Solar Oven Partners

Look at the great story and video UMNews posted this week about Solar Oven Partners. Noting our start in Haiti, the story hightlights our current partnerships in the Dominican Republic, Sierra Leone and the Four Corners Native American Ministries in Shiprock, NM.

Oven components are fabricated by Dakotas Conference volunteers at workshops in Rapid City, Montrose and Gary, SD. Pastor Erasme Figaro Kelly (Iglesia Evangelica Dominica), Rev. Joe Edward Pormai (The United Methodist Church of Sierra Leone) and Rev. Debra A. Yazzie (Four Corners Native American Ministry-Shiprock) work as ministry site coordinators.

Randy Harwood is the Director of Solar Oven Partners. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐎𝐏@𝐝𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐜.𝐨𝐫𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤, 𝐀𝐙.

We support this ministry online through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Solar Oven Partners is Advance # 418812. Mail checks to Solar Oven Partners, C/O Dakotas Conference Office, P.O. Box 460,, 1331 University Ave.
Mitchell, SD 57301-0460.

Solar oven ministry changes lives | UMNews.org United Methodist Solar Oven Partners promotes renewable energy and improves health in vulnerable communities in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Sierra Leone and the Navajo Nation.

Hey, potholder stitchers! We need your creations.

With ovens being built and delivered in Sierra Leone this week and spring and summe trips scheduled, we need lots and lots of potholders sewn by our potholder partners. You know what to do.

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒: 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟔 - 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟏 - 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐎𝐏 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐯. 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐀. 𝐘𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐞, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐬.

Consider this your invitation to work with fellow United Methodists in Navajo Country and to experience the fantastic landscapes of the Shiprock, New Mexico area. Stay tuned for details on costs and activities.