
   
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In addition, the group is experimenting with the use of flattened beer cans as reflectors in a frame of wood or metal for homemade cookers.
  
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Another project on Zanzibar, sponsored by the German organization, Mama Earth, used both [[parabolic cooker]]s and [[solar box cookers]], The box cookers were used for slow cooking, and the parabolic designs for "speed cooking" rice and for dying plaited palm leaves for craft use.
   
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The [[GEF Small Grants Programme]] funded [http://sgp.undp.org/web/projects/4004/promotion_of_solar_box_cookers_for_environment_conservation_in_kagera_region_a_pilot_scheme.html a project] by the Kagera Community Development Trust, Bukoba - KADET in 1999 that produced 40 solar box cookers. Progress reports showed that the technology was replicated in various parts of Kagera region.
  
   
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Another [[Germany|German]] group, [[Solar Cooking Zanzibar]], is also located on the large island offshore from the mainland of Tanzania. The focus of this group is craft and artisan development; they have used solar cookers to dye fabrics and basketry material for craftwork. Some of the profits have enabled members to purchase solar cookers for their own household use ([http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scraug02.htm Solar Cooker Review, Aug, '02]). The German electric utility, Bayernwerke, has made possible the provision of parabolic cookers for a local fishing village, as well, and a number of sponsoring organizations have made possible the building of a workshop and solar powered kitchen. ([http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scraug00.htm Solar Cooker Review, Aug '00]).
  
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The [[GEF Small Grants Programme]] funded [http://sgp.undp.org/web/projects/4004/promotion_of_solar_box_cookers_for_environment_conservation_in_kagera_region_a_pilot_scheme.html a project] by the Kagera Community Development Trust, Bukoba - KADET in 1999 that produced 40 solar box cookers. Progress reports showed that the technology was replicated in various parts of the Kagera region.
   
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On mainland Tanzania, a religiously affiliated group, EAG (T)Church - MJIMWEMA in Kigoma produces locally made parabolic or "bowl" type cookers. The [http://elct.org/ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania] in Morogoro Province has conducted research on fuelwood use, and then began using parabolic cookers, sent from Germany, for cooking, pasteurizing water, and firing clay bricks. The Kilimanjaro Biolgas and Solar Centre sponsors many types of renewable energy and has been active in solar cooking promotion for many years. (SCI Rev Dec 00). Many of the devices promoted by [[Anna Pearce]] (see "multiple-nation" promoters section above) are in use in Tanzania, particularly the "Anahat" cooker/hatbox combination. Other organizations working in Tanzania are the Ilemi Secondary School of Mbeya, Net-Score of Malinyi, and Solar Innovations of Tanzania.
  
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Another [[Germany|German]] group, [[Dada Zanzibar]], as of 2018, is located on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar offshore from the mainland of Tanzania. The focus of this group has been craft and artisan development; they used solar cookers to dye fabrics and basketry material for craftwork. Some of the profits enabled members to purchase solar cookers for their own household use.<ref>[http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scraug02.htm Solar Cooker Review, Aug. '02]</ref>
   
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In the summers of 2001, 2002 and 2003, Project AHEAD, an American NGO, demonstrated the use of solar cookers for [[water pasteurization]] in two areas of Tanzania, first in Shinyanga District, in the northwest of the country, and the second in Kisarawe, near Dar es Salaam. National and district health officers have attended workshops on the technologies of water testing for contamination, followed by demonstration of the use of solar cookers for water pasteurization. In the summer of 2003, household surveys were conducted in both districts to serve as baseline data and an evaluation tool for a large project to be mounted in the period, 2004-2006, funds permitting. This will be the first major demonstration project focused on the use of solar cookers for this purpose. Because of the innovative nature of this project, a case study on this topic is included with this report.
  
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The German electric utility, Bayernwerke, provided parabolic cookers to a local fishing village. With the assistance of sponsor organizations, the construction of a workshop and solar-powered kitchen was possible.<ref>[http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scraug00.htm Solar Cooker Review, Aug '00].</ref>
   
