Goats for Poor Farming Families in the Philippines

Dear Friend,

Warm greetings and thank you very much for your generous support to our initiative providing goats to poor farming families. We are happy to report that our project is gaining traction with the support of a local government agency providing some breeder stocks in order to improve the progeny of local goats. Years of raising goats is prone to in-breeding and there is a need to improve stocks in order to get greater yield of milk and meat. We are also preparing our farmers for the severe El Nino phenomenon by the planting of companion crops like vegetables and root crops so that they are able to widen their food base and mitigate the impact of the severe weather. A total of 32 farmers participated in this venture and we hope to increase the number as we continue working with them. Hoping for your continuing support.

Very sincerely yours,

Cora Sayre

Dear Friend,

Warm greetings and thank you very much for your kind support to our initiative providing goats to poor farming families. The severe weather conditions caused by climate change has made this project a little difficult to implement. Grasses which abound before are now difficult to find and goats thrive on grasses as their main diet. With this condition, we developed an area for grass production focusing on growing highly-nutritious grasses for goats, reproducing these and providing planting materials to farmers. The mistake before was in raising goats without adequate pasture area and the animals become thin and sickly. During this reporting period we were able to clear a 1 hectare area and start growing 3 different kind of grasses. Hopefully we will be able to distribute these planting materials to farmers. Again thank you very much for your support.

Very sincerely yours,

Cora Sayre