Project Report
| Jun 11, 2014
Unintended Consequences
By Karen Sparacio | Project Leader
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solar
The Acholi women in Uganda have embraced solar cooking. They have done so because it saves them time and money. But the unanticipated and often overlooked consequences are even greater. They are helping to protect the environment. Each woman that uses a solar cooker every day the sun shines saves up to one ton of firewood each year. And their children are less at risk of being burned because they're are less open fires. And because sunlight is free fuel, families can solar cook more nutritrious, less expensive foods like dried beans and legumes that normally require long cooking times and consume large amounts of fuel. They can also pasterurize their drinking water using only the sun and use the saved "fuel money" to buy food. Your support has made this possible. Thank you!
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Feb 14, 2014
Cooking with the Sun
By Karen Sparacio | Project Leader
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Purified Water
One and a half years ago, women in the Acholi Quarter of Uganda learned how to harness the brilliance and power of the sun to prepare meals for their famlies and purify water. Using reflector panels, reduced charcoal stoves and insulated cooking bags, 25 women are now able to spend less time cooking and more time on income generating activities making them better able to provide for their families. The short term benefits of these tools are changing lifestyles in the community, while the long term health benefits of purified water will be lifesaving.
Despite this success, we are still short of our goal of providing 50 women with solar cooking equipment.
For just $10, you can provide the means for a family to have access to clean water.
$10 means improved health outcomes, increased hours of productivity at work, and a more hopeful future for an impoverished family.
Hope and a little help make all the difference. Together we can transform the community of the Acholi Quarter.
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A Delicious Meal
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Nov 15, 2013
Pay It Forward
By Karen Sparacio | Project Leader
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Feel the heat!
With two years of experience using solar cooking technology, the women of the Acholi Quarter have honed their skills and are ready to share their knowledge with others.
They will be sharing their skills and helping another community unleash the power of solar cooking and use the technology to create income-generating activities, like baking cakes! The Entebbe-based Children's Welfare School helps students with mental and learning disabilities, ranging from deaf to down-syndrome. The purpose of the school is to provide basic education for these children, as well as vocational training so they can one day support themselves and their community. The solar cooking training will help these children support themselves and the school.
In this season of giving, consider making a donation of just $10 to unleash the power of solar cooking.
Hope and a little help make all the difference. Together we can transform the community of the Acholi Quarter.
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