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Fuel and Solar Cooker Impact in Ya na gdung Village, Gcan tsha County, Mtsho sngon (Qinghai) Province

Abstract: 
Eight accounts and discussion detail challenges faced by Ya na gdung (Yanadong) Tibetan and Muslim fellow villagers in acquiring fossil fuels, related concerns, and provide historical perspective on local fuel collection. Solar cookers have alleviated certain challenges of fuel collection, reduced exposure to smoke-filled kitchens, and provided other benefits; however, solar cooking technology needs to be further developed to increase cooker portability and decrease heating time.  

Solar Cooker Project

My aunty cooks using straw and dried grass as fuel. If she had a solar cooker then she could use less straw and grass and save it instead for her household's livestock. 

Photographer: 
Tsomo Jyi

Solar Cooker Project

The villagers in Gongma Village have a meeting to vote who are the poorest families. These families will then receive solar cookers through my solar cooker project.

Photographer: 
Tsomo Jyi

Solar Cooker Project

A resident’s house in Gongma Village. This household will receive a solar cooker. 

Photographer: 
Tsomo Jyi

Solar Cooker Project

My aunt burns straw and grass to cook a meal. 

Photographer: 
Tsomo Jyi

Solar Cooker Project

This Hui woman and her husband live with five of their grandchildren in this house. The grandchildren are fatherless and their mother has remarried into another village. It is now the grandparents' responsibility to care for five young children. Life is very hard for them.

Photographer: 
Tsomo Jyi

Solar Cooker Project

Some Hui residents stand in front of their home in Gongma Village. They were chosen to receive a solar cooker.

Photographer: 
Tsomo Jyi