Rwanda is a tiny, landlocked African nation with few natural resources. Jobs are scarce. Available farmland dwindles as the population grows. As a result, the 70% of the population who rely on subsistence agriculture often go hungry. Generating income from cash crops seems an impossible dream.

While numerous agencies and organizations from the UN, US, and Europe have provided financial and food aid, their results are temporary and often ineffectual. Our goal is to help Rwandans help themselves – through educational and technical assistance – to build and operate small-scale, aquaponic systems.

Aquaponics is a closed-loop, water-based, scalable system which grows fish and plants simultaneously, with each contributing to the well-being of the other. Its primary components can be assembled from empty barrels, plastic pipe, and small pumps.

We are a group of individuals in the US and Rwanda working to bring the knowledge, training, and support to build and operate aquaponics systems in Rwanda.

Please view the video below and explore the site to learn more about our project, which requires financial support to accomplish its goals, and please donate. All contributions are tax deductible – thanks to Salve Regina University, which is providing the 501c III fiscal sponsorship to our project.