We bought the first goat!!

Jambo Everyone! Good news! We bought our first high grade goat yesterday! We went to meet a goat breeder from the goats association! He has another adult female but it has recently given birth and needs to provide milk for the kids but may be up for sale in a couple of weeks. With a bit of bargaining we were able to buy the first goat for 16,000 KS (226 NZD) down from 23,000 KS (325 NZD). We were also able to use your money to purchase 70kg's worth of food we are going to see how long it lasts the goat to calculate how much its going to cost to feed the goat per week. Today we are building a wee hutch for her to live in. Here's a wee pic of her- We named her Mufasa :) Asante, Ceara and Emily

Girls dorm!!!

We are so amazed and grateful for the donations we have received so far. We can afford the two high grade goats and we have enough to start building the girls dormitory at the new site. We were so stoked that we went up to the site a few days ago with Joseph (the manager) and some of the boys from the orphanage  to start sorting out the foundations. This included digging about a foot down into the ground in the area where the dorm will be and filling it with boulders. Here's a photo of us lifting the rocks. To be honest we weren't really strong enough to do that much work but we gave the boys words of encouragement while we enjoyed the sun!

Goats update!!!

Last week we went to meet with the manager of the local vet and animal research facility here in Ngong, Kenya, to discuss our goat plan. We were given useful advice about how much space the two goats would need and what food they need to get the right nutrients to produce a decent amount of milk. We then met with a local goat breeder who is in charge of the regions goat association. He couldn't provide us with the goats as he only had one female and a male for sale and we ideally want two females who can both produce milk. However, he gave us the contacts of more breeders in the region. After contacting various breeders we found someone who is selling two milk-producing females. We are going to meet the breeder and the goats this Thursday to see if they are suitable! Fingers crossed!

The kids!!

A day of face-painting: This photo is of us and some of the kids from the Son's of Manasseh Orphanage that the donations are helping!