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On mainland Tanzania, a religiously affiliated group, EAG (T) Church - MJIMWEMA in Kigoma, produced locally made [[parabolic]] or "bowl" type cookers. The [http://elct.org/ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania] in the Morogoro Province conducted research on fuelwood use, and then began using parabolic cookers sent from Germany for cooking, pasteurizing water, and firing clay bricks.
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The [http://www.camartec.go.tz/kilimanjaro.html Kilimanjaro Biogas and Solar Center] sponsored many approaches to renewable energy, and has been active in solar cooking promotion for many years. (SCI Rev, Dec. '00.) Many of the devices promoted by [[Anna Pearce]] (see "multiple-nation" promoters section above) were in use in Tanzania, particularly the [[Anahat Solar Cooker|Anahat]] cooker/hatbox combination.
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In the summers of 2001, 2002 and 2003, Project AHEAD, an American NGO, demonstrated the use of solar cookers for [[water pasteurization]] in two areas of Tanzania, first in Shinyanga District, in the northwest of the country, and the second in Kisarawe, near Dar es Salaam. National and district health officers attended workshops on testing water for contamination, followed by a demonstration of the use of solar cookers for water pasteurization. In the summer of 2003, household surveys were conducted in both districts to serve as baseline data and an evaluation tool for a large project scheduled for 2004-2006. This was the first major demonstration project focussing on the use of solar cookers for this purpose.
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in sunny areas of the country but with fuel scarcity in 2020 is 7,500,000.
  
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Tanzania is experiencing a demographic and an environmental crisis. Tanzania has a population of around 37 million. It has a fertility rate of almost five children per woman. This rapidly growing populace places extreme pressure on the environment. For example, forests are being diminished rapidly in significant part by demand for fuel wood. A case in point: between 1960 and 1980, the Amani forest in Tanzania was reduced by 50%. For every 28 trees cut in Africa today, only one is planted.
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Tanzania is experiencing a demographic and an environmental crisis. Tanzania has a population of around 37 million. It has a fertility rate of almost five children per woman. This rapidly growing populace places extreme pressure on the environment. For example, forests are being diminished rapidly in significant part by demand for [[fuelwood]]. A case in point: between 1960 and 1980, the Amani forest in Tanzania was reduced by 50%. For every 28 trees cut in Africa today, only one is planted.
   
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As forests around communities are degraded, women and children must forage for fuel wood further and further from home. In some places, women must camp overnight in the bush. When the distances become too great, some families must pay 25% to 50% of their income to buy cooking fuel.
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As forests around communities are degraded, women and children must forage for fuelwood further and further from home. In some places, women must camp overnight in the bush. When the distances become too great, some families must pay 25% to 50% of their income to buy cooking fuel.
   
 
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*{{WikipediaClimate|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania#Climate}}
  
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*[[Africa#Eastern_Africa|Discussion of eastern Africa's suitability for solar cooking]]<br />
  
*[[Africa#Eastern_Africa|Discussion of eastern Africa's suitability for solar cooking]]<br />
 
*[[Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables]]
  
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*'''July 2006:''' [[Media:Sperancea_gabone.pdf|Conserve the Environment - Heal Tanzania by Solar Cookers]] - ''[[Sperancea K. Gabone]]''
  
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Macadonia Ministry cookers in Tanzania, 3-4-14

New solar box cookers and fireless cookers are distributed in Tanzania by the Macedonian Ministry in collaboration with the Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society.

From 2012 to 2014 the Macedonia Ministry (NGO) in collaboration with Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society from Canada provided 100 solar and 100 fireless cookers to 100 families in the Arusha region of Tanzania. They also conducted workshops on how to cook with the solar and fireless cookers. The training was successful, cooking ugali (hard porridge), rice, vegetables, meat, beans, and milk tea. The families were excited to enjoy food cooked with solar cookers. Results of using the cookers: reduced tree cutting, reduced eye and chest problems due to smoke by 40%, and students are going to school since the money used for buying fuelwood and charcoal is now saved and used for other purposes including medication and school fees.

Events

Featured international events

SE for ALL forum logo 2024, 10-3-23
  • 4-6 June 2024 (Bridgetown, Barbados): Sustainable Energy for All Global Forum - The event will be co-hosted by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and the government of Barbados. It is a platform for government, business and finance leaders, entrepreneurs, and youth and community representatives from around the world to come together to broker new partnerships, spur new investment, and address challenges at the nexus of energy, climate, and development. More information...

