By Cathy Herholdt | Communications Manager
Your gift of a goat is ensuring girls in Haiti, like Encise (pictured above) stay in school – thank you!
If Encise looks familiar to you, it’s because her photo was used in Global Giving’s matching donation campaign. She’s also on the cover of our Global Gift Guide this year! We thought it would be fun to share her story with you.
Encise is well-known to our staff in Haiti and others in her community because of her success in school – thanks to gifts like yours that provide goats for girls in Haiti. At 15, she’s in 7th grade this year and studying hard. Next year, she’ll attend high school in a nearby town.
“I want to be a nurse,” shared Encise, “so I can help people who have sicknesses.”
Encise’s goat has given birth several times – to two kid goats each time! She sold the first two goats at the market in town and earned enough to pay for school this year. She has kept two more kid goats “in the bank,” ready to sell when needed.
Goats are the most common small animal in rural Haiti and therefore are in high demand. Students like Encise are able to raise the goat that has been given to them and then sell the offspring to help pay for school—tuition, uniforms, books, and supplies.
Your gift of a goat for a girl in Haiti is helping her stay in school, changing her future, and the future of her entire community.
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