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							SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL / An NGO spreading solar cooking and water pasteurizing to benefit people and environments




                          Solar Cooker International (SCI)’s Response
                              to 5 August draft outcome document
             Solar Cooker International (SCI) is a NGO based in Kenya and USA. It is an
             international network of 700 independent solar cooker organizations worldwide.

                    SCI proposes SOLAR COOKERS AS A “QUICK WIN” IN THE
                    OUTCOME DOCUMENT OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                           “WORLD SUMMIT”, 14-16 SEPTEMBER 2005
                     Proposed addition to Language for the Revised Draft Outcome Document
              (dated 5.8. 2005), Paragraph 25 under the section entitled “Quick Wins”: (addition in bold)

             25. We agree to support the establishment and implementation of country led “quick win”
             initiatives consistent with long-term national development strategies so as to realize major
             immediate progress towards development goals, including the Millennium Development
             Goals, through such measures as
             the free mass distribution of malaria bed nets and effective anti-malaria medicines, the
             expansion of home-grown school meals programmes using locally produced food, the
             elimination of user fees for primary education and health services, and comprehensive
             access to low-cost solar cookers for water pasteurization and cooking.
               Solar Cookers for health, gender equity, agricultural productivity and environments
                          and are now affordable for average families in all countries
             In many counties, women and children often walk long distances to search for and gather wood for cooking fuel.
             Solar cooking and water pasteurizing is smoke-free, saves time for productive agricultural work and consumes
             no dung and crop residues needed by the soil. Simple solar cookers can be carried to the fields to cook lunch,
             further increasing productivity. A new options for solar cooking/water pasteurization is a simple solar cookit,
             now manufactured independently in about 25 countries for $3-5 US. They last for 2 years and save a ton of wood
             per year.

                       Solar Cookers Support all Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
             Wide access to solar cookers that use free sunlight for cooking and for water pasteurizing is a
             “quick win” – “inexpensive . . . short-term gains (that) save millions of lives” toward MDGs
             Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger: Solar cookers typically reduce fuel needs by 1/3
                 and pay for themselves in two months of fuel savings. . Wood is scarce for two billion people, and
                 about half live in sun-rich areas. The gentler temperatures of Cookits also preserve more nutrients.




         U.S. 1919 21st Street, Suite 101, Sacramento, CA 95814 / T +1 916-455-4499 / F +1 916-455-4498 / E info@solarcookers.org
                KENYA Sumbeiyo House, Githungiri Road / PO Box 51190-00200, Kileleshwa, Nairobi / E sci@iconnect.co.ke
                                              www.solarcookers.org / www.solarcooking.org
SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL / An NGO spreading solar cooking and water pasteurizing to benefit people and environments




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             Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education: Long journeys to gather small brush, crop residues
                  and dung for cooking fuel take time from school attendance and studies. Solar cookers need only
                  sunlight, freeing children to spend more time in school.



             Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women: Women and girls suffer extra health
                  hazards of gathering fuel and indoor smoke from cooking. Solar cookers improve health and allow more
                  time to pursue education, increase food production and work in income-generating activities.


             Goal 4: Reduce child mortality:           Solar cookers reduce waterborne and smoke-related diseases, primary killers of
             children,



             Goal 5: Improve maternal health: Smoke from cooking fires is the major killer of young women in
             developing countries and is also linked to low-birth weight and infant mortality.


             Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases: Caring for a sick family member and
                  orphans takes time away from livelihood activities. Solar cookers cook meals unattended, and are user-
                  friendly for children and the sick as well as for care-givers. Water pasteurization protects whole families.
                  Larger solar cookers can sanitize materials in rural clinics and households.


             Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability: One-third of humanity has only wood, charcoal or poor
                  substitutes to cook daily meals. A solar cooker that can save about one ton of wood per year will reduce
                  carbon dioxide emissions by 1.8 tons per year.


             Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development: Solar cookers complement other programs.




                         Solar Cookers International, an NGO with Special Consultative Status at the UN since 1996
                                        PO 51190-002008 C/SQ                 1919 21st Street, #101
                                        Nairobi, KENYA                       Sacramento, CA 95814 USA
                                         Email: SCI@iconnect.co.ke                      Email: info@solarcookers.org
                                              Website: http://www.solarcooking.org
         U.S. 1919 21st Street, Suite 101, Sacramento, CA 95814 / T +1 916-455-4499 / F +1 916-455-4498 / E info@solarcookers.org
                KENYA Sumbeiyo House, Githungiri Road / PO Box 51190-00200, Kileleshwa, Nairobi / E sci@iconnect.co.ke
                                               www.solarcookers.org / www.solarcooking.org
SOLAR COOKERS INTERNATIONAL / An NGO spreading solar cooking and water pasteurizing to benefit people and environments




         U.S. 1919 21st Street, Suite 101, Sacramento, CA 95814 / T +1 916-455-4499 / F +1 916-455-4498 / E info@solarcookers.org
                KENYA Sumbeiyo House, Githungiri Road / PO Box 51190-00200, Kileleshwa, Nairobi / E sci@iconnect.co.ke
                                             www.solarcookers.org / www.solarcooking.org