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A goat means hope for tomorrow

The beneficiaries are all living in the rural area near Bulbula town, 200 kilometers south of the capital Addis Ababa.

Many of them are alone with the responsibility of the household either because their husband is dead or because he is living with a younger wife.

Yet, becoming an owner of a female goat can be the first step out of poverty. It is cheap to feed as it mostly eats grass, it provides the family with milk and most importantly, it gives birth to two sometimes three kids.

The idea behind the goat husbandry project is that a newborn goat will after staying with its mother for some months, be transferred to another beneficiary. If the newborn is a female, it will stay in the project. If it is a male, it will be sold on the local marked in order to buy a female instead.

The goat project is implemented by a new local NGO partner called VoCDA, which is already working with other projects aiming to improve the living standards of the most vulnerable women in this region.

On the edge of abject poverty Since Awinie Sufie’s husband died five years ago, she has struggled to keep her family together. Yet, after receiving four goats she hopes her life will become better. Read more
A goat for each child Adanech Eriso is the mother of four children and this summer she became the owner of four goats. She has decided that each goat should provide for each child’s school fee. Read more
Medina’s broken future Due to forced marriage, 21-year-old Medina Duna had to quit school. She is one of the 100 participants in the goat husbandry project and she now hopes it will make her able to send her oldest daughter to school. Read more