Add New Post Solar Cookers in Afghanistan During his February mission in Afghanistan, Rick met Felicia "Cia" French, a Colonel in the medical corps, who has desperately been seeking for a NGO to help her launch a plan to protect Afghan children from an explosive domestic threat: Kerosine ovens. Global Roots recognizes the need to address the critical problems of child safety and resource conservation and is preparing missions to promote solar cooking. Felicia herself has already done an amazing job, as documented in this SCI report (Solar Cookers International, with whom we are working in Africa). In addition to the benefits listed by Felicia, alternate cooking methods improve literacy!!! Why? In Afghanistan, women are rarely allowed to go outside to fetch wood for heating and cooking. Children are sent out on that duty and often miss school. By providing safe, alternate ways to cook, we increase the chance of children attending school. Stay tuned for the result of our upcoming Afghan missions, and let us know if you have ideas on how to address these important problems. By: patrick On Tuesday, 13 April 2010 Comments( 0 ) Views(141) Comments(0)   Please login to write comment Joomla SEF URLs by Artio