Makenzie Huber is a journalism major at South Dakota State University, with minors in Spanish, global studies and political science. After graduation she would like to report on public affairs. Photo from Pulitzer Center.

Huber, July Solar Oven Partner (SOP) team member, South Dakota State University student and Pulitzer Center grant recipient, produced video, photos and reports on the impact of Solar Oven Partners in the Dominican Republic. Huber is a member of Sioux Falls Southern Hills United Methodist Church.

Children watch the activity inside the Villa Liberación chapel of the Iglesia Evangelica Dominicana Church area. Photo by Makenzie Huber. Dominican Republic, 2016.

Excerpts from Huber's work:

"Enrique Antonio Solel, a member of the church in Sabaneta de Yásica, compared the use of solar ovens in the Dominican Republic with men walking on the moon.

“[The organization is] introducing a new technology to the Dominican Republic that will create a new era,” Solel said in Spanish through a translator.

Click here to see Huber’s reporting and photo gallery.  View the video produced by Huber below.

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