The
Send a Piglet Home Program provides a sustainable income
opportunity for orphaned and vulnerable students at St. Denis
Secondary School and their families. Through the Send a Piglet
Home Program, the selected students learn pig-rearing skills,
construct a piglet shelter, and receive supervision and support
from a team of school staff who coordinate the program along
with a veterinary officer. Since 2008, SAPH has provided
training and piglets to 60 beneficiary students.
Once the piglets are mature, the female pigs will be bred
with the hope of producing a litter of eight to ten piglets.
These piglets can be sold at the market to generate an income
for the family. The extra income will help families
purchase needed household items such as mattresses, soap,
clothing, and can help pay for school tuition fees.
The students receive their piglet with much joy and
anticipation. After training, each student builds a piglet
shelter at their home with the help of community members.
Each month, school staff visit each student at their home to
monitor the health of the piglet, the cleanliness of the
shelter, and overall well-being of the student. Piglets
are routinely de-wormed and vaccinated to prevent the spread of
disease.
We are happy to announce the birth of the first litters of
piglets and we eagerly anticipate the arrival of many more.
Spotlight: Nabakooza Mary and her mother, A Story of
Hope
Nabakooza
Mary is a Send a Piglet Home beneficiary. She was excited
to receive her piglet because she knows what a difference this
will make to her family. Nabakooza's father is dead and
she lives with her elderly grandmother and her disabled mother,
Nantongo Paschazia. Despite being a polio victim, Nantongo
is determined to make life better for her children.
Every day, her children push her wheelchair more than two miles
to St. Denis SS where she sells food at her small stand.
This family is an example of perpetual
hope. Without the belief that tomorrow will be better, Nantongo
and her children would likely give up the fight. The Send a
Piglet Home Program, run through St. Denis SS and sponsored by
Into Your Hands, has given Nabakooza a female piglet which will
produce 8 to 10 piglets twice a year. By following her training
in the care and breeding of their sow,
Nabakooza and her family will have a continual revenue stream
from selling future piglets to help pay for basic household
needs like soap, mattresses and clothing.
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