Originally published on the Mandela Washington Fellowship website.

The theme of Earth Day 2021 is “Restore Our Earth,” highlighting emerging green technologies and innovative thinking that can restore the world’s ecosystems.

One member of the Fellowship Network embodying this theme in his work is Dysmus Kisilu, 2016 Fellowship Alumnus from Kenya. Dysmus founded Solar Freeze, an agricultural cooperative that creates mobile solar-powered cold storage units to help rural smallholder farmers reduce post-harvest loss.

Continue reading on the Mandela Washington Fellowship website.