Online events

ESMAP Photo, 4-16-24
  • NEW: Thursday, 18 April 2024 (2:30pm-3:15pm EDT), (Washington, D.C., USA): ESMAP Spring Meetings Knowledge Café: Clean Cooking at the Heart of Energy Access - Join ESMAP for this exciting knowledge-sharing opportunity, which will showcase the role of clean cooking as a key part of energy access and energy transition. Presentations by René van Hell, Director of Inclusive Growth, Ministry of Foreign Affair, Netherlands, Dr. Kandeh Yumkella Chairman, Presidential Initiative on Climate, Renewable Energy and Food Security, Sierra Leone, and Chandrasekar Govindarajalu, Practice Manager, ESMAP, World Bank. In-person attendance at World Bank Atrium, MC Front Lobby is for Spring Meetings registrants only. However, you can watch the event online

Requests for proposal

  • Decentralized Renewable Energy Solutions utilizing Solar and Bio-Energy - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments of ScienceDirect, is requesting guest-author submissions. The special issue, VSI: DRES is devoted to publishing research articles reporting the innovative designs and design interventions in solar thermal and bio-energy for decentralized energy systems (DES). It includes i) new and novel designs of prototype or commercial devices and technologies, their development, modeling and simulations and experimental validation; ii) innovations for processes, techniques, utilization, and applications; iii) novel use of materials for improving efficiency, performance, techno-economic feasibility, and sustainability and iv) research findings addressing the socio-economic, health and safety impacts, and life cycle assessments leading to proposing novel devices for DES. The Deadline for submission is 31 July 2024. More submittal information...
See also: Global Calendar of Events and past events in Tanzania

Most significant projects

Solar Circle program in Tanzania, 1-10-13

Solar Circle public service exchange program in Tanzania.

  • January 2013: Solar Circle shares insights they have learned in Tanzania - The NGO Solar Circle has learned many things from their solar cooking program in Masasi, southern Tanzania. People will use solar cookers if they are efficient and affordable, which is often a problem for subsistence farmers who are most in need of the cookers even when the cookers are heavily subsidized. However, they have also learned that people will work hard to earn a solar cooker. The group has created a bartering system with community leaders. The community chooses a service project and the beneficiaries organize and oversee the effort. Participants earn a solar oven for their involvement. As of 2013, the program had distributed more than 3,000 solar ovens, and built 40 houses for people who are sick, elderly, widowed, or disabled. Because the community chooses the project and beneficiary, there’s an eagerness to work together. Surrounding villages have heard of the cookers and the program, so spreading the word has been easy. They cannot keep up with demand. The barter program relies on external help with finances, but community service represents the same effort than money earned in outside employment. Solar Circle values that effort, and raises what money it can from friends to expand the program.

News

SCI Tanzania Phase 2 2018
  • April 2018: Update on SCI project in Tanzania - Thanks to Solar Cookers International (SCI) supporters, 60 more women received solar box cookers, retained-heat baskets, and Water Pasteurization Indicators (WAPIs) in March. The solar box cookers were made locally by artisans in Tanzania, which supports the local economy. And local repairs and maintenance are available. The women received two days of training and cooked ugali, rice, meat, makande (maize mixed with beans), and vegetables. These are the foods this community eats. Locally made solar cookers that cook local foods; these solar box cookers are a good match for families in this corner of Tanzania. The trainers were women who were part of an earlier 2010 project and Phase 1 of the solar cooker project in 2016. Tapping the expertise of local cooks and trainers is an important part of making solar cooking a reality. This project is Phase 2 of the original SCI project that empowered 30 Tanzanian women with solar cookers in 2016. Results to date: As with Phase 1, the women in the community will use the Solar Cooking Adoption and Impact Survey, developed by SCI, to track the value that solar cooking is having on their lives. In Phase 1, the women were collectively able to save 556 kg (1223.2 lbs) of charcoal (28% savings), 1,955 bundles of wood (24% savings), and 25% of their fuel costs, in only 10 months.
  • January 2017: Solar cooker use follow-up - Solar Cookers International recently reported the results of the SCI Adoption & Impact Survey from two projects in Tanzania. Half of the women surveyed began solar cooking five years ago; the others, three years ago. For each week (on average), they are using their solar cookers 5 times, their retained-heat cookers 5 1/2 times, and pasteurizing water 3 times. Seventy percent state that neither themselves, nor their family, are experiencing any health problems related to cooking fire smoke since they began solar cooking. Money usually spent for traditional fuels is used to increase the family food budget.
SCI-Tanzania Rau project, 7-26-16

Thirty women in the village of Rau, Tanzania, receive solar box cookers and fireless cookers. Photo credit: SCI

Macadonia Ministry cookers in Tanzania, 3-4-14

New solar box cookers and fireless cookers are distributed in Tanzania by Macedonia Ministry in collaboration with the Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society.

