Send a Piglet Home Namabaale Update

In Namabaale Parish, IYH Uganda staff member Justine Nabukeera has been implementing and monitoring the Send a Piglet Home project for students of St Francis vocational secondary school. There are currently 25 students with pigs from the project, and three pigs have given birth in the last month to a total of 21 piglets.

A very pregnant mama pig!

Kasaanya Jude, Ssegawa Ivan and Bulungu Gonzaga are the owners of the recently born piglets, who have already been spoken for by eager buyers waiting to collect them when they are one month old. The students have already received half of the money for each piglet, which is required as a deposit, so they have already been able to use the cash for their school requirements such as books, shoes and school fees.

New born piglets

There are another 5 pregnant pigs in the program which will be giving birth over the next few months. Food waste, cabbages, cassava leaves, potato vines and maize bran are the most popular foods to give the pigs, who are mainly looked after by the students themselves. Boarding students have help from their parents who take responsibility for the piglets while they are at school in term time.

There are so many students at Namabaale interested in this project, because now they have seen their fellow students getting money from the piglets they also want to benefit! The current 25 beneficiaries will be donating one piglet from their first litter back into the program so that another 25 students can benefit from the program over the next year. 

Thanks to Justine for all her hard work!