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Solar Cookers for 43 Tibetan Families in Guide County in 2010

Thank you, Kalle Mattila, Kaarina Sergejeff, and Nadja Nowak of Finland; and Gloria Gonick of the USA. You helped 43 households (284 Tibetans) each receive a solar cooker in Yaklong Village, Guide County, Qinghai Province. Solar cooker recipients were selected who had no solar cooker, who were poor, and who lacked people able to collect fuel. Each recipient household provided 30RMB (43 solar cookers x 30RMB/household =1,290RMB). This local contribution, plus the contribution of 7,410RMB from Kalle Mattila, Kaarina Sergejeff, and Nadja Nowak of Finland; and Gloria Gonick of the USA, financed the purchase of forty-three solar cookers (8,170RMB) and paid for management costs (530RMB). Total project cost was 8,700RMB. Local women and girls now spend less time gathering fuel and less time in smoky kitchens. This saved time is used to collect medicinal plants to sell to increase household income. Old people who are unable to chop wood and make a fire now worry much less about cooking and having hot water while young family members are outside the home earning income. The solar cookers make it easier to boil water for tea and heat food. The local environment is also a beneficiaryâfewer bu

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