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Livestock as Business Program

Water is Life  AND  Cows are Life:  Water is Life Kenya’s Livestock as a Business Program

Picture Livestock as a Business member spraying cows for disease prevention
Water is Life Kenya’s Livestock as Business (LAB) program has been building on indigenous knowledge since 2011, with enormous success.

Each year WILK trains and gives microloans to organized trading cooperatives. Combining training with loans provides an opportunity for the immediate application of new skills. Improved incomes which come through better livestock management and drought resiliency provide positive reinforcement for long-term use of helpful practices like timely livestock disease prevention and control (e.g. vaccinations, deworming, control of ticks), performing simple livestock market surveys, timely buying and selling, budgeting and record keeping, grass conservation and management, among others.

The groups save or reinvest the money they make so that eventually they will no longer require loans from WILK. WILK takes the loans repaid by the groups and reinvests it into new groups who are clamoring to join this wildly successful project.

Results: More than 99% of loans have been repaid in full. Average net profit per group is over 30%. More than 320 group members and, by example, their families and neighbors, have learned valuable skills which directly impact their most valuable family asset, their livestock.
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Impact: From these small seeds of knowledge and capital, great things are growing. The animals are  healthier, have plenty of water and are well-fed. The  members see  improved value of their livestock, the main family asset, which provides income for food, water supply, shelter and clothing, schooling for children, and having the ability to take care of  everyone’s health. 

You can learn more about each group we work with by going here.  Join us today to keep this project growing.  We have a waiting list of groups that who are ready to join the project as soon as funding is available.  

​This video provides an in depth look at our Livestock as a Business program.

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Newark, Delaware 19711
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What Our donors Are Saying

After ten years of financial support, with countless follow-up reports, conversations, photos and video clips, we made a site visit to Water is Life Kenya's Amboseli operations in late November, 2018.  The visit - and our assessment of the organization - well exceeded our expectations.
                                       --  Mandy Cabot, owner, Dansko

A few years ago, a friend invited me to a church dinner where a Water is Life Kenya speaker gave a presentation.  It changed my life.  Intrigued, I wanted to know more.... I have since donated and visited Joyce in Kenya three times with my family.
                                                -- Cynthia Miller



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  • WATER IS LIFE KENYA
  • WILK News
  • Overview
    • What We Do
    • Our Vision and Mission
    • 2019 Report to the Community
    • 3 Year Vision Plan Details
    • Where We Work
    • Clean Water Projects Program >
      • Clean Water Projects
    • Livestock as Business Program >
      • LAB Yearly Groups
    • Beaded Handicrafts
  • Donate
  • SHOP
  • About Us
    • About Us >
      • Meet our team
      • Joyce's Story
      • Contact Us
    • Ways to support and more >
      • Ways to Donate
      • Shop to Support