I Have just returned from a working Trip In Karamoja Region. The rains have strted and the temperature are good. SP/FAO is distributing seeds along side food distribution by SP/WFP.
The situatuation looks good as the locals are happier. We hope there harvest will be good on in the next six months. In moroto, i talked eith the District Veterinary officer and he was very optimistic about our proposed Bee Keeping projects. The FAO consultant was also promising to work on a comcept paper of Fish Farming in Karamoja region for WFP.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Goat Project changing Lives in south western Uganda
Goats are the most resilient domestic animals such that if re-introduced in the wild, they are the only ones capable of surviving . Byaruhanga Ponsiano is a Samaritan’s Purse livestock project beneficiary who received 3 female Indegenous goats in May 2005. He has a family of 8 people comprising of two adults and six children.
Byaruhanga is a lay catholic catechist in Kyakanyemera parish in Byabasambu village. The livelihood of his family depends on subsistence cultivation of Maize, Bananas, Beans and other food crops in the area.
He says, “I am lucky to have been one of the first Samaritan’s Purse livestock project beneficiaries in May 2005. I received three Goats in a group of three families. The Goats have multiplied exponentially in the past three years. This has transformed the livelihood of our families. From the time we received the animals to date, they have reproduced over 30 more goats. The income I get from the Goat project has enabled me to pay school fees for my son. When he was joining secondary school, I sold some goats and I got Shs.130, 000 ($81.25). Was not for the got project, he would not have joined secondary school because I did not have any other alternative of getting that amount of money in a lump some. To date, he is in senior secondary school three and I am very optimistic that he will complete this level of education since my goat project is still prosperous.
Out of the goat project, I have also bought one indigenous bull. I hope to by one more bull very soon and start a business of animal traction. I will be able to earn Shs.12, 000 ($7.5) per day when I use them to plough for farmers in my area. The goat project has also helped to settle hospital bills for my family as well. May the Almighty God bless Samaritan’s Purse”.
Byaruhanga is a lay catholic catechist in Kyakanyemera parish in Byabasambu village. The livelihood of his family depends on subsistence cultivation of Maize, Bananas, Beans and other food crops in the area.
He says, “I am lucky to have been one of the first Samaritan’s Purse livestock project beneficiaries in May 2005. I received three Goats in a group of three families. The Goats have multiplied exponentially in the past three years. This has transformed the livelihood of our families. From the time we received the animals to date, they have reproduced over 30 more goats. The income I get from the Goat project has enabled me to pay school fees for my son. When he was joining secondary school, I sold some goats and I got Shs.130, 000 ($81.25). Was not for the got project, he would not have joined secondary school because I did not have any other alternative of getting that amount of money in a lump some. To date, he is in senior secondary school three and I am very optimistic that he will complete this level of education since my goat project is still prosperous.
Out of the goat project, I have also bought one indigenous bull. I hope to by one more bull very soon and start a business of animal traction. I will be able to earn Shs.12, 000 ($7.5) per day when I use them to plough for farmers in my area. The goat project has also helped to settle hospital bills for my family as well. May the Almighty God bless Samaritan’s Purse”.
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