The Apron Project – Maputo, Mozambique

Through a partnership with Gadhia Solar, AMF has developed a replicable training program introducing solar ovens with related microcredit enterprises to the women of Mozambique.

One of the greatest challenges faced by women is getting fuel for cooking. Purchasing firewood costs almost 1/3 of an average month’s income. Many women who cannot afford to buy the firewood walk several miles in rugged terrain to gather wood for cooking. This can take up much of their day, allowing little time for income generating activities. By introducing solar ovens, families will be able to save money and time while also reducing smoke affects on health and their carbon footprint. Through a integrated microcredit program, the solar ovens will provide families with new income generating activities including drying of vegetables, baking of cakes, and frying of chicken to be sold in the local market.

As a commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative, the project will create a sustainable and replicable training program of solar ovens and microcredit enterprises. View the commitment, click here.

Beatri Ernesto Lougs
Beatri Ernesto Lougs, 48 years old, has a husband who is HIV positive and does not work, supporting 7 children 2 who are not her own that have been orphaned by AIDS, working her farm she grows cassava and vegetables that she sells earning $1.50 a day, she wants to use the solar oven to dry vegetables to sell in the market to provide her children with a better home.

Adelina Fenias Tamele
Adelina Fenias Tamele, 29 years old, supports her son and six younger brothers after losing their parents to AIDS, her family is currently supported by Reencontro with food rations and school fees, the solar oven project will allow her to earn an income to support the family, she is interested in using the solar oven to fry chicken and bake cakes in the market.

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