Goat Farm
In 2004 we started our first goat farm. 9 years on the project is thriving but last year, its founder member died. 'Annie' was our first goat and her nine years of prolific breeding has transformed the lives of her human family. Happily her descendants live on and I am told that the next female Annie’s daughter gives birth to will be called Annie2! It’s heartwarming to see our goat farms have changing lives of so many. Each visit I meet a new villager whose life has been transformed thanks to the goat breeding programme. The villagers never fail to tell me how much they appreciate the chance to improve their lives. On my last visit, I met Balaji, who is blind and who has managed to open a small shop with the proceeds from the sale of four male goats, produced by his two donated females. He has also kept 3 more females.
In 2004 we started our first goat farm. 9 years on the project is thriving but last year, its founder member died. 'Annie' was our first goat and her nine years of prolific breeding has transformed the lives of her human family. Happily her descendants live on and I am told that the next female Annie’s daughter gives birth to will be called Annie2! It’s heartwarming to see our goat farms have changing lives of so many. Each visit I meet a new villager whose life has been transformed thanks to the goat breeding programme. The villagers never fail to tell me how much they appreciate the chance to improve their lives. On my last visit, I met Balaji, who is blind and who has managed to open a small shop with the proceeds from the sale of four male goats, produced by his two donated females. He has also kept 3 more females.
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The world’s poor spends a staggering US$ 40 billion annually for their energy needs. This equals 10 to 25% of their precarious monthly household budgets on dirty fuels like kerosene. Many remote villages in tribal India are still without electricity. Just £15.00 buys a solar light which will give a family more than enough good light on a daily basis when fully charged. Women can continue with their work, without the toxic hazard of burning kerosene and more importantly children can study into the evening without damaging their eye sight. Whenever I am given a charity donation my first thought is which village needs solar lights!