DISABLED FARMERS PRODUCE FOOD IN AQUAPONICS SYSTEMS
Living with a disability is not easy, but a project aiming at empowering disabled people in the Free State towns of Hennenman, Wesselsbron and Kroonstad, is proof that disability should not be treated as a death sentence. INMED South Africa’s aquaponics project aims to give hope to all those living with a disability. The project teaches disabled people sustainable aquaponics farming methods and helps them put food on the table while giving them much-needed skills. The aquaponics project, headed by INMED agricultural facilitator and trainer Mantombi Madona, is fully operational in the Free State.
FACILITATOR TRAINING AND FUNDING
Mantombi started taking agricultural courses soon after she graduated from high school, but left to work for her father on the family farm.
“Although I was raised on a farm, I wasn’t really interested in the industry. It was only after I
