Empowering Fish Farmers. Protecting Fish and our Environment.

Why This Work Matters

Our work doesn’t just protect fish — it protects people, and the planet.

In many parts of the world, especially in countries like Kenya and Egypt, aquaculture is one of the most sustainable ways to feed families with healthy, safe, affordable and sustainable food. When we improve the welfare of farmed fish, we simultaneously strengthen the resilience, productivity, and dignity of the farmers who depend on them.

Fish, human, and the planet's well-being are intertwined.

Healthy fish grow better, survive better, and provide stable, nutritious food and income to the communities that rely on them.

Right now, we have the opportunity to equip local, small-scale fish farmers with practical, ethical, and science-backed training that transforms farms, and lives… many, many lives.

The Opportunity

Kenya is experiencing rapid growth in tilapia production, with an expected 44% increase in the coming years. This is a rare moment where systems are still flexible. If we act now, we can help shape the sector to be:

• Ethical: prioritizing fish welfare and humane practices
  
  

• Environmentally sound: reducing waste, stress, and mortality
  
  

• Economically resilient: supporting strong, stable livelihoods for farmers.

This is exactly what our project aims to accomplish.

Our Goal: Train 30 Students to Be Field Ready

With your support, we will deliver a 7-session training program for 30 local students in Kenya, who aim to become Fish Welfare Agents. This training will combine virtual instruction, hands-on field visits, and practical skill-building.

These students are future aquaculture technicians, researchers, trainers, and farm managers who will directly influence how fish farms operate.

High-Leverage Impact: One Student = 1 000 Farmers = Thousands of Fish Helped

Let's be conservative with our projections. Even the smallest Kenyan fish farm produces about 1,000 fish per year. If each trained student supports just one farmer a week in improving welfare practices, that's:

• Over 1,500 farmers supported
  
  

• Over 1.5 million fish lives positively impacted every year
  
  

• Better livelihoods, more stable income, and more food security for farm families
  
  

With sustainable practices, this impact compounds, year after year, community by community.

This is not charity. This is an investment. 

In farmers. In food security. In compassionate, future-ready aquaculture.

What Your Support Makes Possible

Our program emphasizes:

• Empowerment, not prescription — we work with farmers, not against them
  
  

• Training that is practical, non-judgmental, and rooted in real Kenyan contexts
  
  

• Tools like the Tilapia Welfare App, giving farmers the ability to track health and make responsive decisions
  
  

• Building a pipeline of local experts, ensuring lasting improvements across the country

“When you empower farmers, the results can be transformative.”

— John Nyambane, a PhD student at the University of Nairobi

This is how we create systems that work — for the fish and for the people who rely on them.

Join us in empowering communities and protecting animal welfare, one student at a time.