In Aracaju in the state of Sergipe, Brazil, the Cozinha Escola
Experimental Solar (CEES) (Experimental Solar Kitchen School)
was inaugurated in August for the purpose of working in poor
communities to guarantee nutrition and provide education about
basic food handling concerns, as well as the construction and
use of solar ovens, and for scientific experiments with
renewable energy to study the current efficiency of the CEES.
The Experimental Solar Kitchen School is financially supported
by UNESCO, The Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), and the
State Secretary of Inclusion, Assistance and Social Development
(SEIDES) of the government of the state of Sergipe. The project
has been promised funding until January of 2010. The coordinator
in chief of the project, Dr. Prof. Paulo Mário Machado de Araujo
is currently seeking partners that can ensure the continuation
of the project. Every day groups of youth and women participate
in workshops relating to the use of the sun for cooking, using
techniques from the Thea