Give a Kid to a Kid Haiti

The Haitian culture is steeped in tradition and animal husbandry techniques have not advanced since colonial times. The adult population is concerned with the daily struggle of providing food for their families and is slow to change their ways. Most of the adult rural population is illiterate and are more open to trying new techniques when they are able to see results. In order to affect lasting change, education is the key and children in Haiti are eager to learn. The local church leadership and others interested in animal husbandry are eager to learn and teach the children. By educating the children and providing them with a new method of animal husbandry, they will be able to show others in the family unit the benefits of change. Goats and chickens are small easily maintained animals that children would be capable of looking after and provide needed products in meat and eggs for the family to eat or sell.

Objective:
Using values established by Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM), which reflect the advancement of the Kingdom of Christ, provide hands-on, practical training in animal husbandry, creation care and spiritual growth to fifty 9-10 year-old children per year.

Goals:
Mobilize young leaders in the community to teach younger children in animal husbandry, creation care and biblical principles modeling servant leadership and Christ like attitudes.

Introduce improved methods of animal husbandry to increase community knowledge of animals and their care.
Provide a safe environment in which to house livestock.

Provide livestock to each child trained and each trainer.

Provide a sustainable source of protein that can enrich the family diet and/or a source of goods for resale that can provide hard currency to purchase items the family needs.


Structure:
The program will be incorporated into the school day. It will consist of weekly lessons in animal husbandry, record keeping and basic business skills using participatory methods which incorporate biblical principles and scripture. In addition to weekly lessons, students will start a forage bank in order to have an adequate year-round supply of food for their animals.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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