CATHOLIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IN MALAWI (CADECOM)/CARITAS
RESOURCE RIGHTS AND USE PROJECT
Success story of the family of Mr Gayesi Adini on Livestock Production
CADECOM with financial support from Irish Aid through Trocaire project titled: Resource Rights and Use project in Machinga district in Mpiri (Traditional Authorities Chikweo, Kawinga) and St Marys (Traditional authority Nkoola) parishes targeting 200 households.
The overall objective of the project is that People living in poverty in the target communities, particularly rural women and their children, benefit from the sustainable use and management of natural resources. The project period is 2017-2023.The project is promoting livestock production, catchment conservation, village savings and loans groups, use of energy saving stoves ,irrigation farming, water sanitation and hygiene and advocacy on climate justice.
The project distributed 63 goats to 21 (14 female headed, 7 male headed) on pass-on program in Mdala village.Mr Gayesi Adini aged 61 and his family are livestock farmers from Mdala village, GVH Kawelama in T/A Kawinga. In 2017, household received 3 goats (2 she goats and 1 he goat) and training in general livestock management in 2017. In 2018 the goats gave birth to 2 she goats .The household gave the 2 she goats to the next beneficiary as per the pass-on program guidelines. In 2019 the number of goats increased to 8 and 4 goats at MK72, 000 to invest in groundnuts farming. They used the money to buy inputs for groundnuts farming. The household harvested 30 bags of groundnuts in September 2020 which were sold at MK250, 000. The household bought a motorcycle with the money. The motor cycle has eased mobility challenges that the household was facing when doing their everyday livelihood activities and other community responsibilities. They currently have 14 goats. They are planning to open a grocery shop as their income generating activity with income realised in their next goat sales