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Please help us build an aquaponic fish tank in San Andrés Osuna. An aquaponic system of 800 gallons of water can produce approximately 1600 fish per year as well 6400 pounds of vegetables. This is enough to feed several families year around. Alternatively, if all this product was sold, it could lead to approximately 32,000 quetzales (4170 US dollars) per year. Help us raise 5000 dollars to create our first Aquaponic Fish Tank System in San Andrés Osuna and help a guatemalan community in dire need.
Por favor ayúdenos a construir un tanque acuapónico en San Andrés Osuna. Un sistema acuapónico de 800 galones de agua como el que proponemos construir, puede producir aproximadamente 1600 peces por año, al igual que 6400 libras de vegetales. Esto es suficiente para alimentar a varias familias durante todo el año. Alternativamente, si todo este producto se vendiera, podría generar aproximadamente 32,000 quetzales (4170 dólares estadounidenses) por año. Ayúdenos a recaudar 5000 dólares para crear nuestro primer sistema de sistema acuapónico en San Andrés Osuna y ayudar a una comunidad guatemalteca con mucha necesidad.
Aquaponic Fishtank in San Andrés Osuna
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$ 5,000.00
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$ 247.00
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Campaign Story
San Andrés Osuna is a village in Guatemala which was recently devastated by the Volcan de Fuego’s eruption in 2018. Although its villagers were not direct victims to the eruption, access to the town has been completely obliterated, and the government of Guatemala is unwilling to mend the damaged infrastructure, due to the chances that the infrastructure might keep getting damaged due to volcano activity anyways.
The people of San Andrés Osuna have therefore been distanced from markets in Guatemala, and many livelihoods have been destroyed. Where there used to be roads, now there are only rivers that heavy duty vehicles can cross. In rainy season, not even pickups can cross without the risk of being dragged away by the heavy currents. Ecoconomist therefore has made an alliance with the Municipality of Escuintla, where San Andrés is located, to try and finance an Aquaponic Fish Tank in the town of San Andrés Osuna. The Municipality of Escuintla has already provided a location in the town, where Ecoconomist can go build an aquaponic fish tank in hopes of generating a new source of income for the town, which according to a study made by Olof Hörmander at Uppsala University, has a much greater potential cost-benefit margin of earnings, than most development projects run by large-scale NGOs. It is estimated one of these systems could produce 1,600 pounds of fish per year and an average 6,400 pounds of vegetables, providing not only income for the communities, but also ecological, healthy diet.
A new public school was built and inaugurated in January of 2023, in San Andrés Osuna, which already has electricity, water and security guards at their disposal. Ecoconomist has been given permission to build an aquaponic systems in this protected area, and hence, you can be a part of helping Ecoconomist raise funds to finance this project for the people in San Andrés Osuna. The space provided by the Municipality of Escuintla is also large enough to house several more aquaponic fish tank projects, were the first one to be a success. As it is stated by the research paper written by Olof Hörmander, economist and current President of Ecoconomist, the funding costs of one medium sized project has a total cost of US$ 5,700. This could provide San Andrés Osuna with a pronosticated net income of US$ 1,800, per year, as is explored by the Olof’s paper, available below.
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Aquaponic System in San Andrés Osuna
Help us build a system which can bring both food and economic stability to a vulnerable community in Escuintla, Guatemala
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