The Dairy Goat Breeding Project is a local initiative designed to provide ongoing support for rural families affected by HIV. One dairy goat is given to each family in the program, beginning with those families with the most desperate situations.

Once placed with a family, the goat is kept in an elevated pen as a means of safeguarding it against ticks and mites. Its diet of locally grown elephant grass is supplemented with a local herb that naturally protects against many of the common ailments and diseases.

This family received a goat in 2007

The goat produces approximately six to eight cups of milk daily. The family has the choice of drinking the nutrient rich milk to supplement meager diets or selling the milk to generate funds for which to buy basic medicines and foods. Furthermore, the goat urine is collected and sprinkled over vegetable crops as a natural pesticide and the manure is used as a fertilizer.

A family with a goat in a raised pen

All of the goats are involved in a local breeding program. After the six-month gestation period the new kids are placed with other suffering families thereby ensuring the growth of the project.

A goat looks for its next meal

The program began with only 3 goats in 2005, 11 more were purchased in 2006 with the initial funds raised by selling goat magnets. Since that time, the program has grown to over 250 goats, supplying fresh milk daily to over 1,500 individuals.

Family sizes are often large

You can support the Goat Project by purchasing  a goat for a family affected by HIV! Contact us to order a goat and receive a fridge magnet like the one below