Invasive carp destined for the compost heap were redirected to feed thousands of people in the Southern Cape and Karoo and now a new boat gifted to CapeNature's Groenvlei Carp Project will make catching the fish even easier.
One arrow at a time and nearly 17,000kg of carp later, a Southern Cape environmental organisation is using the forgotten skill of the woodsman to remove alien fish from Garden Route lakes.
Several communities along the Garden Route have been steadily benefiting from a fish feeding scheme. The initiative which was started by Gift Of The Givers in partnership with Cape Nature, and the IFSM has to date distributed healthy carp to over 50 000 people. Picture: GOTG
Gift of the Givers lauded for project to alleviate hunger on the Garden Route
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Cape Town - Humanitarian aid organisation Gift Of The Givers (GOTG) in partnership with environment conservation bodies Cape Nature and the Invasive Fish Species Management (IFSM) have been lauded as heroes for their ongoing environmental and hunger alleviation project which has to date fed more than 50 000 people on the Garden Route.