A. How? You can invest in our Tilapia Cage Culture project at Akateng near Asesewa in the Eastern Region of Ghana while we supervise and offer all technical support to it for you on our terms and conditions whiles you stay at the comfort of your home till they mature within six to seven month to count the monies.
B. ADVANTAGES: Your investment helps us recruit more unskilled youths in this rural part of the country for an intensive Aquaculture training skills and checks unemployment, rural-urban drift, Armed Robbery, Prostitution and above all over hundred percent (100%) turn-over of your invested money within six to seven month.
C. YOUTH TRAINING: In line with our belief in communities renewals concepts which our organization name depicts as well as our youth development initiatives, we seek to identify, recruit, train and groom young and old fisher folks and prospective Fish Farmer at our project site.
They would go through an intensive training programme prior to commencement of their career. This training helps the trainees jump-start their Aquaculture experience in appropriate environment, which enables them to excel for the good of the country's Aquaculture industry.
D. REQUIREMENT OF TRAINEES:
Must not be less than 15 years.
Ability to learn and be trainable.
Must not be hydro-phobia.
Must have the passion to excel.
Very good interpersonal skill.
E. SPONSORSHIP: Hon. Members of Parliament (M.P.’s), Churches, Government and Non-Government Institutions, Companies and individuals are also welcome to partner with us in this laudable initiative.
CONTACTS: NUBIANS RENEWAL ORGANISATION. Box 40, Akateng via Asesewa E/R Ghana W/A.
1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Nubians Renewal Organisation (NRO) is an NGO which has as one of it’s objectives to provide the youth with training programmes purposely for the unskilled youth and also to alleviate poverty. In furtherance to this objective, NRO has acquired over 200 acres of land at Akateng, in the Upper Manya Krobo District (UMKD), to establish a fish farm (Cage culture), training centre and Office accommodation.
NRO intends to reach out all fishing villages along the Volta Lake to educate them on Rights of the Child, and to stop the use of Child Labourers in any form. NRO believes the only way to achieve total elimination of the use of CHILD LABOURERS along the Volta Lake is to Educate and empower the fisherfolks, through Alternative Livelihood approaches such as Cage Culture and train the fisherwomen too in modern fish processing, credit management and simple bookkeeping. However NRO would like to start with 120 Fisher folks within Upper Manya Krobo (UMKD), Fanteakwa (FDA) and Afram Plains Districts Assembly (APDA) catchments areas. This Feasibility studies and financial analysis has been developed to assist NRO to source for finances to meet its objective of poverty alleviation.
The proposal strategy ultimately adopted by NRO reposes upon three pillars:
1. Greatly increased fish production by fisher folk fish farmers.
2. The creation of efficient, well-managed new fish production harvesting, processing, storage and marketing facilities to market member-produced fish on a consignment basis in a well-coordinated and orderly manner both within the District and beyond to take advantage of existing (and growing) local shortages of fish, as well as capitalize on growing opportunities to export white fish flesh to the USA and the EU.
3. Creation of a good public image and reputation for high-quality fish products through sound management, pristine clean cold store facilities, hygienic shrink-wrap packaging and promotion of modern Aquaculture practice devoid of the use of Child Labour on the Lake under NRO supervision of produce as "premium" quality, but at moderate prices.
In terms of external financing, two types of assistance are sought: (1) a one-year line of credit of up to One Million One Hundred and Sixty One Thousand, Eight Hundred Ghanaian Cedis (Gh¢1,161,800.00 ($1,000,000.00)- $1.00 : Gh¢1.45) to finance Construction of modern Aquaculture Training Centre for Alternative Livelihood programmes and Credit Scheme to fisher folks and (2) periodic short-term technical capacity-building assistance from National Board for Small Scale Industry (NBSSI) which is experienced in small business development. Because of the highly conservative assumptions used in preparing the financial projections, it is anticipated that the line of credit would most likely be paid of early.
2.0 FACTS AND SOLUTION STRATEGIES
SITUATION ANALYSIS
Upper Manya Krobo District (UMKD) with its capital in Asesewa forms part of the new districts and municipalities that were created in 2007 to allow the government to fully implement its policies of local governance to the benefit of the entire citizenry. The district covers an area of about 1143 sq. kilometers. The 2000 Population and Housing Census indicates a population size of 154,301 for the then Manya Krobo District (MKD) which the UMKD was curved from. This comprises 76,070 males (49.3%) and 78,231 females (50.70%). The census indicates an annual growth rate of 1% for the district. However, the estimated population of Upper Manya Krobo District (UMKD) as at the year 2000 stands as 89,646 people. Average household size is about 7.51, higher than the National and the Regional averages of 4.6 and 5.1 respectively.
The people of Upper Manya Krobo District are predominantly farmers with about ten percent (10%) of them involve in trading. Crops grown by the people are mainly maize or corn, cassava, pepper, sweet potato, plantain, yam, cocoyam, okro, tomatoes and others. Some of this population especially men are into fishing on the Volta Lake which lies at the North-eastern part of the District. Before the construction of the Akosombo Hydro Electric Dam, Agricultural production used to be very good because the lands were fertile and green. But, almost 56 years after the construction of the dam cultivation of crops suffers declining yields due to several factors among them is being the rise in the post-dam soil acidity in all the soils adjoining the banks of the river and the world climate change effects.
Food availability in the passed old days in the district reflected in the type of houses built those good days and the creation of markets such as the Asesewa, Sekesua, Akrusu, and Akateng which attracted traders from all over the country. With the construction of the dam however, some inhabitants were displaced and moved to mountainous and less fertilized areas. With climate change, these people become worse off as agricultural production slowed and yields of crops dropped. The situation has made these people poor and vulnerable. Their food and livelihoods security have been compromised and so they engage all sorts of coping mechanisms to survive. One of the most prominent coping strategies is for young people to migrate to neighbouring towns and others struggle to travel to other countries in search of livelihoods. However, without the requisite skill, they end doing menial jobs which does not give them meaningful income but rather go with its attendance problem of HIV/AIDs. Others end up practices that are unacceptable just to survive in the cities.
