How it works
GIFT has long funded cattle husbandry for established women’s self-help groups. Money from selling cattle rebuilds the herd, and the remaining profit goes to the things the group decides matter most, usually education and health.
At the MAGSA project near Ngong, which supporters visited in 2009, the ladies’ cattle projects were set up to help fund a nursery school.
The model today
The same idea now funds maternity care in Transmara. In December 2024 the community bought 15 steers. They were sold at the end of 2025, and the sale paid for a year of births at the clinic and a new herd. Read about the Mother & Baby project.
