The first functional cooker of this type (1.2m by 1.6m parabola) was constructed in 1986 in a mission in the northern desert of Kenya. Today it is used even more.

There are presently around 230 community cookers installed in Africa, India and South America.  These enterprises have been, for the most part, put into place in boarding schools. 

After having been convinced of the functionality of the system, a religious community system in India has constructed a kitchen for 10,000 people composed of 89 parabolas.

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