Well-being Fueled by the Sun
Warmed with Generosity
Blessed with Community
What makes a "Gift that's worth giving?"
- It provides repeated value
- It deepens a relationship
- It compounds benefits over time
Your gift to Solar Oven Partners will do all three!
- An oven can cook, bake, and pasteurize liquids
- Through oven building and cooking seminars, solar cooks network with other solar cooks.
- With an oven’s use and care, a solar cook can improve a family’s nutrition, safety and economic wellbeing.
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Director’s tours to Four Corners, AZ and The Dominican Republic spark plans for 2026 VIM trips
Trips to The Dominican Republic and especially to Sierra Leone require significant stateside preparation, planning and fund-raising. Rev. Dr. Tammy Kuntz, Volunteer in Mission Coordinator for the North Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church, offers some tips to help you think about whether an overseas trip is right for you or how you can help someone choose a Volunteer in Mission experience.
For small teams of youth and adults or an adventure for senior travelers, SOP Director Harwood suggests considering a mission trip to Four Corners Native American Ministries out of Shiprock, NM. “If you are looking for a USA-based mission trip, these would be great to sign up for,” Harwood says. Connie Smith’s blog offers more stories and photos from Navajo Country.
ANNOUCING 2026 TRIPS
Dominican Republic, Caribbean
1 Spring, 1 Summer
Four Corners, NM, USA
4 throughout the year
Sierra Leone, West Africa
1 or 2 throughout the year
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.
(Play the video to hear what Minorca Says about us)
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.
Volunteer and Make an Impact
Give the gift of empowered change
WHAT’S NEW
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Communications team member Connie Smith caught the action. Be sure to read captions for her photos to get an "insider view" of the fabrication process for yourself. Learn more about who to volunteer at our fabrications workshops under Get Involved link. SOP Director...
Every act of generosity counts
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.