With their first batch of solar cookers and stoves produced in 2006, the initial purpose of the association was to make solar cooking more widely known across the country by educating residents about the need for solar cooking. The Solar Association Tiloo established its own solar cooker and stove making workshop in early 2007 and made it's mission to bring down the cost of living for individual families by using this inexpensive and healthy type of cooking. It is their aim to encourage people to learn how we use the sun for cooking, baking, as well as roasting peanuts and drying fruits.
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| - With their first batch of solar cookers and stoves produced in 2006, the initial purpose of the association was to make solar cooking more widely known across the country by educating residents about the need for solar cooking. The Solar Association Tiloo established its own solar cooker and stove making workshop in early 2007 and made it's mission to bring down the cost of living for individual families by using this inexpensive and healthy type of cooking. It is their aim to encourage people to learn how we use the sun for cooking, baking, as well as roasting peanuts and drying fruits. To further express the purpose of this project, the founders established a solar restaurant called Elena's Solar Food Restaurant with a menu serving both local and continental dishes. The group currently has two ongoing projects in the Gambia: 1.
* Information sessions: One of The Solar Association Gambia's primary goals is to share information about how to solar cook and its benefits. They hold information sessions and participate in events year-round to educate local communities about the environmental and health benefits of solar cooking. 2.
* School program: The Solar Association Gambia visits schools to demonstrate and promote solar cooking. At each school, a student is chosen and trained for five days in how to use and care for a solar oven. The student is given two solar cookers, as well as a package which contains:
* 1 bag of flower
* 1 bag of sugar
* 1 crate of eggs
* 10kg of butter
* 1 carton yeast
* 1 tin of baking powder The goal is for the student to sell the food that he or she makes and donate the proceeds to the school. The cost of a solar cooker is very affordable and it gives someone a chance to open a small business of selling bread, cakes, and other baked goods. 1.
* The Solar bakery (which makes solar baking and solar food popular. The bakery is creating an income for local people through solar baking and cooking. It employs as well trainees. 2.
* The Solar Restaurant (where our guests can enjoy anything from a solar breakfast to a solar cooked dinner) 3.
* Carpentry shop for making solar cookers and tunnel dryers localy to create more employment and reduce the cost of the solar equipment By solar cooking on a regular basis, you indirectly join the fight to help curb the advance of deforestation in The Gamia and around the world.
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