Lake Kivu Fish Company was birthed out of a conversation centered around one specific question; What happens when a local church is doing all that it can to help the surrounding community, but the need is far larger than what the members of the church can sustain?  This is not a new question, but it has risen to the forefront because of the COVID pandemic.  Churches are trying to help their communities with necessities, but with already limited resources, this is proving challenging.

A new source of revenue had to be found which could serve the needs of the church but was not dependent on resources found outside the country.  That is where the idea of starting Lake Kivu Fish Company came from.  Rwanda is dependent on expensive, imported fish from places like China and despite these imports, malnutrition and low birth weight are still very real realities for the Rwandan population.

Lake Kivu Fish Company uses a farming method called aquaculture to raise fish in floating cages until they reach harvest weight when they are caught and taken to market.  During this “grow-out” period, the farm is operated by students who are enrolled in our educational program.  They will receive training on all aspects of aquaculture including cage construction, feeding, feed conversion ratios, and harvesting.  The goal is that once graduated, these students will return to their communities to start fish farms of their own.

As the farm grows it will expand into commercial hatchery operations and high-volume feed production.

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