Cattle rustling, the high rate of school dropouts, malnutrition and early marriages have for many years been part of the people’s lifestyle. It is for that reason that women in Pokot Central District decided to brainstorm and see how they could make use of the blazing sun. They had for many years preserved food and dried vegetables for storage using the scorching sun’s heat. But never had they thought that they could use the sun to make some income until they ventured in the production of solar cookers.