The Alternative Cooking Technology (ACT) department is located at the GRA – Tz office in Musoma Town. ACT promotes solar cooking, Jatropha use, solar lights and water filters. Solar cooking captures heat from the sun with simple technology. Jatropha is a plant that can be used for many things including a clean burning oil for kerosene lamps.
Solar Cooking Projects Activities:
Jatropha Project activities:
Solar Product List
Solar Workshops/training offered:
To purchase products or schedule a workshop, contact the ACT Program Coordinator:
Solar Cooking Projects Activities:
- Conducting solar trainings for the groups
- Assembling of cookits
- Painting/staining of cooking pots & lids
- Making fireless cookers
- Assembling of cookits
- Selling of cookits, fireless cookers, solar lights and water filters
Jatropha Project activities:
- Extraction of Jatropha oil
- Making of Jatropha soap
- Selling of Jatropha oil
Solar Product List
- Subsidized Solar Cookkit 5,000 Tsh.
- Pots 5,000 Tsh.
- Fireless Cooker 25,000 Tsh.
- Solar Lights 20,000 Tsh.
- Water Filters 25,000 Tsh.
Solar Workshops/training offered:
- Introduction to solar cooking
- How to cook by using sun rays (solar)
- Demonstration of cooking different food by using solar
To purchase products or schedule a workshop, contact the ACT Program Coordinator:
Christopher Gamba, ACT Program Coordinator
Email: cgamba2004@yahoo.com
Phone: +255 784 207 546
Experimenting with rocket stoves.
Using a press to extract Jatropha seed oil.
Clean burning Jatropha seed oil in a kerosene lantern.
Solar Cookkit with pot.