By Daran Rehmeyer | Executive Director
Fresh water crawfish have always been close to my heart having lived in south Louisiana for several decades before coming to Swaziland (Eswatini now). So, finding them here was a special treat even if they were introduced and considered an invasive species.
For several years we struggled to develop a market for the crawfish we’d buy from people who would catch them in the dams, irrigation canals and ponds in the lowveld. But we finally found a consistent market (albeit still small) through a local start up restaurant and fresh/local food delivery.
We found one woman for whom selling the crawfish has had a tremendous impact on her and her family. While we are not her only buyer, we are by far the largest for the crawfish.
Phindile is 42 and makes her living by selling fish to various local small shops and crawfish to Kudvumisa Foundation and anyone else she can. The money she makes helps take care of her child, an elderly mom (71) and her disabled sister.
Selling crawfish in volume to Kudvumisa Foundation helps put food on her table and pay the rent for her modest house.
(and about them being an invasive species, we’re doing our best to reduce the population while both providing income and also a source of protein )
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