Well-being Fueled by the Sun
Warmed with Generosity
Blessed with Community
Harwood answers call to lead solar oven partners ministry
Pastor Randy Harwood has been named as the new director for Solar Oven Partners (SOP), a mission ministry of the Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church. For 23 years, SOP has distributed over 12,500 ovens to families who helped build and learn to use them in the Dominican Republic, Sierra Leone, and, most recently, the Navajo Nation in Arizona and New Mexico.
Every Act of Generosity Counts
…and everyone has something to give
Solar Oven Partners’ mission to transform people’s lives through solar cooking would be impossible without the generosity of thousands of individuals over its 25-year history. In the next few weeks we will highlight generosity that happens in a myriad of ways by a variety of people.
Solar ovens don’t just cook food.
Solar ovens change lives and communities.
Solar Oven Partners focuses on cooking up the conditions for well-being in the Dominican Republic, Sierra Leone, and the northwestern lands of the Navajo Nation. By partnering with us as a volunteer or donor, you’ll help to change lives and increase well-being in communities where we work now and wherever God and people may invite us to go as Solar Oven Partners.
Solar Ovens Promote Wellness
Cooking with a solar oven enables a family to eat more nutritious, safe, and flavorful food…but the benefits don’t stop there.
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PhysicalWell-Being
Cooking over a fire exposes the cook and others to the risks of smoke inhalation. Solar ovens cook healthy food and pasteurize water using clean and free energy.
ECONOMICWell-Being
Sunlight is free! Cooking fuel costs money. Families can direct their savings to pressing needs. Some even use the oven to produce supplemental income!
EnvironmentalWell-Being
Burning wood or charcoal for cooking fires creates environmental problems in a community. A free, clean fuel source has many ripple effects.
SpiritualWell-Being
Our faith is rooted in the story of Jesus, whose example of caring we follow. We seek to deepen awareness of and relationship with Jesus Christ.
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.
Modern Paraphrase of John Wesley, founder of Methodism
BY THE NUMBERS
Ovens Delivered
COUNTRIES WE Serve
VIM Mission Trips
YEARS IN MISSION
BUILD SOLAR OVENS
Each solar oven costs about $150 to manufacture and deliver to a trained solar cook. Families receive them for a small donation. Because volunteers contribute their labor, our per-unit costs are very low.

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