What participants say about the goat rearing project:

Having this goat has uplifted my household living	We now earn some respect in the community because we have goats	Having a goat has changed everything Now we have hope for the future
I will be able to pay my children's school fees with money from the goats	The goat's manure has made my garden healthier and my crops bigger	I am able to borrow from the savings group because people know I have a goat which earns money
With the money from selling a kid, I plan to start a small business	With the money from selling a kid, I will rent land to farm and grow food to eat and sell	I will expand my business when I get some money from selling a kid

 To date there are nine goat projects in Budaka. Around 300 vulnerable women have received training and a nanny goat.

The programme trains the poorest women in village communities in the care and breeding of goats. Each group starts with 30 beneficiaries who each receive a nanny goat. The programme also provides two high quality buck goats for cross breeding, a buck shed and a trained local buck keeper who supports the beneficiaries in looking after and breeding from their goats. Crossbreeding produces stronger, more valuable kids for the beneficiaries. Each beneficiary returns her first born cross bred kid to the buck keeper. This kid is gifted to a new beneficiary, expanding the project sustainably.

Why goats? They are relatively easy to rear, can thrive in variable temperatures and during food and water shortages. A small herd of goats provides income as kids are sold, and their manure improves crops in the vegetable gardens, so there are bigger crops to eat or sell.

All participants in our goat programme are also enrolled in one of these Village Savings and Loan groups. This supports them as they work to build better livelihoods through goat breeding.

Some comments from our latest feedback, March 2025