Malawi — one of the world’s poorest countries — many people live on less than $1 a day. And no one is more aware of how difficult that is than Beffa Williams. A widow, Beffa is raising four grandchildren on her own, all of them orphaned due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic that has descended on the region. She has few options for making money in her poverty-stricken country. And even $1 a day, when she can earn it, doesn’t go far toward feeding five people.
Families like Beffa’s are the reason The Salvation Army’s Goat Bank project was created. As part of the program, families receive two goats — a male and a female — and they learn from a local veterinarian how to properly care for the animals.
Two goats may not seem like a life-changing gift. But to impoverished people like Beffa, they make all the difference.
Families are able to sell the milk from the goats, and with the profits they can purchase necessities like food, as well as items such as school supplies and books that will improve the quality of life for their children.
In return, they give their goats’ first litter back to The Salvation Army so that another needy family can begin their own herd.
The Goat Bank project is impacting communities all across Malawi — but it’s families like Beffa’s who really see the immediate benefits. No longer worried about how she will feed her grandchildren or send them to school, Beffa simply smiles when asked if the goats have changed her life.
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