Trust promotes the benefits of fish

The Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust (NFCPT) conducted an education campaign in Aranos to encourage communities to buy and eat fish for its health benefits.The seminar was conducted under the theme "Bringing fish to the nation".During the seminar, demonstrations were held on how to prepare fish.Moreover, NFCPT instructors provided participants with an overview of their planned small business enterprise (SME) training programme that aims to train the youth and women on how to start their own fishing businesses.The programmes were introduced to ensure communities have access to fish products.To ensure that all Namibians benefit from fish resources, the trust has partnered with the Namibia Business Innovation Institute of the Namibia University of Science and Technology (Nust) to develop, train and recruit SME’s and distribution agents for the trust.Bring it closerCurrently, NFCPT operates 18 fish shops across the country that are located in all 14 regions.However, many remote communities are yet to benefit from the fish shop programme due to the long distances between their communities and regional town centres.Salomon April, Hardap Region governor, appealed to the trust to establish fish shops in all areas of the region and to ensure that training for fish shop businesses is brought closer to the communities.Applications and registration for the training opened on 20 September and will close on 3 October.The two-day training will be limited to 30 participants per training session.Eveline Stephanus, marketing and communications manager said that through the capacity-building initiative they will provide mentorship assistance to participants who are interested in submitting a proposal for consideration as NFCPT distribution agents.

Trust promotes the benefits of fish

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Namibian Sun 2025-03-07

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