Naomi removing food from solar cooker to fireless cooker

Naomi opens the solar cooker to transfer food to the fireless cooking basket.

  • March 2014: Update from 2012 to 2014 - The Macedonia Ministry (NGO) in collaboration with Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society from Canada provided 100 solar and 100 fireless cookers to 100 families in the Arusha region of Tanzania. They also conducted workshops on how to cook with the solar and fireless cookers. The training was successful, cooking ugali (hard porridge), cooked rice, vegetables, meat, beans, makande (beans mixed with maize), and milk tea. They were excited to enjoy food cooked with solar cookers. Results of using the cookers: reduced tree cutting, reduced eye and chest problems due to smoke by 40%, and students are going to school since the money used for buying fuelwood and charcoal is now saved and used for other purposes including medication and school fees.
  • February 2014: Solar cookers on their way to Tanzania, Pakistan, and Iraq - A.G. Karim of the Lady Fatemah Trust, reports that 550 solar cookers have been shipped to Arusha, Tanzania. As soon as more sun returns, a trainer from Kenya will come and help train a group of volunteers to run user workshops. The group is also in the process of shipping 2,500 solar cookers to Pakistan, and Andreas Fasoulides, living in Cyprus, is scheduled to come to train volunteers. Once the program in Pakistan is underway, the Trust plans to ship solar cookers to Iraq to provide villagers in the desert with a solar cooking alternative, as they currently burn either dried branches of dates or kerosene.
  • February 2014: Members of the Global Resource Alliance demonstrate the importance of permaculture for the future welfare of the citizens of Tanzania.
  • November 2013: Islamic charity sends 500 solar cookers to Tanzania - The London-based Islamic charity, Lady Fatemah Trust (LFT) has shipped 500 solar panel cookers to the Bilal Muslim Mission of Tanzania. These highly reflective waterproof versions of the traditional CooKit were designed by UK inventor Matthew Rollins, and are intended to reduce the amount of time spent by women and children foraging for firewood. Faustine Odaba, who is conducting the training sessions, will show the women how to cook local foods with these solar cookers that have been manufactured in the UK and shipped to Tanzania on pallets. Although LFT reports that the newly designed solar cookers do not require the use of a plastic bag to surround the cooking pot, they also report that next year LFT will supply foil trays and clear domes to be used as greenhouses over the cooking pot to improve cooking efficiency. LFT is in discussion with Odaba about the introduction of retained-heat cooking technology to be used alongside the solar cookers.
Fireless cookers in Tanzania, 2013, 1-15-13

Fireless cookers manufactured in Tanzania, 2010.

Widow solar cooking project Tanzania, 2013, 1-15-13

Solar and fireless cookers presented to widows in the Macedonia Ministry income generation program with Kyoto Twist.

  • January 2013: Macedonia Ministry provides solar and fireless cookers for widows - Widows in Tanzania live with an unjustified stigma that can often include abuse. Despite the government's efforts to help educate the public, prejudice still exists. Unfortunately, due in some part to AIDS, the number of single parent households are on the rise. In 2010 and 2011 the Macedonia Ministry, in collaboration with the nonprofit Kyoto Twist, provided more than seventy-five widows with solar box cookers and fireless cookers in the city of Moshi, within the Kilimanjaro Region. These cookers have helped save the environment as fewer trees are cut for fuelwood. The income incentive program has allowed the women to pay the fees to send their children to school and be able to get them medical attention. They are happy and want this project continued.
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History

Tanzania Postage Stamp 2004

In 2004 Tanzania Posts Corporation released a series of postage stamps commemorating the 75th anniversary of Girl Guiding in Tanzania. Included in the set was a stamp depicting Girl Guides “demonstrating environment friendly solar cookers.”

A wide range of projects have taken place in Tanzania, often located in schools, missions, or at local training centers.

Solarafrica.network

Solarafrica, a Zanzibar organization, promoted both basketry and solar cooking on the island of Zanzibar for a number of years, sponsored by the Esperanto Club of Lund located in Sweden. Early in the development of connections between the two areas, the shortages of cooking fuel became apparent. Swedish participants developed a number of simple technologies that were able to be made locally, such as parabolic reflectors from cardboard panels lined with foil, and another reflector style formed from a large flat basket.[1]

Mama Earth, Germany

Another project on Zanzibar, sponsored by the German organization, Mama Earth, used both parabolic cookers and solar box cookers, The box cookers were used for slow cooking, and the parabolic designs for "speed cooking" rice and for dying plaited palm leaves for craft use.

