Jalaca, Honduras

 
 
 

Location: Jalaca, Honduras

Date: January 2020

Project type: New Aquaponic System Construction

Partners: New Life Children’s Home

Size and capacity

  • 30’ x 50’: Greenhouse footprint

  • 1,350 gallons: Recirculating water

  • 3,360 gallons: Raft beds

  • 180 gallons: Media beds

  • 1,300 lbs: Fish per year

  • 7,971 lbs: Leafy greens per year

  • 2,040 lbs: Vegetables per year

Honduras statistics

  • US Dept of State: Tier 2

  • Population: 9,265,000

  • Victimization: Sex Trafficking, Child Exploitation, Commercial

    Sexual Exploitation

Details

This new farm was built for New Life Children’s Home in Jalaca, Honduras. Honduras is one of the poorest countries in the world. The crushing weight of poverty has radically affected the stability of homes, and increasingly more children are being abandoned, making them extremely vulnerable to commoditization and sexual exploitation.

New Life provides a loving and stable home for children who have been abandoned and abused, and works closely with families in the surrounding community to help create a better life for their

children. Currently they are caring for 32 orphans from the area. By providing a loving atmosphere, along with opportunities for education, they are able to empower these children to create a different future for themselves. We’re thrilled to support their great work by providing some sustainability.

This farm is a 30’ x 50’ enclosed aquaponics system that can generate roughly 8,000 pounds of lettuce; 2,000 pounds of veggies; and 1,300 pounds of fish annually. This level of production will significantly add to the efficiency of the home by providing plenty of wholesome meals for the kids, as well as a surplus that could be sold in the marketplace or distributed to surrounding villages.

This project was a dream come true for Ron Thiesen, New Life’s director and now aquaponics farm manager. In hopes of providing self-sufficiency to the orphanage, Thiesen had been dabbling with a small-scale aquaponics system he built last year. What a privilege it was for us to present him with a large-scale farm that he will no doubt utilize for years and years to come.

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