Last month W-CAP had the opportunity to attend a two day training at the Sea Grant office here in American Samoa. Fish farming can be a very good micro-enterprise for the women of our foundation and we were happy to see 6 of them there. We were the largest of any of the groups and certainly the most committed! There were guys from Dept. of Agriculture and varios agencies, a few fishermen, 3 men from LDS Farms in Western Samoa, and misc people from throughout the community.
There were experts on marine biology and water quality from Hawaii as well as the local experts from the community college here. The morning sessions of classes were very informative, and the afternoon hands on stuff was tons of fun. We learned all about fish, and at times even had them out of their little pools in our hands figuring out their sex for breeding purposes.
The educators laughed the second afternoon that the W-CAP women really showed commitment - being on time in the mornings, coming back from lunch, and asking questions all day. Go W-CAP!
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