Food Cooler

Most homes in Kenya, especially rural Kenya, do not have electricity, and even if they do, most households cannot afford to buy, let alone run, a refrigerator.

Perishable food is bought daily, meat is killed when it is needed and all the animal has to be eaten upon slaughter.

We have designed a simply-made food cooler that uses capillary action of water through porous clay and evaporation. The area inside the cooler is considerably cooler than the ambient air, and the food contained in it is also protected from flies.