Count Your Chickens

$15.00

This gift goes towards the Caritas Hope Fund which is used to fund livelihood and life-changing programmes. A flock of chickens means so much to a family – food, income and the chance to raise more chickens.

Caritas supports livelihood programmes to help families raise chickens, including the training and equipment to help look after them.

This gift goes towards the Caritas Hope Fund which is used to fund livelihood and life-changing programmes. A flock of chickens means so much to a family – food, income and the chance to raise more chickens.

Caritas supports livelihood programmes to help families raise chickens, including the training and equipment to help look after them.

 

Case Study

Livelihood programmes in Tonga enable small community groups to set up businesses to earn extra income for important things like school fees and food. We provide revolving loans at affordable interest rates. When they are paid back they become available for another group to set up their business. Business ventures include chicken and pig farming, tapa making, mat weaving and crop growing. 

Kalisi Fa’asolo lives in Neiafu, Vava’u, Tonga’s second largest island. She is part of the Amanaki Lelei (Good Hope Community) collective of five women. A Caritas loan enables women like Kalisi to buy materials to build chicken coops so that their chickens do not run away. 

 
Kalisi Fa’asolo and granddaughter Ala, beside the site of their chicken coop.

Kalisi Fa’asolo and granddaughter Ala, beside the site of their chicken coop.