Rotary ships dinners, ovens to Haiti
Posted: Monday, Jul 21st, 2008
BY: Chuck Cecil

More than 220,000 children in Haiti will be eating better, and about 500 families on the island will soon be recipients of free solar ovens, thanks to Brookings Rotarians and other Rotary Club members in the district.

An overseas shipping container jam-packed with the ovens, food with a shelf life of three years, measuring cups and all that's needed to prepare nutritious food except the cooking pots were loaded by local Rotarians over the weekend for a train trip to the East Coast.

From a New Jersey port, the shipping container will taken by ship to Cap Haitian on the northern coast of Haiti where it will be turned over to the 30-member San Michel Rotary Club. Haitians handling distribution

Those Haitian Rotarians will oversee the training and distribution of the food and ovens to needy families among the island's population of nearly 9 million.

The shipping container being used was purchased by district Rotarians and will remain in Haiti for safe, secure storage of future shipments of food and ovens from Brookings, according to Al Rogers of the Brookings Rotary Club.

With others, Rogers has been actively involved in the fabrication of the ovens in a Brookings warehouse, and in their delivery to Haiti. Since the local Rotary Club started its humanitarian project 10 years ago, thousands of solar ovens have been distributed free of charge to poor families in Haiti.

The main cooking fuel source for most Haitian families is charcoal , which is expensive. Overharvesting of available trees on the island has nearly depleted the supply, and the use of solar ovens is seen as a way to reverse the practice of using charcoal.

Over time, it is hoped that reforestation can take place on the nearly 11,000- square-mile island.

Ron Fesler, also of the Brookings Rotary Club, was instrumental in initiating the project along with Dave Henning, who was club president at the time.

During the program's early years, Fesler and other South Dakotans accompanied the solar ovens to the island and fabricated them there before helping train Haitian mothers on how to use them.

For the first time in the history of the project, the Rotarians have used a shipping container to transport the first fully assembled ovens to the islands, Fesler said.

Since the humanitarian program started in 1998 in affiliation with a Methodist Church organization , the Rotary Club of Brookings has provided the lead effort, and the work has now been taken on as a district Rotary project called Solar Ovens Partners. Program fine-tuned

During the decade-long program , the Rotarians and local manufacturers have been constantly re-designing , fine-tuning and improving the ovens, making them easier to assemble and more efficient in capturing and storing solar energy for cooking, Rogers said.

Rainbow Play Systems, Inc., Don Deibert and Counterpart, Inc., Larson Manufacturing Company, Central Business Supply and First Bank & Trust have been key businesses involved in helping with prototype design, improvements, work space and storage.

The 500 ovens in the shipment prepared over the weekend included 1,100 cartons of food "Fortified Vegetarian Rice-Soy Casserole Chicken Flavored" that can easily be prepared in the ovens. 220,000 servings

The shipment will provide 220,000 servings, each with 226 calories. Kids Against Hunger, an international food relief campaign , prepared the food packets that were purchased by the Rotary district.

Rotarians Saturday received unexpected help in loading the shipping containers from eight young Mormon missionaries who happened to be in Brookings for training and volunteered their services.

Bravo e mèsi pou tout moun ki ap lite pou kwape grangou kloroks e esklavaj lan an ayiti.

[i]During the decade-long program , the Rotarians and local manufacturers have been constantly re-designing , fine-tuning and improving the ovens, making them easier to assemble and more efficient in capturing and storing solar energy for cooking, Rogers said.
Recho dife soley sa yo toujou an eta d'experimantasyon!![/i]
Apenn si yo kap chofe yon bon dlo cho. Recho sa yo pran anpil tan pou yo kwit manje.

Recho soley sa yo pa gen fos ak repondung ase devan yon bon bouillon piye beef ak griot kochon ni kreve yon bon pwa congo ou pwa rouj.

Recho soley sa yo se pou chofe dlo pou fe ti soup chinwa "ramen" ti bagay rapid.

Rete anpil lot experimantasyon e developman anko avan ke recho sa yo kap antre an konpetisyon avek chabon bwa nou yo.

Revelasyon

Se pou rezon sa mwen di ke ayiti se peyi ki ap dirije tet an ba.Lotrejou nou tap pale de youn gradye MIT ki fabrike youn briket ki pi bon pase chabon bwa ke nou konn itilise ,nou tout konnen ke nanpren bwa ankò an ayiti pou kwit manje, founen pen , chofe dry kleaning pou 9 milyon moun,Si te genyen youn gouvenman vre an ayiti se pa pou yo ta ede jenn teknokrat saa pou li fabrike briket yo plis pou li satisfè demann lan?Non se pa sa yap okipe.


mwen pankò janm wè recho solaire yo men mwen pa kwè ke yo pap janm ka kwit manje an ayiti vre.Mwen sonje youn jou manman m te voyem al achte 20 kob manteg ak pat tomat pou li te kwit manje ,nan kouri poum al jwe football gwo midi ni manteg la ni pat tomat la tonbe sou peron an ;sa pat pran menm 2 sekond pou ni manteg lan ni pat tomat la fonn tounen lwil ou te ka fri nenpot ze sou twotwa.sa se sou beton manteg la ak pat tomat la te tonbe. alò si w mete youn metal spesyal anba soley ayiti epi chalè sa konsantre mon chè li ka kwit youn diri ak pwa wi.mwen pa di sa ka fet tout lè men genyen youn chalè midi ki konn pranm nan la rivye bayeu mwen pa fouti mete pyem nan sab la non.se pousa mwen di genyen materyo an ayiti ke yo ka itilise pou fabrike pano solè ki ka chofe dlo ;fè manje , epi bay elektrisite.pwoblem lan se pou nou komanse konsa na amelyore yo de tan zan tan.

