Give pregnant goat to widow or orphan in Uganda

Last December our team of 11 visited a rural village in Uganda to present the village with 50 pregnant goats.  The recipients of the goats were selected by the village leaders.  They were widows, orphans, or villagers with a handicap.  They will care for the goats until the babies are born (about 6 months). About 50% of the time the goat will produce more that one baby. If cared for they can birth twice a year.  This gives the recipient the opportunity to gain a small herd in a fairly short time.  They cannot eat the goats,  They can only sell them or trade them.  This process generates significant income for these villagers.  Our team will be back in Uganda in December to give more goats away.

Last December we traveld to NE Uganda to distribute 50 goats to mostly orphans in a small village in Uganda.It was an amazing day.  Even villagers that were not getting a goat came to clebrate. There were losts of smiles and singing. some of the orhans that received a goat were not much larger than the goat!  The rules are that they cannot eat the goat.  They are to raise it and it will have babies and this way they can get a herd started.  Then they can sell the goats or trade them.  They can trade 7 goats for a milk cow or a bull.  This indeed is one of the best projects we do in Uganda.  It changes lives.