By James Malinga | Project Leader
Hi,
It may surprise you to know that pork (pig meat) is the most widely consumed meat in the world, followed by chicken and beef. Surprised, right?
This is really interesting, inUganda alone, 75% of the population consumes pork, and yet there are few pig farms in the country, there fore venturing in piggery farming is venturing in real gold.
This project began small,and has started growing bigger, right now, it has employed 2 youth from the village where we operate, it has also supplied four piglets to 2 households to enable them boost their family income as well as cater for childrens school requirements.
Jane is a full-time housewife experiencing money troubles, she takes care of 5 children, 3 grand children and 2 belonging to her,she has benefited from 2 piglets to enable her begin piggery farming. She already had a pig house in place which she started with 1local piglet.
Starting with local pig breeds,Jane saw the potential and advantages of foreign exotic breeds and eventually asked us to support her with 2 from our farm. These exotic breeds could grow up to a size of 500kg (compared to only 20kg for local breeds) and sold for much higher prices on the market
Schools near by are using this farm to teach children how to real pigs as well as book keeping.
You are not only impacting children in a home, but also impacting the whole community when you give to this piggery project.
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