Goats Provide Food, Income to Haitians

With 80 percent of the population living in utter poverty, Haiti has many residents who do not have enough food or income. The Global Action Haiti Goat Project gives the poor a means for both.

Unemployed Haitians who have little to no property receive a pregnant goat and training on how to be a goat farmer. In addition to providing milk and meat, the goats also provide income when they are sold.

A 70-year-old widow, who has no education and lives in a primitive hut, used money she earned from the goats for food and home repairs. She even gave goat kids to her neighbors who had helped her, so they could start their own herd.

While it may take up to two years to build up a small herd of goats, for many Haitians that first goat is their first step out of poverty.