One Cow per Family Project Improves Livelihoods
One Cow per Family project, initiated by IGCP through BMCDA in 2019, aimed to address malnutrition and improve livelihoods among park-edge communities in the Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Area under the SIDA. Moreover, this project was part of the broader Leading the Change Project, which focused on improving natural resource management and increasing community participation and decision-making in natural resource management in park-edge communities.
This Project ( One Cow per Family Project Improves Livelihoods)
IGCP through Bwindi Mgahinga Community Development Association (BMCDA) donated 6 heifers worth UGX 13,500,000 (3,705 $) to six poor families. “We realized the need and came in to help.
This place is surrounded by high-end lodges which in the past had everything to offer to their guests apart from milk. Donating cows has boosted household incomes through the sale of milk to nearby lodges, improved household nutrition, and the manure has improved farming, especially vegetable growing.
“I am thankful to BMCDA and IGCP for my cow. The milk and manure I get from it have greatly boosted my income, family’s health, and nutrition. On a daily, I milk 10 litres – I sell 7 and reserve 3 for my family. On the other hand, I get manure for my farm, this too is contributing to better yields for me. Since I got this cow in 2019 my annual farm earnings have improved from 800,000 UGX (228 $) to 3,000,000UGX (855.37$),” reveals Daniel Birungi, a beneficiary of BMCDA and IGCP’s One Cow per Family Project in Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Area.