The group also experimented with the use of flattened beer cans as reflectors in a frame of wood or metal for homemade cookers.

GEF Small Grants Program

The GEF Small Grants Programme funded a project by the Kagera Community Development Trust, Bukoba - KADET in 1999 that produced 40 solar box cookers. Progress reports showed that the technology was replicated in various parts of the Kagera region.

Dada Zanzibar

Another German group, Dada Zanzibar, as of 2018, is located on the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar offshore from the mainland of Tanzania. The focus of this group has been craft and artisan development; they used solar cookers to dye fabrics and basketry material for craftwork. Some of the profits enabled members to purchase solar cookers for their own household use.[2]

Other organizations

The German electric utility, Bayernwerke, provided parabolic cookers to a local fishing village. With the assistance of sponsor organizations, the construction of a workshop and solar-powered kitchen was possible.[3]

On mainland Tanzania, a religiously affiliated group, EAG (T) Church - MJIMWEMA in Kigoma, produced locally made parabolic or "bowl" type cookers. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania in the Morogoro Province conducted research on fuelwood use, and then began using parabolic cookers sent from Germany for cooking, pasteurizing water, and firing clay bricks.

The Kilimanjaro Biogas and Solar Center sponsored many approaches to renewable energy, and has been active in solar cooking promotion for many years. (SCI Rev, Dec. '00.) Many of the devices promoted by Anna Pearce (see "multiple-nation" promoters section above) were in use in Tanzania, particularly the Anahat cooker/hatbox combination.

In the summers of 2001, 2002 and 2003, Project AHEAD, an American NGO, demonstrated the use of solar cookers for water pasteurization in two areas of Tanzania, first in Shinyanga District, in the northwest of the country, and the second in Kisarawe, near Dar es Salaam. National and district health officers attended workshops on testing water for contamination, followed by a demonstration of the use of solar cookers for water pasteurization. In the summer of 2003, household surveys were conducted in both districts to serve as baseline data and an evaluation tool for a large project scheduled for 2004-2006. This was the first major demonstration project focussing on the use of solar cookers for this purpose.

Other organizations having solar cooking experience in Tanzania were the Ilemi Secondary School of Mbeya, Net-Score of Malinyi, and Solar Innovations of Tanzania.

Archived articles

Climate and culture

Solar Cookers International has rated Tanzania as the #9 country in the world in terms of solar cooking potential (See: The 25 countries with the most solar cooking potential). The estimated number of people in Tanzania in sunny areas of the country but with fuel scarcity in 2020 is 7,500,000.

Tanzania is experiencing a demographic and an environmental crisis. Tanzania has a population of around 37 million. It has a fertility rate of almost five children per woman. This rapidly growing populace places extreme pressure on the environment. For example, forests are being diminished rapidly in significant part by demand for fuelwood. A case in point: between 1960 and 1980, the Amani forest in Tanzania was reduced by 50%. For every 28 trees cut in Africa today, only one is planted.

As forests around communities are degraded, women and children must forage for fuelwood further and further from home. In some places, women must camp overnight in the bush. When the distances become too great, some families must pay 25% to 50% of their income to buy cooking fuel.

See also

Resources

Possible funding

Blogs

Reports

Articles in the media

External links

Audio and video

Audio and video

  • January 2017:
Sperancea_Gabone_-_Solar_Cooking_Adoption_and_Impact_Survey
- Sperancea Gabone
  • September 2016:
Solar_Cookers_International_Tanzania_Project_2016

Solar Cookers International Tanzania Project 2016

Solar Cookers International piloted the Solar Cooking Adoption and Impact Survey with 30 women who now have box cookers, retained heat baskets, and water pasteurization indicators.

  • September 2014:
From_the_Mara_Soil_-_a_Film_About_Simple_and_Natural_Solutions_to_Poverty,_Hunger_and_Disease

From the Mara Soil - a Film About Simple and Natural Solutions to Poverty, Hunger and Disease

Members from the Global Resource Alliance explain the importance of permaculture adoption in Tanzania and the role solar cooking can play.


  • October 2006:
Solar_cooking_Zanzibar

Solar cooking Zanzibar

Contacts

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

SCI Associates

NGOs

Manufacturers and vendors

Individuals

Government agencies

Educational institutions

See also

References

  1. ↑ Solar Cooker Review, Sept '02
  2. ↑ Solar Cooker Review, Aug. '02
  3. ↑ Solar Cooker Review, Aug '00.
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