By Ebenezer T. Bifubyeka
Mbarara, Western Uganda.
THE Canadian NGO, Veterinary without borders (V.W.B), has donated a Suzuki (Escudo) car, 13 Dairy-goats and two inverter systems to a Ugandan NGO, Foundation of AIDS-orphaned children (FAOC).
The representative of V.W.B, Dr. Kent Weir handed over the vehicle and its key to FAOC Executive director, Boaz Buyinza on Friday during the launching of the partnership between FAOC and V.W.B. The partnership was initiated by Dr, Clare Card from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
The launch was held at the compound of Kaberebere Church of Uganda, Kaberebere trading centre in Isingiro district. The function sealed off a one-week certificate-training course of 12 contact farmers, whom Kent trained in Goat production and disease management.
Buyinza said that besides facilitating the training, V.W.B Offered each trainee with a veterinary kit - consisting of Digital thermometer, eye score chart, record book, 24 cc deworming syringes, 12 cc syringes, hoof knife, hoof trimmer, elastrator and 250ml
oxytetracycline among others.
The fully-fledged kit was for use in treating the dairy-goats in Birere sub-county in Isingiro. Western College of Veterinary Medicine also donated a lab unit to the organization sometime back, he added.
He said the items are to facilitate and supplement the pioneer goats’ laboratory in the area, which has checked on the previous high death rate of goats over various diseases.
The laboratory has assisted doctors from Canada who come to do volunteer work at FAOC to diagnose animal disease thus scaling down the death of goats – under the project in the area.
“Besides, each five-member group in this sub-county will be given 16 bee-hives to eradicate poverty. And we are bringing 12 more dairy-goats for you,” he said, adding that goat-milk cures kwashiorkor.
Buyinza however urged the gathering to put in practice what they learn during trainings and also asked them to plant trees because it is visibly clear that there is no rain in the area and tree coverage is very low!
Dr. Kent Weir said that some organisations donate items to the beneficiaries without training them but V.W.B believes in training them first.
“If you use well the skills and equipment we have given you to help yourselves and others, we shall train and facilitate more goat-farmers in other parishes,” he said.
FAOC has supported over 280 households through the goat and pig person-scheme for the last five years with support from The McKnight Foundation, an American-based organisation.
The above-mentioned partnership came into place to control the rate at which goats under the project were dieing.
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Word count: 417.
Mbarara, Western Uganda.
THE Canadian NGO, Veterinary without borders (V.W.B), has donated a Suzuki (Escudo) car, 13 Dairy-goats and two inverter systems to a Ugandan NGO, Foundation of AIDS-orphaned children (FAOC).
The representative of V.W.B, Dr. Kent Weir handed over the vehicle and its key to FAOC Executive director, Boaz Buyinza on Friday during the launching of the partnership between FAOC and V.W.B. The partnership was initiated by Dr, Clare Card from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
The launch was held at the compound of Kaberebere Church of Uganda, Kaberebere trading centre in Isingiro district. The function sealed off a one-week certificate-training course of 12 contact farmers, whom Kent trained in Goat production and disease management.
Buyinza said that besides facilitating the training, V.W.B Offered each trainee with a veterinary kit - consisting of Digital thermometer, eye score chart, record book, 24 cc deworming syringes, 12 cc syringes, hoof knife, hoof trimmer, elastrator and 250ml
oxytetracycline among others.
The fully-fledged kit was for use in treating the dairy-goats in Birere sub-county in Isingiro. Western College of Veterinary Medicine also donated a lab unit to the organization sometime back, he added.
He said the items are to facilitate and supplement the pioneer goats’ laboratory in the area, which has checked on the previous high death rate of goats over various diseases.
The laboratory has assisted doctors from Canada who come to do volunteer work at FAOC to diagnose animal disease thus scaling down the death of goats – under the project in the area.
“Besides, each five-member group in this sub-county will be given 16 bee-hives to eradicate poverty. And we are bringing 12 more dairy-goats for you,” he said, adding that goat-milk cures kwashiorkor.
Buyinza however urged the gathering to put in practice what they learn during trainings and also asked them to plant trees because it is visibly clear that there is no rain in the area and tree coverage is very low!
Dr. Kent Weir said that some organisations donate items to the beneficiaries without training them but V.W.B believes in training them first.
“If you use well the skills and equipment we have given you to help yourselves and others, we shall train and facilitate more goat-farmers in other parishes,” he said.
FAOC has supported over 280 households through the goat and pig person-scheme for the last five years with support from The McKnight Foundation, an American-based organisation.
The above-mentioned partnership came into place to control the rate at which goats under the project were dieing.
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Word count: 417.
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