{"id":1193,"date":"2011-08-16T10:04:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-16T14:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2011-09-22T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T17:00:20","slug":"tilapia-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2011\/08\/tilapia-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilapia Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes community development work takes thinking outside the box, things that you might never think would realistically work.\u00a0 It takes boldness to envision for the future what is not a reality today.\u00a0 One of Covenant World Relief\u2019s partners working in Thailand among HIV\/AIDS communities has such vision.\u00a0 This partner is experimenting growing tilapia, which are a fresh water fish, in salt water to provide the communities a business for themselves.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1192\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2010\/12\/MRI-Tilapia-System-014.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[1193]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1192\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1192 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2010\/12\/MRI-Tilapia-System-014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tilapia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There is a 3 week process that the fish go through introducing them into their new salty habitats before they are able to grow and develop in this environment.\u00a0 In the southern portion of the country there is mostly saltwater, and so this partner is working with the fishermen there to grow tilapia in the water that is readily available to them.\u00a0 Once they are able to effectively grow this tilapia in salt water, they are then able to train and set up farms among those with HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2010\/12\/MRI-Tilapia-System-004.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[1193]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1194\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2010\/12\/MRI-Tilapia-System-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When envisioning this project, it doesn\u2019t seem possible that an animal can grow outside of its natural habitat.\u00a0 But this project shows that creative solutions are needed, and are possible, for the difficulties facing these communities.\u00a0 Please pray for these communities in Thailand to be able to implement this program effectively and thrive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=1193&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes community development work takes thinking outside the box, things that you might never think would realistically work.\u00a0 It takes boldness to envision for the future what is not a reality today.\u00a0 One of Covenant World Relief\u2019s partners working in Thailand among HIV\/AIDS communities has such vision.\u00a0 This partner is experimenting growing tilapia, which are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[279],"tags":[300,299,422],"class_list":["post-1193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-development","tag-agriculture","tag-hivaids","tag-thailand"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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