Two Goats

£85.00

  • Child Rekha feeding her goat Nibri.
  • Save the Children, with support of Save the Children Korea, is running an innovative nutrition and livelihoods project for children and mothers in North East Uganda. The GOATS project is about ‘Giving Ownership and Assets To prevent Stunting’ in the region where poverty levels are the highest in the country. The project aims to reduce food insecurity and reduce stunting amongst children under five, for agropastoralist families in the region. In these communities, 35% of children under five years are stunted due to chronic malnutrition and 28% of children in this age group are underweight. Community members formed groups of 10-15 participants and received goats which they will pass on to each other through the ‘send-a-goat’ approach. The goats are intended to produce milk which mothers will feed their children to supplement breastmilk. Recipients received training on goat husbandry including housing, feeding, watering, management of disease and parasites as well as breeding and marketing basics. Additionally, the women received seeds that they have used to start up kitchen gardens to boost the consumption of highly nutritious vegetables in their homes. The seedlings that were given include cowpeas, amaranth (doodo), onions and pawpaw fruit trees.

HOW THIS PRODUCT HELPS

Eight-year-old Sara and her family received these two goats through a Save the Children project her mum belongs to in Uganda.
As well as providing children with healthy milk, the goats’ offspring can fetch a good price at market. Money that can help pay for children like Sara to go to school.

Photo: James Mbiri / Save the Children International

Two Goats

£85.00

Each donation gift helps change the lives of children across the world. Perfect for an alternative thoughtful gift.

Two goats can give a family milk, meat, and an income. The adult goats will breed and the baby goats will fetch a good price at market, bringing in enough money to send the kids to school (the human kids, not all those baby goats). This gift could help provide a family with a livelihood.

When you purchase a Virtual Gift you’ll be making a donation towards helping children get the food, healthcare and education they need. Your donation won’t be limited to purchasing the specific item you choose, it will provide funds wherever help is needed most in the UK and around the world. With children, for children, we change the future for good.

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