Goat project visit
Posted by Walungu Village on Sunday, February 5, 2012
Couple of months ago Guillaume traveled
to Burungu village in Masisi in North
Kivu to visit UMAMABU, an organization working with women who were victims of
violence, and to exchange experience with them. The Organization has also
started with dairy goat project, and it was a great opportunity to learn from
each others.
The strategy of the project is to
distribute female local goats to the beneficiaries. The local goats will then
be bred with the dairy buck which belongs to the Organization. They have a farm where a big
shed is built and the goats are kept there in the night, while during the day
the goats are in pastures where they graze. The community pays special
attention to the hygiene.
Increasing
number of similar initiatives in the region shows not only that the project in
Walungu took the right direction, but also that it has an advantage due to a
good timing and skills which have been being gained through continuous
trainings, which could ensure to Walungu a leading position in dairy goat
husbandry in the region.