Publication: UN Chronicle
Publication Date: 01-JUN-07
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Resch, Rhone ; Kaye, Noah
Company: Solar Cookers International
Article Excerpt
For the 200,000 displaced citizens of Darfur living in refugee camps in Chad, the simple task of cooking a meal poses serious risks. Since wood for cooking is scarce in the desert region, refugees must travel several miles outside the camp to gather firewood, where they are highly vulnerable to attacks by the Janjaweed militia and other predators. A 2005 report by Medecins Sans Frontieres found that 82 per cent of rape attacks occur when women are outside the populated villages, usually while searching for firewood. But in the Iridimi camp with 17,000 refugees in eastern Chad, families have cut their firewood use by 50 to 80 per cent, using simple solar cookers to prepare their meals.
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