Due to malnutrition, 37% of children in Rwanda are lagging behind. The main cause of child malnutrition here is poverty, regional unavailability of crops outside the harvest period and low food self-sufficiency of families. Every day, 65 children die in Rwanda from chronic malnutrition. Help us change it! A goat herd will provide a sustainable source of livelihood for the poorest families, protect children from malnutrition, strengthen the food self-sufficiency of communities and prevent future food crises.
Herd of Goats for Children in Rwanda
Charity Project - The charity project “Goat Herd for Children in Rwanda” is a collection to support food self-sufficiency of orphans and the poorest families in Rwanda. For 90 000 CZK we will be able to buy 100 goats, which will provide a permanent source of livelihood for the most needy children.
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NEZ00009
Herd of Goats for Children in Rwanda
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Herd of Goats for Children in Rwanda
A herd of goats for children in Rwanda
Food self-sufficiency
UNICEF supplies the poorest families, widows and orphans with pets as part of a “cattle bank“ project: goats and piglets. When the animals multiply enough for the families, the two young pieces are returned so that they can be used for another poor family. As a prevention of child malnutrition, we also supply resistant crops to ensure sustenance and train mothers on the principles of proper nutrition.
Czech aid in Rwanda
Rwanda is one of the countries that the Czech UNICEF has long supported. Thanks to the help of Czech donors, UNICEF has built drinking water sources and school canteens for the Mayange and Bukamba communities in Rwanda, provided alternative family care for 213 orphans from the Gitagata center, reintegrated 450 street children in the capital Kigali and supported the care of hundreds of other children in the Fidesco center. .
They said about the project
"Každý den naší mise do Rwandy byl nabitý zážitky a zajímavými projekty v terénu. Help really works here and the locals help each other. An “ordinary“ goat can thus mean the difference between living in poverty and a dignified life in which people rely on their own resources and abilities. The principle of cattle banks is not just a short-term patch for pain, but ensures a lasting solution, independence and respect for local conditions. “said Patrik Eliáš, hockey player and goodwill ambassador of UNICEF CR.
About UNICEF
UNICEF (United Nations Children' s Fund) works in more than 190 countries around the world, providing children with health care, nutrition, drinking water and sanitation, basic education for all boys and girls, and protection from violence and abuse. UNICEF' s work is funded exclusively by voluntary contributions, with aid programs going to more than 90 percent of the funds raised. Most of the aid goes to those parts of the world where the situation of children is most difficult.
Project guarantor
Pavla Gomba has been the director of the Czech branch of UNICEF since 2000. Since 2008 she has been a member of the Board of the Civil Society Development Foundation, in 2011-2014 she was a member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the Government Council for Human Rights. He speaks at a number of professional conferences in the Czech Republic and abroad. Based on her experience from trips to crisis areas, she published a book “Can you hear us? “.
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