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KENYA SOLAR OVENS
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Migori, Kenya – 27 February 2025
1. Various of Benta Achieng, Migori resident, setting up her solar powered oven and preparing a breakfast of boiled eggs and porridge
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Benta Achieng, Migori resident:
"I used to use firewood for a longer time. I also realised that firewood gives us some problems, like lung problems. When there is a lot of smoke, it interferes with the lungs, therefore the breathing system becomes in very big problem and cannot be treated."
3. Various of Benta taking her porridge
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Benta Achieng, Migori resident:
"We used to cut trees. That forces us to have a very desert(-like) place, missing rainfall because trees attract rainfall. I tried to come out from that system of using firewood and I adapted to the solar oven cooking system. It is very safe, it is clean, it saves time I can use to do other things while food is going on preparing."
5. Various of vendor Ian Duncun Onyango preparing eggs and smokies using the solar powered oven
6. Various of food in cart
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Duncun Onyango, boiled eggs and smokies vendor:
"The solar cooker is aiding me a lot since previously I was using the ‘jiko’ and the charcoal to boil my eggs and these days I am using it and it is from the power of the sun. I am boiling my eggs. I am saving the fuel and I’m saving some money to boost my stock and business. And I am also having customers from all over town. They are flocking here, they are saying my eggs are sweeter compared to how they were those days."
8. Various of Carolyn Olang, innovator and entrepreneur, and a man in her workshop
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Carolyn Olang, innovator entrepreneur:
"The solar oven is an alternative use. We want to get people to stop using fossil fuel and that is why we have decided to use renewable energy, hence the solar powered oven which is just a box and you use the sun to cook your food."
10. Various of Olang and man in her workshop
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Carolyn Olang, innovator and entrepreneur:
"The solar oven is easily produced because we use locally available materials -that is wood, for filling we use rice husks, old clothing blankets, a metal plate, ordinary kitchen foil and glass. The production cost, when you are not producing in bulk, is about maybe Ksh, 3,500 ($35) and I have got an introductory offer right now of Ksh,5,000 ($50) because we are trying to break into the market."
12. Various of Olang and man in her workshop
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Carolyn Olang, innovator and entrepreneur:
"The advantages of the solar power (oven): one, it is free (referring to the sun). Two, it is smokeless. Three, it helps us convert the climate crisis because it reduces the use of firewood by about 40%, which for me is quite a good deal. The shortcomings are that during the rainy season, you can’t use it because you can’t put it out in the rain, and another thing, the sun won’t be shining throughout. But when you consider that in Africa more often than not it is sunny, sunny Africa, I think it is a good alternative to the traditional methods of cooking using firewood and charcoal which is what most households use."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nairobi, Kenya – 3 March 2025
14. Various set up shots of Dr. Faith Muhonja, Head of Public Health Department, AMREF University:
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Faith Muhonja, Head of Public Health Department, AMREF University:
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Migori, Kenya – 27 February 2025
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