Solar cookers for the school in Fiadanana

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Using solar cookers in the village’s school to prepare meals by and for the students. Introducing a new technology to the village via the children, reduces the need to chop down firewood trees. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Deforestation, due to using charcoal or wood fired cookstoves, is a key issue for Madagascar. Solar energy, often suggested, seems ideal, but introducing such a new technology is challenging and requires careful, culturally tailored planning. Currently a variety of solar cooker models are sold, but the price makes them unobtainable for most villages. Using and testing this new technology in the school, children will learn about solar energy benefits first hand and can take this experience home.

Activities

To determine the most suitable solar cooker, Zahana will buy 4 or 5 models. School children will test them by integrating the cooking of rice into the curriculum and comparing the results over time. Applied math skills will be an added benefit.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $5,900
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $0
Total Funding Goal: $5,900

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This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

140 children attend school, most coming to school hungry. Cooked food will help them to learn better. Introducing solar cooking in the curriculum will plant a seed to get the community interested while counterbalancing deforestation sustainably.

Project Message

The village of Fiadanana needs solar cooking, because firewood gets harder to find every day. We need to find a way to introduce it gently, so people can embrace this new technology with open arms.
- Dr. Marguerite, MD, Volunteer treasurer of Zahana

Who is Running This Project

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Markus Faigle
Volunteer
Project Zahana
PO Box 62223
Honolulu, HI 96839
United States
1-808-988-9941
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Project Sponsor

Markus Faigle

Organization

Zahana
BP 8362
Antananarivo, Capital 101
Madagascar
18089889941
http://zahana.org

Learn more about Zahana and the project team.

Zahana's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in MadagascarMadagascar and can also be found under Climate Change (GG Green)Climate Change (GG Green).

For more information about Madagascar, read the Human Development Report on Madagascar or the Wikipedia entry for Madagascar.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on February 22, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 24, 2008

Latest Update from the Field

Good news about solar cookers

By Markus Faigle, Jeannette Koijane - Volunteers, February 22, 2010 11:54 AM

Dear friends,

We wanted to send you a quick update about a very exciting development. The inventor of the blazingtube solar cooker generously offered by the end of last year to donate a large number of his innovative solar cookers and water pasteurizers to Zahana. We are very grateful, and this wonderful donation gives us the opportunity to expand the focus of our activities beyond solar cookers for the school in the future.

In January the first cookers were successfully produced in China. While we were in the process of figuring out the intricacies of shipping to Madagascar the devastating earthquake hit Haiti. With a dire need for water that is safe to drink the inventor decided to donate and ship most of the solar water pasteurizers and solar cookers to Haiti.

But since he is committed to support Zahana as well, at this very moment a few solar cookers and solar water pasteurizers are en route to Madagascar on a cargo ship. We have included a link to a Hawaii TV newscast about the water pasteurizers.

Ihanta, Jeannette and Markus

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