The HIV/IDS menace is thus one of the issues that the new district is grappling with. It is one of the highest in the Country with an infection rate of about 9.2%. The problem is worrying because despite the struggle that these people goes through when they move out of the communities, they return on festivals days to exhibit some affluence. This entices some more youth at home to join the Exodus. When they are infected with the AIDs disease, they do not seek early treatment as superstition is high. As more and more young people are infected, the socio-economic problems in the District are deepening. Consequently these make poverty level to increasing and food and livelihoods security are challenged. A lot of Orphans have emerged and there is the need to provide these orphans with some vocational skills help them meet the basic necessities of life. This will reduce their vulnerability and tendency to migrate and gradually break the cycle.
NRO has identified One Thousand-Three hundred and Seven (1307) of such desperate people between the ages of 16 to 50 years who want to go into serious farming to enable them to earn income. Areas of intervention identified by the people include Fish farming (Aquaculture), Vegetables cultivation for export, Batik, Tie & Dye making, Grasscutter rearing, Mushroom production, Screen Printing, Bar and Liquid soap making, Body Cream making, photography etc . NRO have started with others and left with the fish farming aspect hence the need to ask for assistance to stop this act of Child Labour which goes on in these part of the world where most orphans and children from poor homes have no options than to serve as Child Labour on the largest manmade Lake at very bad situation.
E. Conclusion: People who are not well fed will not be healthy and happy. They cannot work hard and so find it difficult to increase their income and their standard of living. The NGO Extension Worker been aware of the difficulties experienced by poor fisher folks /farmers and their families. He/she understands the importance of his/her own role in helping people to be well fed, healthy and prosperous. These are the reasons why NRO found it fit to seek financial and technical support to set-up training centre which can be use to educate them in modern Aquaculture practice to discourage them from the use of Child Labourers, improve their living standard and the Environment for sustainability of their income etc.
EVOLUTION OF FISH SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN GHANA
|
YEAR
|
POPULATION (MILLIONS)
|
ESTIMATED TOTAL DEMAND (M.T)
|
TOTAL DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
|
DEFICIT IN PRODUCTION (M.T)
|
FISH IMPORTS (M.T)
|
|
1993
|
16.0
|
640,000
|
371,194
|
266,806
|
36,983
|
|
1994
|
16.4
|
656,000
|
341,361
|
314,634
|
18,827
|
|
1995
|
16.9
|
676,000
|
401,589
|
274,411
|
2,250
|
|
1996
|
17.4
|
696,000
|
451,942
|
255,058
|
1,000
|
|
1997
|
17.9
|
716,000
|
472,040
|
243,960
|
-
|
|
1998
|
18.4
|
736,000
|
452,662
|
283,338
|
17,100
|
|
1999
|
18.9
|
754,000
|
422,041
|
331,959
|
52,157
|
|
2000
|
19.3
|
772,000
|
467,294
|
304,706
|
64,024
|
|
2001
|
19.8
|
792,000
|
453,741
|
338,259
|
105,620
|
|
2002
|
20.0
|
800,000
|
378,008
|
421,992
|
144,598
|
|
2003
|
20.5
|
820,000
|
413,862
|
406,138
|
197,903
|
|
2004
|
21.0
|
840,500
|
434,855
|
405,645
|
197,255
|
Source: Directorate of Fisheries, 2004 Annual Report.
6.0 INVESTMENT
6.1. EQUIPMENT
|
ITEMS
|
USEFUL LIFE
|
INITIAL INVESTMENT
|
ANNUAL DEPRECIATION
|
|
CAGE
|
10YRS
|
225,000
|
2,250
|
|
BOAT
|
5YRS
|
3,500
|
700
|
|
OUTBOARD MOTOR
|
5YRS
|
5,000
|
1,000
|
|
WATER TESTING KIT
|
5YRS
|
9,000
|
1,800
|
|
PERMIT
|
1YRS
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
|
AERATORS
|
5YRS
|
4,000
|
800
|
|
TRAIN. CENTRE
|
25YRS
|
330,000
|
3,300
|
|
VEHICLE (PICK-UP)
|
5YRS13,200
|
30,000
|
6,000
|
|
GENERATORS
|
5YRS
|
2,000
|
400
|
|
HATCHERY
|
10YRS
|
150,000
|
15,000
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
760,500
|
32,850
|
6.2 OFFICE EQUIPMENT
Telephone 500
Fax 800
Desk top computer 1,200
Lap top 1,600
Recorder 1,200
Tables & chairs 1,500
Digital camera 1,000
TOTAL 7,800
6.3 STAFF
Chief Executive Officer 1
Consultant/Farm Manager 1
Aquaculturist 1
Veterinary Surgeon 1
PRO/Credit Officer 1
Environ. Officer 1
Supervisor 1
Farm Attendant/Security 9
Clerks/Field Officers 3
6.5 CREDIT SCHEME FOR 120 FISHER FOLKS
Cost for 120 cages @1,500 x 120 180,000
Cost of Fingerling @0.05 x 120 x 10,000 60,000
Cost of Feed @1.2 x 0.1 x 10,000 x 120 144,000
Fuel Cost @9.5 x 1800 trips+study tour 171,000
TOTAL CREDIT 555,000
6.6 COST OF PROJECT PROPOSAL & MONITORING
Cost of proposal 2,000
Monitoring by Project Officials / External Financiers 50,000
TOTAL 52,000
