about 1 of the projects on training goats

Jambo
Habari yako?

The 2 projects I’m involved with as well as at the home are going sawa.
Its exciting times that everything is now coming together and getting sorted.
One of the projects was at a fellowship meeting at CCM on Tuesday which I helped
Isabella (social worker from the home), to coordinated a training on how to keep goats for 20 people at CCM primary school, I was so impressed with myself considering it was all in kirmiru I actually understood what was being said and even wrote a bit down changing it into English and got it correct!! I’m shocked too!! (Actual speaking of kirmiru, I know a couple of words, but I’m studying Kiswahili and now speaking it a bit more. But as you are all aware, writing no problem but speaking its hard).

So here’s abit of what happened at the training, it went on for 2 hours we learnt a lot from the trainers who came in, from the different breeds, to building the pen to the common diseases to record keeping.

GOAT BREEDS AND BREEDING PROGRAMME

Dairy goats = Toggenbury = Meat (British)
Saanen = Milk
Germany Alpine = Milk
Galla Boroch (F1) = Both

Make a record of amount of milk each day

(F1 = first generation)

Toggenbury male mates Kimiru female
Kidding within 147 – 150 days
Offspring = F1 (50% toggen 50% local)
Males – casemated at 3 months
Females – mated at the age of 1 year.

Also when to notice the goat signs when it is unwell to when it is on the heat!!!
I was really shocked to find out actually how much work is involved in keeping goats.
The fellowship group was really interested in this as it could become an income generated project for their families.

Now it’s just a case of fundraising for these goats,