© 2010 JOY Goat Development Programme
Bundibugyo project
History
This project is run by World Harvest Mission (WHM), who are active in Bundibugyo District with water, medical, educational, Bible translation and infant nutrition programmes.
In April 2006 they bought their first dairy goats from JOY Youth Training Centre to reduce the need to buy expensive formula feed for feeding babies. To date they have bought nearly 200 does of 50% dairy blood and over 50 bucks of 75% diary blood. (Some of the latter with help from JOY GDP.)
The does go to households where there is a baby that needs the milk. The bucks are given to the whole village for mating with the donated does and also with local goats from other households, so that a viable breeding population can be built up.
WHM are now partnering with the JOY Goat Development Programme to make use of their experience with community goat projects, and to ensure that the goat breeding is sustainable within the community.
Opportunities
• World Harvest Mission have a long-
• The main extension worker for the goats has been trained at JOY Youth Training Centre.
• One of the ethnic groups in the area already milk local goats and greatly value
the high-
• There are practically no cows in the whole of the project area, so these goats are badly needed.
• The mountainous terrain means that erosion control is needed, which can be source of fodder. Also the shade trees for cocoa are also a potential fodder supply.
Challenges
• The other ethnic group in the area has no tradition of drinking milk at all.
• The goat project relies heavily on the expertise of a single extension worker.
• The location is very remote, making regular contact with the national programme personnel difficult.
