A March 2015 article in Gulf News reports: “It expanded their livelihood options and improved their quality of life. Ever since, together we have helped many illiterate and semi-literate women, who independently fabricate, install and maintain solar cookers,” she claims. Over the years, the six-months course has enabled women from several countries, including South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Tanzania and Afghanistan to train and become solar engineers. Such efforts have also brought solar electrification to villages in many countries. Women associated with the solar power project in Tilonia now receive a fixed salary every month. Explaining the working of a parabolic solar cooker, Shahnaz says: “It uses energy from sunlight to cook food. The sunrays fall on 300 mirrors that in turn,