Dala Fish Project “Aquaculture for Food Justice & Community Resilience.”

The word “Dala” means Home in the local Luo language, and each Dala represents an extended family system averaging 15–25 people.

Dala Fish Project is a registered, scalable youth-led climate-smart aquaculture and food systems initiative addressing food insecurity, youth unemployment, economic exclusion, climate vulnerability, and declining fish stocks across the Lake Victoria Basin.

Kenya’s fish demand exceeds 500,000 MT annually against production below 200,000 MT, creating a 300,000+ MT fish deficit.

We build ponds in members’ homes, stock each with 2,000 Tilapia fingerlings, provide all inputs for the full 8-month production cycle, and secure aggregated market access through our revolving fund model.

Each pond produces 2,000 fish; each mature fish is sold at between $3 and $4-6 generating USD 6,000 in local markets or USD 6,000–12,000 through premium markets.

After harvest, capital and 40% of profits are reinvested to establish new household ponds.