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Transport is limited in most resource poor areas and donkeys provide an invaluable form of transport and traction for agriculture.

 

Donkeys’ are more reliable, affordable and sustainable for poor communities than using vehicles that are expensive to purchase and maintain.

 

Donkey transport is also more desirable in light of climate change issues as it does not emit greenhouse gases and is not damaging to the environment.

Animal health and welfare and the health of the environment are overlooked by village people, mostly due to ignorance. This can lead to health issues affecting people, animals and the environment

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Village communities are mostly food insecure as they have to travel great distances to buy food and most do not grow their own food. They have access to large tracts of land, organic soil enhancers (e.g. cattle, goat and donkey manure) and available time.

 

Producing food locally by local people for local people will greatly improve food security for village people. Using permaculture techniques helps community people become food secure despite the impacts of climate change.

With the very real impacts of climate change being felt by poor communities, the people are struggling to survive. Our work empowers these people to understand climate change, the impacts and how to conserve biodiversity.

What we do to help owners and communities make use of donkey traction to improve their livelihoods, food security, build resilience and become independent:

Our work is to provide owners and drivers with skills to develop the services they offer to their communities and to guide community people to use donkeys for transport and in agriculture.

 

Our training includes:

Entrepreneurial Skills Development

One Health One Welfare

All training with owners of working donkeys takes place in their villages and monitoring of changes takes place over a few years.

Our work contributes to attaining 11 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Please find a detailed report in the "Documents to download" page.

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