Solar cooker project - Iridimi refugee camp, Chad (Oct 2007)

Solar Cookers International (SCI) board member Gabriele Simbriger-Williams visited Iridimi refugee camp in Chad as part of a team assessing the Darfur refugee solar cooker project implemented by KoZon Foundation and supported by SCI and Jewish World Watch.

This video features refugee solar cooker trainers and artisans, steps for making solar cookers, and general solar cooking footage from the camp.

For more information on SCI visit http://www.solarcookers.org
For more information on this project visit http://www.solarcookers.org/programs/iridimi.html

Solar Cookers International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations to SCI are appreciated, and tax deductible as allowed by law. Lend your support by visiting http://www.solarcookers.org/support/donations.html

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• solarcookersintl
• solar
• cook
• cookers
• cooking
• ovens
• international
• darfur
• refugee
• refugees
• camp
• iridimi
• chad
• kozon

[SolarCookersIntl]

Yes, a black pot it best for solar cooking. Other dark colors work to varying degrees. White and silver pots are couterproductive as they reflect sunlight away from the pot.

[p4ndor4]

ah, just a question. How long will it take for this device to boil... lets say a glass of water for comparison sake.

and also, does it always need a transparent plastic bag to cook?

[SolarCookersIntl]

Water takes a lot of energy to heat, and takes a while to bring to a boil (I'm not sure exactly how long). It takes about 1 hour per liter of water to pasteurize, which means bringing the temperature to 65C. Boiling is not necessary for most cooking, nor for pasteurization. For cooking, this cooker does require some sort of transparent, heat-resistant bag or other cover to maintain cooking tempertures in the pot. However, a bag is not always necessary to pasteurize water.

[partnerINprosperity1]

@SolarCookersIntl isnt a black pot better for cooking?

[MrXstacey]

too bad i missed the contest

[GFS05np]

I like the idea, getting locals to make & specializing in solar cooking. i was just wondering if they also distribute inexpensive sun glasses with those. knowing the sun is even more intense over there nearer to equator then here.

[Thinkfest]

Please enter my solar cooking web page contest! Due date is October 20, 2008. The prize is three hundred dollars U.S. For more info, Google for manda solar cooking contest

[jgharsha]

I'm a veteran solar cooker here in the US, and can testify to how good that food must have tasted. And it's so easy to do. There is nothing to it. The sun does it all.

[Minuvash]

Great thanks

[halfmumi]

PERFECT! i am going to build one.

Can someone tell me how much does it take to cook rice??