Project Report
| Feb 26, 2021
Our Women Partners = Perseverance!
By Katiana Anglade | Project Leader
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The months of December 2020 and January 2021 were quite busy for the members of Asosyasyon Fanm Vanyan Fyevil (Fyevil Association of Courageous Women). Our Regional Monitor worked closely with the management committee of AFVF along with 2 two of their previously contractaed Veterinarians to evaluate the progress of this project and their goats. Approximately 21 members participated in these meeting where they discussed the following:
- Difficulties they faced in acquiring essential medications needed to care for the ill goats.
- Revamping the process of distributing the baby goats.
- Monitoring the evolution of the troop and how the goats are interacting with each other.
- Necessity of reform in an effort to minimize miscarriages among the goats.
Based on those points, here are the solutions that the women were able to come up with:
- The veterinarians will assist the organization in getting the medications needed that are most prevalent throughout the troop.
- Closer monitoring of the female goats that suffer more than one miscarriage to move them elsewhere when necessary.
- More frequent meetings to be held throughout the organization to discuss, in detail, the distribution method so no one is skipped accidentally or feels they were skipped.
Although the itnernal work was a lot, the goats continued to produce. There were 16 goats that were born between last month and this month. The original troop now has 216 kids born from the inception of the project. So far, 172 have been distributed to 120 of AFVF's members. Even the kids have given birth! 48 of the once baby goats already gave birth to 73 kids of their own, bringing the total throughout the organization to 350 goats!
In addition to their flourishing goat project, these women have also begun filling bags to prepare their seedlings for the reforestation aspect of their project.
It's working! Let's keep going!
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Oct 14, 2020
Goats: a huge part of the Solution!
By Katiana Anglade | Project Leader
The women and community members in the village of Gros Mornes welcomed 180 baby goats into this world as of this past summer. These kids came from the first set mothers that were initially distributed at the project's inception. 110 of those babies have already been weaned and placed in their new homes. By the end of fall, 46 others will follow suit.
Your support has made this project so successful that there will actually be a second round of distribution once every member has received a goat. This allows for our partners to gain more economic stability as their goats reproduce; they can sell them and bring in other forms of income.
That's not all! The members continue to give their support and energy towards the project as they assist with the upkeep of the pens. They also bring food to feed the mothers regularly especially when the lack of rain causes scarcity. They have gone as far as purchasing pastures for blocks of time to ensure that the goats do not die of hunger.
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Jun 16, 2020
COVID Impact on Women's Projects
By Josette Perard | Executive Director
Although Lambi Fund is continuing all our work on women's projects because women are often responsible for the health, well-being and nurturing of their families, it is imperative that we address the impact of COVID-19 on families in rural Haiti.
We have a four-phased approach and will be talking about each phase in the upcoming reports:
1) Health Awareness and prevention training
a) Awareness - Radio spots, texts, trucks with bullhorn announcements
b) Small group trainings with women on methods to prevent the spread of COVID-19
2) Distribution of sanitary materials
3) Funding for food purchases by women for their families during health crisis
4) Financial support for women and continued support of women's projects after the third phase of the COVID-19 plan.
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