The children at the Goducate Children’s Home in Cambodia are busy digging their newest and largest fish pond. It will be three times as as large as any of the existing ponds. The children are working on it in the afternoons after their formal classes. They hope to get the pond done before the rainy season starts in June.
This new pond is intended for white pinkish tilapia, which are larger and more expensive than the black ones being reared in the existing ponds. We hope to start with 100 fish.
Fish rearing has been introduced at the Home not only to provide food for the children but also for the market. It is part of the livelihood training program and a means of helping the Home become self-sustainable one day. These aims are in keeping with Goducate’s mission to help the needy help themselves and with its desire that its projects should work towards sustainability.
Digging new fish pond
An existing fish pond
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