Livestock Ministries
Training of Community Animal Health Workers. Providing livestock revolving loans for Widows, Orphans and HIV effected families. Researching Herbal Vet Medicines.
Impoverished women, orphans and disabled people sometimes have no way out. We work together with local churches to identify those in need and then to teach them how to care for an animal. We then provide them with a pregnant female, who can provide young for them. In return, they bring back the first born young to the local church, who can then give out the animal to another as a revolving loan.
Sharing management techniques, preventative strategies and treatment guidelines, we help livestock keepers, Community Animal Health Workers, Poultry farmers and Bee-Keepers to maintain their herds, flocks and colonies to increase their production.
Value Addition in Livestock and Animal Products
In recent years, we have developed some expertise in Animal Product Value Addition. We have been training communities on making of traditional Karamojong milk products (Amerinyang and ), using improved hygienic techniques. We also have been making the traditional, high protein, concentrated food, called Amuna. It is a favorite in Karamojong ceremonies.
Traditional Leather tanning making of leather products (Abwo, etc.) are also part of the value addition trainings that we conduct for the communities..
Disease Prevention
We have been the lead organisation in the region for vaccinating against poultry diseases. Prevention is so much better than treatments!! Every fall, from August to October, we set up vaccination points for community groups. The people are very willing to pay the price for the vaccine, as it is quite effective.