Successful Goat Project in Zimbabwe

      On the 16th of October 2009, I visited Mr. and Mrs. Gorondo who are farmers in Chemba Gokwe. Gokwe is 290kms from Bulawayo and it took me 10 hours there. On my way back on the 20th of October, it took me 18 hours to travel from Gokwe to Bulawayo.
     The Gorondos are well and they are now waiting for the rain season to begin so that they can start ploughing their land which will be difficult as they have no oxen or ploughs to till the land. They hire a span of oxen from their neighbours but they only get them at the end of the ploughing season when they the neighbours have finished using them.
     Mr. Gorondo and his family are happy that LifeNets helped them start a goat-keeping project which is doing very well. Mr Gorondo who has kept cattle and goats before has faith in God that this project will succeed because as can be seen in the picture a well is being dug which is also funded by LifeNets, So far they have dug 46 meters and the diggers expert to find water soon, at the depth of 50 or so meters.
     The well will help the Gorondos have water for the goats and for themselves as they often walk a long distance to fetch water for themselves and their animals,
When I was in Gokwe, Mrs. Gorondo woke up early in the morning to go and beg for water from those who have bore holes,but came back late as the owners of the bore holes do not want to give them water even though they pay 80kg of maize which is their much needed staple food.
     The goat Project is progressing very well.We had bought six goats.One he-goatand 5-she goats,two have given birth to two healthy kids and we expect more very soon.
     People in Gokwe need a cattle keeping project, which will help them with draught power and milk.
     As the rain season begins, thesemembers will hire people with a span of oxen to plough their Land, but they will only come to plough at the end of the rain season after first making sure that their own land is first ploughed.