Agriculture and Livestock: a Strong Tandem

To secure food and income throughout the year – during both the dry and the rainy season – more and more farmers are combining crop cultivation with livestock or poultry farming. Especially for those who do not yet have a nearby water well, this combination makes a significant difference. Moreover, sheep manure can be used to enrich the soil and improve crop yields.

During their information sessions and workshops, our agricultural technicians continuously highlight the importance of this combination. But to give farmers a real opportunity to put this into practice, our Foundation decided a year ago to offer them a concrete boost.

In both 2024 and 2025, we provided eight women with a vegetable garden, four ewes and one ram. The first results are promising: the women are successfully breeding new animals and seeing higher yields in their gardens.

In 2026, we will expand this initiative by giving twenty more sheep to four additional women. The principle remains the same: those who receive sheep will later pass on lambs to other families. This is how a solidary, self-sustaining network gradually takes shape. Our agricultural technicians ensure that the redistribution is carried out fairly and correctly.

We use the same model with chickens. In 2025, we distributed 150 hens and roosters to 30 women, who will, in turn, pass on chicks to other families.

This is exactly what our Foundation stands for: sharing knowledge, empowering people, and providing an initial material lever to enable sustainable, locally rooted systems to grow.