Piggery and chicken Project

In partnership with Equitop Farm, and Gerrit and Ute Brinkmann of Canada KACCAD is in the preliminary stages of reconstructing our pig and chicken farm. The farm will be a demonstration farm used for training. On this basis and through donations of piglets we breed, eventually we hope to train and assist 25 people per year to start their own income-generating farms.

Six months after the completion of construction, the project should begin to bring in a small income, which will cover the first year’s operation costs. By the end of the first year, KACCAD will start animal rearing training, an animal rotation scheme, and will have a dependable source of income.

Rotating:
Identified at-risk community members will be given the opportunity to form groups of 5 – 10 people to share responsibilities and profits. They will begin a 3-month training programme, including technical courses and an internship of 2 hours per week. Once training is complete and members can meet housing and food requirements, we will give each group 10 birds or two piglets per member.

Three years into the project, KACCAD will have the means to offer some groups loans for developing bird or chicken housing. Groups receiving this assistance will pay back their loans in cash or animals. To support continued rotation, after one year the groups not receiving loans will also give back to the project the same number of animals that they received as start-up.

Previous Chicken Projects:
KACCAD organised a group of eight people, six women and two men, and bought 350 chickens. Unfortunately, one of the men died and the other stole about 100 birds. The women, through fear of further theft began to lose interest. Eventually the group decided to sell the remaining chickens. This revenue was divided among the women. Each then started their own businesses of interest.

Another family, through the same donors received 250 chickens. The revenue from eggs continues to cover the family’s school fees.