Lovely’s Goats
22 Jun 2017
Lovely had 5 goats in her herd. Now she has 4, but it’s for a good reason … More Lovely’s Goats
Tag: livestock
“You look like you’re coming off an international flight”
11 Jun 2017
Yes, we are all going on little-to-no sleep, but we thought we were pulling it off until the TSA lady called us out. … More “You look like you’re coming off an international flight”
Gift a Goat & MORE 2016!
11 Nov 2016
The “Gift a Goat & MORE!” fundraiser for 2016 has started! We were able to do a lot of great projects with the funds from last year. In Marbial Haiti, 60 more students entered the goat program and received their own goat to raise and breed, a community of 250 people now have water access … More Gift a Goat & MORE 2016!
I should be in Haiti right now, but I’m in chilly NJ!
8 Feb 2016
I bet if I looked back at all my blog posts, a high percentage would start out with some variation of “sorry it has taken me so long to write…” š I did not intend to be Stateside so long after the holidays, but our project to Haiti, originally slated for January, was postponed to … More I should be in Haiti right now, but I’m in chilly NJ!
Gift a Goat and More!
8 Oct 2015
At 2:30am on Tuesday morning, before my flight out to Panama, I launched my most ambitious crowd-funding campaign to date. I crowd-fund once a year to help me reach goals for certain projects that I cannot financially support with my own funding. I was really nervous about setting a goal of $20,000 for this … More Gift a Goat and More!
Better grades for goats
27 Mar 2015
I got home early yesterday morning from a short (productive) project in Haiti! This was Phase 2 of the Gift a Goat program started last year by me and my sister, Helene. We had Dana and John return with us for their second time in Marbial and Chelsey joined us for her first time volunteering … More Better grades for goats
Haiti, here we come!
20 Mar 2015
We are heading back to Haiti today! Phase 2 of the Goat Program! We are giving 32 more goats to the students in Marbial, treating and tagging the goats, providing more training to the student and community Ā and checking the goats we brought into the community in December, 2014. Check out the video below to … More Haiti, here we come!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
26 Dec 2014
I just want to thank you all who helped make the first phase of “Gift a Goat” so successful! We currently have 35 female goats in the community being cared for by the students themselves with 32 more goats funded (but not yet purchased). In addition, 10 female goats and 1 maleĀ goat (billy goat) were … More THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Gift a Goat
21 Oct 2014
Back in April, I wrote about a goat project for students scheduled tentatively for December of this year. Ā It is no longer tentative! I launched the crowd-funding site yesterday, Helene (my sister) is developingĀ the training program, the team has been assembled and we have set the project date for December 2nd – 9th! Check out … More Gift a Goat
Open wide little piggy!
14 Apr 2014
Here is the second update about my recent trip to Haiti: One of my desires is to bring trainers into communities to teach valuable development lessons in areas outside of my field, such as animal health and agriculture. I brought Helene (my sister) to see if it was possible to start a pilot training program … More Open wide little piggy!
