FISH Ministries Mission In Haiti

There's an old parable that says, "Give a man a fish, feed him once; teach him to fish, feed him for life." In Haiti, people living two orders of magnitude below poverty level have added a new line to that parable: "Give us water and we'll fish."

That's exactly what UF/IFAS is doing, in cooperation with the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, one of India's premiere agricultural universities: giving profoundly poor Haitians access to water through aquaculture ponds and watershed management training.

The project in Haiti is modeled after a successful community empowerment project in Damoh, India. A combination of aquaculture, traditional agriculture, and watershed management has been tremendously successful there.

The project in Haiti currently feeds 1,300 children daily. "We saw a dramatic rise in these children's test scores when we started feeding them fish and other high-protein products, including poultry and goat meat," Redden said. "The challenge now is to create a local industry that can grow the fish, birds, and goats, process the meat locally."

Thank you for watching. More information can be found at www.fishministrieshaiti.org.

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[kimelem77]

@jacklepimp are you really certain they ve being doing good in haiti....you need to do some research my friend...they dont help for nothing ...just like the missonaries....,...they are only pretending...You people need to wake up^...and stop being naive!

[kimelem77]

Sorrty but you people have no credibility ..(usaid and monsanto) so do us a favor and stay out of the country you ve killing!

[jacklepimp]

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing this great work you are doing in Haiti. Thank you!!