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Solar Cookers Can't Save Lives, Can It?
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Apr 05 2012 08:30 PM | eds in Solar Power
. . . (since the men have been killed), venturing out too far for fire wood
. . . means a huge risk of being raped and murdered.
Not only are the women at Iridimi refugee camp using the cookers,
. . . but are being trained in manufacturing them
. . . so that they can make a living as well.
The cookers
. . . . . . cut out smoke,
. . . . . .improve living conditions and
. . . . . .reduce health hazards that come with inhaling smoke from burning wood.
Jewish Watch International, KoZon Foundation and Solar Cookers International
. . . supplied the 17,000 in Iridimi refugee camp, Solar panel cookers that combine
. . . the design of a parabolic and box type solar cooker to give the best output.
Source: ecofriend