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Chickens project takes effect

8 April 2014
Chickens project takes effect

The purchase of a goat through The Salvation Army International Development (SAID) program can change a life. (Photo courtesy of SAID)

Salima and her family have been impacted by the Chick Effect. Since receiving chickens from The Salvation Army International Development (SAID), Salima’s family no longer live in poverty.

“Before the project I just had a small vegetable patch that didn’t grow much, but after getting some chickens I am making a profit. I am now able to send my children to school,” she said.

“Through the chicken project I have also been able to purchase a cow, build a new house for my family and buy a plough which I rent out to other farmers.”

The donation of a pair of chickens or a goat, for a vulnerable family in a developing country, creates a ripple effect that brings a positive change. These gifts enable families to successfully start their own small enterprises in order to provide basic needs and education for their children.

Salima and her family are not the only people whose lives have changed for the better by the Chick Effect.

Janet says the project has given her the means to pay for treatment for her daughter, who has a disability and to send her other five children to school.

Saidi explains that her family no longer lives in poverty due to the Chick Effect. Through her earnings Saidi can now feed her family, buy school uniforms for her four children and make improvements to their house.

This Easter, SAID would like to encourage Salvationists and friends to help others like Salima, Janet and Saidi by taking part in the Chick Effect.

The funds collected through the SAID Easter campaign will go towards a Livestock Keeping Project in the regions of Tongaren, Webuye, Migori and Elgon in west Kenya.

This project will benefit 100 families who live in communities where sex trafficking, school dropouts and poverty are prevalent.

The Livestock Keeping Project will provide these families with chickens and goats for breeding, the production of eggs and milk supplies.

These families will also be given shelter, feed and vaccines for their livestock and business management training.

Be part of the Chick Effect by purchasing a chicken for $10 or a goat for $50 at salvoschickeffect.org.au

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