It is a non-governmental organization (NGO). This means it doesn't rely on support from the Government
It's focus is on working with widowed women by providing a goat which will create multiple benefits
The benefits
Manure for crops
Meat which can be eaten
or sold to increase income
The goats can be bred
to increase herd size, the
young goats can be sold
Milk can be used for children or sold
Goat fur can be used to make clothes which can be sold
Drawbacks
The goats require land and eat the grass
which adds to desertification
Goat Aid hasn’t actually helped
decrease poverty, though the number of
hoofed animals has doubled
Sustainability
Goats can easily be looked after and
require little input
It is a self-perpetuating system, so
once they have received a goat, it
can breed to grow a new herd. This
makes it sustainable
Once the woman has bred her goats, she then gives a goat back to the organisation so it can be given to help
another women. This makes it a sustainable project