{"id":1882,"date":"2025-06-09T07:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T07:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/decodi\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2025-06-09T07:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T07:55:03","slug":"how-livestock-rearing-is-feeding-families-and-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/decodiuganda.org\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/how-livestock-rearing-is-feeding-families-and-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"How Livestock Rearing Is Feeding Families and Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most impactful programs at DECODI has been <strong>livestock rearing.<\/strong> Starting with goat distribution in 2007, this initiative has grown to include poultry, pigs, and other small livestock. It\u2019s simple: give a woman a goat, and she\u2019ll feed her family. Teach her how to raise it, and she\u2019ll build a future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women are trained in basic animal care, feeding, housing, and disease prevention. As their livestock multiply, so do their opportunities. They sell animals to pay for school fees, medical bills, and invest in better housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Livestock rearing also brings social benefits. Women often form small cooperatives where they exchange skills, support each other, and even pool resources to invest in larger ventures. These animals become more than assets\u2014they become symbols of hope and self-reliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I started with one goat. Now I have five, and my children are back in school<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most impactful programs at DECODI has been livestock rearing. Starting with goat distribution in 2007, this initiative has grown to include poultry, pigs, and other small livestock. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/decodiuganda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/decodiuganda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/decodiuganda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decodiuganda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decodiuganda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/decodiuganda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1883,"href":"https:\/\/decodiuganda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1882\/revisions\/1883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decodiuganda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/decodiuganda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decodiuganda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decodiuganda.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}