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Thanks to a partnership with Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society, CEDESOL has been able to turn around the fortunes of an agricultural community in Cochabamba, Bolivia. In Coachaca Grande, a village of just 120 families, 30 families were chosen through the Kyoto Twist Solar Cooking Society selection interview process to participate in building their own box-type solar cookers and learn how to use them most effectively. The common fuels for cooking in Coachaca Grande, as in most of Bolivia, have been wood and gas. However burning wood to cook on their traditional ovens causes health problems ... continue 
The adventure of delivering ecological cookers  The work of incorporating ecological cookers is not for the faint-hearted. Just ask Ruth Saavedra. Ruth, owner of micro-enterprise Sobre La Roca, bears witness to the white-knuckle-ride adventure that delivering solar cookers and improved wood cookers can be. Working in 5 of the 9 departments of Bolivia, Ruth will go to almost any lengths to make sure that the people who want her cookers get them.
On a recent trip to San Pedro de Buenavista in North Potosí, Ruth traveled with one of her staff a return journey of over 20 hours along zigzag, one-track mountain roads, clinging to a truck in the back of an open-back truck for the length of the return leg of the journey ... continue A new agreement with GTZ for 1,000 stoves CEDESOL´s initial contract for 1,000 stoves with GTZ, the international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development, recently came to an end. It proved a hugely encouraging success with 58% of people choosing a solar cooker over an improved wood cooker, demonstrating that people will make a choice that is best for the environment as well as for them when the facts are presented to them. The good news is that CEDESOL has a new agreement with GTZ for 1,000 stoves. The subsidy has been significantly reduced however so we are looking for ways to cover this deficit. If you would like to support us in this endeavor, please visit our GiveMeaning page where you can invest just $12 for a Bolivian with few resources to be able to acquire an ecological stove that will improve their quality of life significantly. There is a deadline to invest in this project- now would be a great time to give! |
