goat school project
our purpose
To provide feasible opportunities of income for the families, while showing them our unconditional love in Christ.
Community
The project will be implemented in Victoria, Sensuntepeque y Guacotecti municipalities (counties), in the Department (Province) of Cabañas. It will be carried out through the mentoring of family goat farm promoters, linked to the work of the Goat Farming School, which is located in Caserío (village) La Perla, Cantón (District) Rojas, Municipio de Sensuntepeque, also in Cabañas.
our hope
Among other goals, we hope to teach families how to properly rear the goats they are given, build a network of goat product providers and, eventually, create a culture of goat products consumption in El Salvador.
participation process
The participants in this project are families that, besides having the need due to their socio-economic conditions, have shown interest in improving their family income through the responsible handling of goat modules and have participated with perseverance, responsibility, respect and a proactive attitude in other activities.
spiritual Component
A weekly technical meeting will be held for coordination and training. During these sessions, a devotional will be held to teach the participants to embrace the values of the Kingdom as cornerstones for the development of their families. During these weekly meetings, as the daily activities are defined, an evaluation will be made of the previous week’s tasks and a schedule for the families to participate in the following week’s marketing of meat and other products.
Unity
To guarantee the sustainability of the project, the associativity among farmers in small formal groups is being promoted and encouraged. This will open doors to major markets. Having prepared and tagged products, as well as legal billing, will grant them access to other forms of commercialization.
implementation
The full completion of training for each class of students takes 12 month. During which time families will complete their training process, build their goat farms, receive seed stock to start their rearing, meeting the required academic hours of training, and join the goat business net. After this phase, families will stay connected to an association of Cabañas goat farmers (a project in process), so that once the reproductive cycle is completed they will contribute goats to the TCP to participate in the preparation of new family goat farms.The connection with the Goat School Farm will be kept active through the permanent innovation promoted by the School and through the pastoral care of the families through the different attention areas of the TCP. The project will also prepare 10 local promoters of goat farming extension techniques to carry out follow up among farmers in their area of responsibility.
Objectives
Establish 20 new family-goat-farms with a multiplying impact for the local industry on the North of Cabañas.
Strengthen 10 previously established family-farms to increase their productive capacity and take them to an advanced commercial producer level.
Consolidate productive and agro-industry ventures with innovative goat farmers.
Improve the families’ opportunities for better income, nutrition and living conditions.
Improve goat products processing and marketing capacity.