🇨🇩 DRC Community Program

Livestock Program

Teaching community members in Mbuji-Mayi to raise healthy livestock — providing families with nutritious food, income, and long-term economic resilience.

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🐄 Program Details

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LocationMbuji-Mayi, DRC

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FocusAnimal husbandry & livestock care

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ParticipantsOngoing community enrolment

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SinceACN core programs

About This Program

Building Livelihoods Through Animal Husbandry

The Livestock Program teaches community members in Mbuji-Mayi how to raise and care for animals including chickens, goats, and pigs. For many families, livestock is their most reliable source of protein and a critical buffer against economic hardship.

Participants learn everything from basic animal care through to disease prevention, breeding, and selling animals and animal products at market — building a sustainable household income stream.

Community livestock program participants in Mbuji-Mayi DRC

What We Teach

Skills & Knowledge Covered

Practical, hands-on learning that participants can apply immediately in their community.

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Poultry Raising

Caring for chickens including feeding, housing, vaccination, and egg production management.

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Goat & Small Animal Care

Raising and managing goats and small animals for milk, meat, and breeding income.

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Animal Health & Vaccination

Identifying illness, administering basic treatments, and scheduling vaccination programs.

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Animal Nutrition

Understanding feed requirements and growing or sourcing affordable, nutritious animal feed.

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Livestock Markets

How to sell animals, eggs, and dairy products at local markets for maximum income.

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Breeding Management

Basic breeding principles to grow and sustain a healthy, productive livestock herd.

Outcomes

What Graduates Achieve

Livestock graduates build a reliable source of household food and income that keeps giving. A small flock of chickens or a pair of goats can transform a family's economic situation within months.

Regular supply of eggs, milk, or meat for household nutrition
Consistent income from selling animals and products at market
Ability to expand their livestock operation using microfinance loans
Reduced vulnerability to food price fluctuations
Skills to care for community animals and train others

Our Approach

The ABCD Method

All ACN programs use Asset-Based Community Development — building on community strengths rather than focusing on deficits.

Assets

Identify the skills, knowledge, and resources already present in the community.

Build

Build on those assets through targeted training and practical, hands-on programs.

Connect

Connect participants with each other, with markets, and with ACN's microfinance fund.

Drive

Community members drive their own development — ACN facilitates, the community leads.

Microfinance & Impact

Backed by Microfinance

Graduates of the Livestock Program are eligible for ACN microfinance loans to purchase their first animals and equipment. A small loan for starter chickens or goats can grow into a self-sustaining business within a year.

Participants often form peer support groups — sharing knowledge, resources, and accountability as they grow their livestock operations together.

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Starter Animals

Funded via loans

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Repayment

From livestock income

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Growth

Herd expansion

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Support

Peer learning groups

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Livestock Program microfinance and community impact

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Your donation helps a family in Mbuji-Mayi start raising animals — creating food security and income that lasts for years.

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🐄 Program Details

Building Livelihoods Through Animal Husbandry

Skills & Knowledge Covered

Poultry Raising

Goat & Small Animal Care

Animal Health & Vaccination

Animal Nutrition

Livestock Markets

Breeding Management

What Graduates Achieve

The ABCD Method

Assets

Build

Connect

Drive

Backed by Microfinance

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