The Sheep Initiative
In 2022 Lila Foundation launched the Sheep Initiative with the local community in Loit Hills Kenya. Since then, 15 families joint the Sheep Initiative to help them strengthen their dependency and realize a sustained source of income through sheep farming.
When joining the project each family receives:
- 8 pregnant sheep
- A sheep barn
- Vaccinations
- 3 – 6 months sheep feed (depending on the season)
- Availability of the two ram (male sheep) we have in the neighborhood to breed
- Support from our local project manager
Lila Foundation is able to provide this from a donation of € 826,-.
The selected families often do not have any cattle and are depending of trade, delivering small services to other families and charity for their living. Often children are not able to go to secondary school because of the boarding fees this comes with.
By joining the Sheep Initiative the family receives the opportunity to raise a little hurt of cattle. As soon as the baby sheep are born two potential streams of revenue start: milk and meat. The third, wool is added later.
Our project manager visits the families and makes sure that our two ram (male sheep) are available, the veterinarian is available and the families know what to do.
Early 2022, Lila Foundation started the Sheep Initiative. At the first family, the first group of 8 pregnant sheep has now grown and became a hurt of over 32 sheep.
In the year of this report the number of families grew to 15, with in total more than 240 sheep. Please take into consideration that the 15 families count for about 75 mothers and children.