They grow most of the food they use in their kitchen, but they have contracts with organizations that supply them with other products.
In order to ensure clean air and protect the environment, the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) is joining environmental journalists who visited Solid Africa to see how their work from farm to kitchen protects the environment.
September 7 is World Clean Air for Blue Skies Day and September 16 is International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. In this context, various activities are being visited to see how they do not pollute the air as Rwanda is committed to reducing greenhouse gases and protecting the environment by avoiding greenhouse gases.
Dusabimana Jean Baptist, head of agriculture at Solid Africa, where they farm 9 hectares, of which 3 hectares are used for rice, while the rest are used for vegetables and other crops. They also use fertilizers that do not affect climate change, because we use natural methods where we do not use other chemicals.
“The agriculture we cultivate does not damage the soil because chemicals repel insects. We use different herbs and plants to add minerals to our soil, and the fertilizer we use is compost that we make from what we have left over from what we use to cook, and we rotate crops in the field because we grow all the time.” He says
He continued by saying that in addition to using compost, they also plant trees that are mixed with crops and herbs that repel insects, which are in the Teapot, in order to avoid using these pesticides because they also have an impact on people and killing these insects is also harmful to the environment.
The Director of Operations Alexis Rusagara at Solid Africa, says that this year they will celebrate their 15th anniversary of feeding patients and students, where they feed between 23 and 25 thousand people and students with a nutritious diet every day.
“As you visited our farms, you saw that the produce we grow and this kitchen and all the vehicles that transport it do not pollute the air because the vehicles we use are 100% electric and the kitchen we use gas to cook, so we avoid polluting the air and avoid emitting harmful gases.” He says
After they opened the Rusororo kitchen and opened another kitchen at CHUK that helps patients where it prepares meals to feed 6 thousand, because we plan to work in 45 hospitals, we are now planning to open another kitchen in Rwamagana district where we will use solar energy.
The REMA employee explained to us how to maintain clean air, including reducing sources of air pollution, including energy related to cooking, and reducing vehicle emissions as one of the leading causes of air pollution, especially in cities.
“According to research conducted in Rwanda on air pollution, we include vehicles, industries, electricity, construction activities, agricultural activities where they burn waste and cooking activities, but in the city, vehicles are the leading cause of air pollution.” He said
He continued by saying that Solid Africa is one of the kitchens needed in Rwanda because it does not pollute the air, both in the fields where they grow crops, in the kitchen where they cook for patients, and in the vehicles that deliver what they have prepared because they use electricity and therefore do not emit greenhouse gases.
Solid Africa Kitchen is one of the cleanest kitchens because it uses gas, and their employees also say that they don’t suffer from respiratory diseases because they use gas.
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