Goats for Poor Farming Families in the Philippines

Dear Friend,

Warmest greetings and thank you very much for your generous support to our project providing goats to poor farming families. Goats remain one of the best asset that the farmer can have because there is no need to feed them with expensive feeds. This is so true especially now that feed ingridients are imported and with the instability in Europe this will mean high and prohibitive prices. One of the problems faced by our goat farmers is the need to grow pasture trees and grasses which are highly nutritious for the goats. In this way, we provided them with different seeds that they can use in order to grow feeds for their animals. These comprise mainly of legumes and grasses. We were able to provide 35 farmers with this input and we shall see in the coming days if this is successful. Again, thank you very much for your generous support.

Very sincerely yours,

Cora Sayre

Dear Friend,

Warm greetings and thank you very much for your generous support to our initiative providing goats to poor farming families. With the African swine fever affecting a lot of pigs in the villages, the raising of goats remain a very viable business especially for poor farmers. Goats roam freely in the farms and are easy to raise. This reporting period we provided additional support to raisers of goats by giving them forage seeds which they can grow in their farms. in this way, free range feeding of their goats is augmented by grasses with high protein content. We were able to provide 210 farmers with this support and they are happy about it. We are also in the process of linking-up with the agriculture department of the government so that we can access quality breed in order to upgrade village stocks. Hoping for your continuing generosity and support to this initiative.

Very sincerely yours,

Cora