Goats: Help Families Become Self-Sufficient

Livestock projects are very important in the economy of the peasants living in the countryside.. Money is tight. When there are cases of illness, death, school openings and other urgent needs, the peasants generally take a small animal they have raised and sell it to the market so that they can raise a little money to help solve these problems. This is why Lambi attaches great importance to the demands of the peasant organization's breeding project.

 In the breeding projects the Organizations work really together and provide good for the goats. They are actively involved in the purchase of animals, in the construction of free range pens, in the establishment of grass fields for the animals to find food, in the preparation and fetching of food to bring to the goats, and in the purchase of medicines when a goat gets sick.

Lambi makes available to the Organization the support provided in the field of breeding financial and Technical means to carry out all these activities. Organizations always hire a Veterinary Agent to follow the herd's progress with them and help them care for the animals directly when there is a case of disease.

In addition to these activities, the Organization monitors the conditions under which their kids are  born and also plan the distribution of these children to members after weaning.

Lambi is currently pursuing two Goat Breeding projects with the AVFV (Warrior Women’s Organization) and the MPPDSCA (Progressive Peasant Movement, twelfth section of the commune of Aachen).

AFVF started in 2021 with a herd of 90 indigenous females and 9 male breeding goats. After about a year and a half this project will include 90 females that make 350 offspring. 51 died but they have a total of 299 live offspring, The organization has 220 members who are all already breeding at least 2 goat apiece.