Rural families in Haiti will get pigs and goats to raise for food and to generate income.

Economic Development > Pigs and Goats: Haitian Bank Accounts

Pigs and Goats: Haitian Bank Accounts

Summary

In rural Haiti, wealth is measured in pigs and goats. Help families out of poverty by buying pigs and goats for them to raise. The income means a full belly, school for kids and hope for the future. read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,232 was raised for this project.

Received $1,232 from 4 donations from people like:

Marla

(Anon.)

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

A pig or goat can make a big difference in Haiti. Owning a pig or a goat means your children can eat well and go to school. For years, as conditions worsened in Haiti, the number of pigs and goats dwindled. Now, thanks to the self-sufficient projects run by grassroots groups that partner with Lambi Fund, pig and goat farming are again on the rise. Families who once lived meal-to-meal are now able to get things they could only dream of before — education, health care, and even a full stomach.

Activities

35 families of a small church in Dewonsre will get their own breeding pig or goat. With your help, Lambi will buy 21 pigs, 20 goats, food for the animals, and vet training for the farmers to learn how to keep the pigs and goats healthy.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,232

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,232. The original project funding goal was $11,810.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

With the extra income provided by the sale of fattened pigs and goats at market, children will have steady meals, improved health, go to school and have hope for the future. More importantly, families will be self-sufficient.

Project Message

Before we got the pigs from Lambi, we were very poor. Now that we are raising pigs, we have enough money to feed our families and even send our children to school. Our children have a hopeful future.
- Marie, member of group that raised pigs with Lambi’s help