Roro,

Revelation a dit vrai concernant la puissance de ces fours qui restent encore au stade artisanal.

Marc a un ami sur ce forum qui vient de la Faculté des Sciences de l'UEH, c'est dans ce centre universitaire que j'avais vu pour la première fois l'exposition de ces fours solaires. Il serait bon que Marc demande à ce membre de porter plus de lumière pour l'auditoire concernant ce dossier et surtout confirmer la thèse de Revelation.

Colo

je ne dis pas les fours sont tous performants cependant on a montré un centre dans le Nord ou les fours sont construits et ils produisent des resultats.Je ne suis pas un expert en la matière ,mais vous savez mieux que moi la chaleur du soleil sous les tropiques peut atteindre une temperature suffisante pour faire bouillir l'eau.Alors pourquoi ne pourrait-on pas cuire le riz et des vivres a l'aide de ces fours?Il faut perseverer pour les ameliorer,car il nous faut trouver une solution aux problemes energetiques du pays.

Colo

Non mon chèr 10 centimes de mantegue ,par ailleurs vous savez ce que c'est la mantègue? et 10 centimes de pate tomate. ce n'est pas très cher.vous pouviez acheter un gros poisson pour 20 centimes,trois bananes pour 20 centimes. du riz ,du pois pour 30 centimes. et un lot de charbon pour 10 centimes.Une famille pouvait manger un repas avec 2 gourdes dans les années 50.

Comparez ces salaires et le cout de la vie à l'epoque à ceux de nos jours et vous verrez combien la qualite de la vie des gagne petits a deterioré.ma tante et mon oncle travaillaient à la shada au debut des années 50 elle gagnait peut-etre 3 a 4 goudes par jour ,mais avec ces deux salaires nou pouvions quand meme manger un bon repas, et on me donnait du pain et du cafe le matin et les soirs nous mangions de l'avoine ou de l'AK100.Nous payons quand meme notre loyer.

Un ouvrier haitien peut-il faire autant de nos jours?Mais il faut vous rappeller qu'à l'epoque nous n'avions pas encore 4 millions d'haitiens et la terre pouvait encore nourrir la population.Nous n'importions pas nos produits de l'etranger,a l'exception de la mantegue ,des pates tomates etc.

Men ou demanti sa w di ya si panno soley yo ka kreye elektrisite ki jan fè electrisite saa pa ka alimente youn ti fou pou fè manje?lakay mwen mwen pa sèvi ak gas. se elektrisite ki fè tout bagay fonktyone.Se depi nan ane 60 ke peyi dayiti te komanse tounnen youn desè ki donk pwiske chabon bwa a mwen chè ke gas se pou nou kontinye ap debwase peyi ya ki fè jodya se biskwit labou moun ap manje nan peyi ya?

tankou Al Gore di lotrejou tou tan nou itilise plis pano soley et lot enerji pri yo ap desann tandis ke pri lwil la li menm ap ogmante.se responsabilite youn gouvènman responsab pou li ede jwen solutyon a pwoblem ki ap kraze peyi ya.Si depi ane 60 yo gouvenman an te mete lajan peyi nan R&D jodya mwen si ke recho soley sa yo ta pi bon.Abitan blije ap koupe bwa pou fè chaboon paske yo pa genyen lot travay pou yo fè.ma parye ak w yo pa koupe bwa an dominikani poukisa?konpare kouveti 2 peyi yo epi pose tet w kestyon poukisa Dominikani genyen verdi saa epi ayiti tankou youn savannn desole?

Si mwen ka enstalle pano soley pou chofe dlo nan pisinn mwen kwè ak bon materyo enerji soley la ka fè dlo a bouyi nan youn ti chodyè pou kwit youn ti mamit di ri tou.

Colo

je pensais que vous plaisantiez.Quelle saveur ou odeur aura cette nourriture et la ville toute entière?(lol)imaginez Chaque matin la maitresse de maison reclame que ti Saintanyse aille prendre les matieres fecales dans les fosses sceptiques pour cuire le dejeuner de jean Toutou.Vous vous imaginez combien sales seront ces fillettes.?Non je ne veux pas de nourritures cuites de cette facon(lol)L'hepatite tuera toutes ces petites filles.

Mesye, ann rete lan sijè a.
Ann chèche konnen de kisa nap pale.
Men yon ti bèt ki kapab fè nou wè kisa recho solè yo kapab fè.

Anpil moun lan Chinn ak lan End deja ap kwit manje, fè travay endistriyel ap recho epi fou solè.
Noumenm nap chèche kote li pa posib.

Wi li posib. Si genyen yon bagay nou genyen kom piyay, se soley.

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