In
Africa, including the Islamic Republic of the Gambia, many families suffer from malnutrition due to lack of good quality fish
consumption in their houses.
The
problem of malnutrition affects the entire population, but for children under
five and pregnant women are especially vulnerable.
Poor
communities are more dependent on the natural resources they find in their
surroundings than wealthy people are. The poor, moreover, are especially
vulnerable in situations of crisis.
The fishing sector is important for developing countries in other ways as well; it is a source of income for fish-folk.
We
mainly treat malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, anaemia, hypertension and pregnancy
related complications- and most of them are made worse by malnutrition.
If
fishing grounds are to stay rich in the long run, they must not be over exploited to provide food for millions.
