Testimonials
Diverse success stories of the Goat Project
Story upon story illustrates how one goat can change the lives of an entire West African family. Through the Goat Project, each child is provided with a female goat, a school uniform, shoes, a school bag, books, pens and pencils. The Goat Project gives female goats to children to raise with the hope and expectation that the goats will multiply and their offspring sold to provide for their school-related needs.
A story is told by a single mother of four who became a widow upon her husband’s death in tribal conflict. She received a goat for her eldest daughter when the child was of junior high age. Within a short time, the goat had produced 10 offspring. The family was able to sell some of the kids to finance the daughter’s high school education. She went on to achieve high grades. Now she is ready to enrol for her tertiary education.
- Yasanja is the only son of a poor widow, and he received a goat from the Goat Project. The animal produced six kids, and his mother sold five of them to purchase a cow. Yasanja and all his siblings are now able to afford to go to school. What’s more, they are planning to pay it forward and donate a young goat to another family in need.
- Yajason Nakon was given a goat eight years ago when he was in primary school. His goat had three kids right away and continued to produce kids every year. Yajason is able to buy everthing he needs for school. This year he is going to enter secondary school and his goats have already paid for his school shoes, socks, bag and a bicycle.
- Another child, Habiba, was 12 years old and full of excitement when she received her goat – the first thing she had ever owned! Habiba’s parents confessed that they had planned to withdraw her from school as they could no longer afford the fees. But Habiba’s goat arrived at just the right time and she is continuing her education.
Goats for widows
The ongoing Corona virus has caused women in Northern Kenya much pain after rendering them widows when their husbands succumbed to it . We identified 160 widows without any source of income who had become the sole breadwinners of their… …
The Duwani family
The Duwani family struggled to survive in Ghana. Every year they worked hard to cultivate enough crops to feed themselves. When the harvest was meagre, they barely had enough to survive the season. Their subsistence lifestyle did not allow their… …
Widow Testimonials
SARA GOA
My name is Sara Goa from Dabel. My husband died after he became sick from inflammation of the throat. Since there is no medical care in the village, the inflammation eventually killed him as it affected his brain. My husband… …
SALETI SHUKANA
My name is Saleti Shukana from Dabel in Moyale. I am 50 years old, and I have seven children. My first-born daughter died, leaving behind two children, who are also in my care. All my life I depended on my… …
AMINA HUSSEIN
My name is Amina Hussein, and I am from Moyale, Marsabit County. I am a 53-year-old widow and mother of ten children. Unknown cattle rustlers killed my husband four months ago. He was found dead with a poisoned arrow in… …
AISHA MOHAMMED
My name is Aisha Mohammed, and I am from Dabel, Moyale. I am 43 years old and the mother of eight children. My husband passed away a year ago. As was his daily custom, he woke up at 05:00 in… …
MOLU DAHABO ISAAC
I am Molu Dahabo Isaac from Dabel, Moyale. I am 45 years old, and I have four children, Kulani, Amene, Abdii and Baati. My husband tragically succumbed to Ebola in 2018. He experienced severe muscle pain, headache and vomited relentlessly… …
AISHA AL-FADI
My name is Aisha Al-Fadi. I am a widow and the mother of four children. My husband was attacked and killed by hyenas three years ago while on duty as village herdsman. He was our only source of income and… …
MAIMUNA ABDI
My name is Maimuna Abdi, a widow from Moyale Sub-County. My husband worked in the villages of Bute, Guyatimo and Korandile. Unfortunately, owing to an accident along the dangerous road he had to use, he died on his way to… …
AMINA ABDALLAH
My name is Amina Abdallah from Dabel in Moyale Sub-County. I lost my husband one year ago when he died at the hands of rebels who ambushed him on his way to work. After my husband’s death, providing for my… …
FATUMA ABDI
My name is Fatuma Abdi. I am the mother of six children and we live in Moyale. I lost my husband a year ago after he had suffered from cancer for several years. The bill for the hospital and medication… …
ASHA GODANA
My name is Asha from Ngare Mara in Isiolo County. I am a widow, a mother of six children and I am pregnant with my seventh child. My husband died after battling Covid-19 for three weeks. Before his death, he… …
SALIMA HASSAN
My name is Salima, and I am from Dabel. I am 31 years old and second wife of my late husband. He died after suffering a heart attack on the night our livestock were stolen from our homestead by rustlers.… …
SAADIA ROBA
My name is Saadia Roba from Moyale Sub-County. I lost my husband to severe tuberculosis a year ago. For over six months, my husband’s health grew worse. He lost his appetite, and grew thin and very weak. His breathing became… …