Orphan Support
It is estimated that there are about 500,000 orphaned children in Malawi out of a population of about 15 million. To give two examples of the scale of this problem: in Jimu Village there were 220 families and 500 orphans and in Chambuluka Village there were 250 families and 600 orphans. However, although the number of orphans is very high, most orphaned children in the Lower Shire will have been taken in by extended family members. In these cases, it is not therefore necessary or appropriate to bring these children into an orphanage, but rather to provide financial support for those foster families who have taken in orphaned children. We are therefore providing goats for foster families who take in orphans.
Each female goat should produce two kids twice a year. If all these kids are sold, this sale should produce an annual income of MK360,000 (£288). However, if families choose to keep one of their female kids each year instead of selling all of them, they can build their stock of breeding females and increase their yearly income. If they do this each year, they can receive a yearly income of MK1,980,000, (£1,584), by the tenth year. This would be a very large income for a family living in a rural location.
We have provided £132,860 for the purchase of goats.
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