My Sun Oven: History

Haiti Project

This note is from Sun Ovens International. I am passing it along for any who wish to help:

As you know we are committed to distributing Sun Ovens in developing countries around the world. We have been working in Haiti for the past 11 years. During that time deforestation has increased and the need for an alternative to cooking with wood and charcoal has increased. The recent earthquake has intensified the need for solar cooking and water purification.

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are homeless and camps will need to be opened to provide food and shelter for Haiti’s Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Plans are underway to provide Sun Ovens to the IDPs in Haiti. We are partnering with the Friends of Haiti Organization (FOHO) to send as many Sun Ovens as we can to Haiti. On January 28, 2010, FOHO, in partnership with Feed My Starving Children, will be sending a shipping container with Sun Ovens and 270,000 meals to Port au Prince, Haiti. There is room for additional Sun Ovens to be included with this shipment and additional shipments are being planned.

Donations of any amount will be greatly appreciated. Checks should be made payable to the: Friends of Haiti Organization
PO Box 222
Holland, OH 43528
(Please note the donation is for the Sun Oven project.)

FOHO is a 501C3 non- profit organization so all donations will be tax deductable. 100% of the donation will go directly to sending Sun Ovens to Haiti; no administrative expenses will be deducted. FOHO has been working in Haiti for 45 years and has sent over 1,400 Global Sun Ovens and 12 Villager Sun Ovens to Haiti.

Please share this information with anyone you think might be interested.

Warmly yours,
Paul M. Munsen
SUN OVENS International, Inc.

The sun is a free gift from God!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

History

About three years ago I started investigating using the sun for outdoor cooking, mostly as an emergency source. I made my first solar oven using a Styrofoam cooler and aluminum foil. I placed a black cookie pan in the bottom and covered it with a piece of glass. It worked. I was able to bake potatoes and cook a roast in slow time.

I knew my primitive little cooker could be greatly improved upon, as it had some definite limitations. As I continued to gather information, I came across the Global Sun Oven. I was intrigued and eventually bought one. And I am glad I did! This little wonder has proven to be all it claims to be. I have had a blast cooking all kinds of things. Now it's to the point where if on a sunny day I don't have my oven out and cooking something, I feel like I am wasting the sun energy. That's the conservationist side of me.