Special Concerns

• If we want to empower Ghanians to be self-sufficient and increase the use of solar power cooking as a whole for their country is the instruction manual easily understandable?

 

• Ghana suffers from high illiteracy rates in women, the primary population that will be using the cooking devices, so do we have alternative methods to instruct the women on what to do if it breaks, etc?

 

• Will we be angering local communities/businesses that rely on the selling of coal as a business? How can we incorporate them and their skills into the process of selling solar cooking so as to not leave a bitter taste in anyone’s mouth? 

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Sustainability Questions: 

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• Are the parts needed to build the solar cooking unit easily accessible/affordable to the people in Ghana if they need to be replaced?

 

• Are there alternative substitutes to our western parts/pieces for the solar cooking unit that can be found in Ghana at a cheaper expensive? This would also be a way to support other local industries.

 

• Due to low education levels, will we want to send the product fully assembled or in parts so that users can get a better idea of how it works?